How much funding is available in total?

$7,000,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.

Is matching funding required?

No. The source states that no matching funds are required.

FederalOpenFixed dateDOT-Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

FY 2027 Crash Causal Factors Program

Award ceiling: $25,000 – $500,000
Closes: Dec 28, 2026
Last verified: 2026-11-01

Awards $25,000 – $500,000 per recipient for city or township governments, county governments, special district governments, state governments, closing Dec 28, 2026.

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FY 2027 Crash Causal Factors Program awards $25,000 – $500,000 per recipient, open to city or township governments, county governments, special district governments, state governments, closing Dec 28, 2026.

Record fields

Program pool (total): $7,000,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project): $500,000
Award floor: $25,000
Typical award: Not stated
Deadline: Dec 28, 2026
Deadline type: Fixed date
Opens: Oct 29, 2026
Status: Open
Eligible entities: City or township governments · County governments · Special district governments · State governments
Geography: Not stated
Matching funds: No
Disbursement: Not stated
Application effort: Not stated
Use of funds: Not confirmed
Currency: USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle

$7,000,000

Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive

$500,000

Who can apply?

level

federal

Derived from the source that published this record

entity

City or township governments, County governments, Special district governments, State governments

Source field: entity types

industry

Transportation

Source field: industries

size limit

Not confirmed

Source field: applicant size limit

clause text

Not confirmed

We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.

When does it close?

Dec 28, 202657 daysDeadline type Fixed date

How hard is the application?

1 fieldEffort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.

Application effort: Not stated
Disbursement: Not stated
Matching funds: No

What comparable notices state

8 recordsStated ceilings on open records in the same industry.

Sample too small. 8 open records stored under Transportation state an award ceiling, and no figures are shown below 10. Three records do not have a middle, and a median drawn from them would be read as a benchmark.

Common questions

5 questionsEvery answer is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.

How much can one applicant receive?: $25,000 – $500,000 per recipient.
How much funding is available in total?: $7,000,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
When is the application deadline?: Dec 28, 2026.
Who is eligible to apply?: City or township governments, County governments, Special district governments, State governments.
Is matching funding required?: No. The source states that no matching funds are required.

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Provenance

Source pagegrants.gov

Retrieved2026-11-01

MethodAutomated check

First seen2026-11-01

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