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ITS JPO | ITS Joint Program Office Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office The Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office (ITS JPO) seeks to transform the way society moves. Explore our website for information on research and deployments that advance the use of ITS to move people and goods more safely and efficiently. Engage with Us at ITSA 2026 Heading to ITSA 2026 in Detroit June 9-12?
Visit the ITS JPO booth (#4031) in the exhibit hall to engage with our program managers and discuss our current AI and V2X technology initiatives! Dive Deeper into ITSA 2026 View Our Activities Schedule --> ISS Prototyping Broad Agency Announcement is Live! Funding Opportunity | Up to $17M across 3 teams Check out the July ITS JPO Now, JPO’s bimonthly digest!
Never miss an edition hereafter—join our mailing list on the About subpage. DEP Executive Briefing & World Cup 2026 Check out the recently released Deployment Evaluation Program (DEP) briefings, like the ITS for Planned Special Events briefing, to explore how they help local and regional agencies implement proven technology frameworks that maximize safety and mobility and help prepare for major events like World Cup 2026.
View DEP Executive Briefings FIFA AccessMap Multimodal Event Edition The Taskar Center for Accessible Technology at the University of Washington, one of the ITS4US Deployment Program’s deployment sites, partnered with the Seattle FIFA World Cup 2026 Local Organizing Committee to develop custom AccessMap features.
The result is the FIFA AccessMap Multimodal Event Edition, which delivers an accessibility-first, multimodal trip planning experience. See AccessMap at FIFA 2026 Join the $1. 5 million DOT Bots Challenge Now The USDOT recently announced the launch of the USDOT DOT Bots Challenge, which offers up to $1.
5 million in prize funding for innovative ideas on how advanced robotics technologies can solve public sector transportation challenges, improve infrastructure, and keep travelers and workers safe. Stage I of the Challenge is open for submissions through August 10, 2026.
Enter the DOT Bots Challenge Spotlight on ITS Research Areas Artificial Intelligence (AI) Deployment and Evaluation Program (DEP) Smart Community Resource Center (SCRC) Interoperable Connectivity/Spectrum Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) Deployment
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Open for submissions, likely individuals, teams, or organizations with innovative robotics solutions for transportation challenges. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
Applications for DOT Bots Challenge are due August 10, 2026. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, and final submission checks.
DOT Bots Challenge is funded by U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Program is a grant from NVIDIA providing up to $60,000 per award to PhD students conducting research that advances accelerated computing and its applications. Now in its 25th year, the program invites nominations from doctoral students pushing the boundaries of artificial intelligence, robotics, autonomous vehicles, and related fields. Recipients receive not only research funding but also access to NVIDIA technology, products, and engineering expertise, along with a mandatory in-person summer internship. Students are nominated by their faculty advisors and selected based on academic achievement and research area alignment.
CalSEED Concept Award is a grant from the California Energy Commission that provides $150,000 in funding to early-stage clean energy innovators in California. The program targets individuals, businesses, and nonprofits developing hardware, software, or integrated solutions at Technology Readiness Levels 2-4. Eligible technology areas rotate each cycle and have included battery recycling and reuse, long-duration energy storage, medium- and heavy-duty vehicle electrification, industrial electrification, and advanced EV charging. Applicants must be located in California, have under $1 million in private funding, and propose innovations that benefit California ratepayers. Concept Award winners also receive professional development resources and access to accelerator programs, and may compete for a subsequent $450,000 Prototype Award.
Inside FEMA's FY2026 Homeland Security Grant Program sit two transportation-specific programs that ferries, transit agencies, and port authorities keep leaving on the table. Here is what the $95M Port Security and $88.4M Transit Security programs actually fund, who is eligible, how the cyber-threat expansion changes the calculus, and how to build a July 24 application that survives risk-based review.
Read articleU.S. DOT's FY26 SBIR Phase I solicitation opens June 3 and closes July 7 with awards in September. Ten topics across FHWA, FRA, FTA, NHTSA, and PHMSA at $200K–$300K each. Why the topic distribution telegraphs DOT's three-year R&D priorities and how niche specialists can win against generalist competitors.
Read articleUSDOT has added anti-road-diet scoring, immigration conditions, and marriage-rate prioritization to the Safe Streets for All program. What changed, what it means for applicants, and how to adapt before the final FY2026 round.
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