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Find similar grantsPromoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation (PROTECT) Competitive Grant Program is sponsored by USDOT / Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). The PROTECT Competitive Grant Program provides funding to plan for and make surface transportation more resilient to current and future weather events, natural disasters, and changing conditions.
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Opportunity Listing - FYs 2024 through 2026 - Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation (PROTECT) Competitive Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity FYs 2024 through 2026 - Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation (PROTECT) Competitive Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity Agency: DOT Federal Highway Administration Assistance Listings: 20.
284 -- Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) Last Updated: August 28, 2026 View version history on Grants. gov The intent of the PROTECT Competitive Grant Program is to fund projects to improve the resilience of the surface transportation system, including highways, public transportation, ports, and intercity passenger rail.
Program goals include protecting: surface transportation assets by making them more resilient; communities through resilience improvements and strategies that allow for the continued operation or rapid recovery of surface transportation systems; coastal infrastructure; and natural infrastructure that protects and enhances surface transportation assets. This NOFO provides PROTECT Competitive...
Grant Program funding of up to $787 million from FYs 2024 through 2026, plus any remaining PROTECT Competitive Grant Program funding from prior years. Please refer to Grants. gov for the full NOFO.
Federally recognized Native American tribal governments Special district governments City or township governments Eligible applicants for the PROTECT Competitive Grant Program funding are States, metropolitan planning organizations (MPO), local governments, federally recognized Indian Tribes, public transportation agencies, port authorities, and Federal Land Managing Agencies (FLMA) when applying jointly with a State or group of States.
Specific to At-Risk Coastal Infrastructure Grants, eligibility also includes U.S. territories, plus the same entities eligible for the broader program, but limited to coastal States and other specified entities within such States (see 23 U.S.C. § 176(d)(4)(C)(i)). Please refer to Section B.
1 of the NOFO for more details. Eligibility varies by project type between "Planning, Resilience Improvement, and Community Resilience and Evacuation Route Grants" and "At-Risk Coastal Infrastructure Grants." NOTE: The information under “Award” on this page requires the specification of a minimum and a maximum dollar value for anticipated awards due to Grants.
gov system requirements. However, as stated in Section C. 4 of the NOFO: "There is no minimum or maximum award amount for PROTECT Competitive Grant awards.
While the Department reserves the right to make smaller or larger awards, based on the FY22-23 NOFO, the anticipated award range for Resilience Improvement, Community Resilience and Evacuation Route Grants, and At-Risk Costal Infrastructure Grants, the anticipated award range is $500,000 to $60,000,000. For Planning Grants, the anticipated award range is $100,000 to $10,000,000." Grantor contact information Grants.
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gov Customer Support File name Description Last updated FY24-FY26_PROTECT_NOFO-FHWA-PROT-26-001. pdf FY24-FY26 PROTECT - Full NOFO Aug 27, 2026 08:13 PM UTC FY24-FY26_PROTECT_App_Template-Planning. docx FY24-FY26 PROTECT App Template-Planning Aug 27, 2026 08:14 PM UTC FY24-FY26_PROTECT_App_Template-Resilience.
docx FY24-FY26 PROTECT App Template-Resilience Aug 27, 2026 08:15 PM UTC Link to additional information FYs 2024 through 2026 - Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation (PROTECT) Competitive Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity FYs 2024 through 2026 PROTECT Competitive Grant Program applications must be submitted through Grants. gov by 11:59 PM EST ... on October 09, 2026.
Grants. gov attaches a time stamp to each application at the time submission is complete. Funding opportunity number : Cost sharing or matching requirement : Funding instrument type : Opportunity Category Explanation : Category of Funding Activity : Infrastructure investment and jobs act Your account requires additional identity verification.
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: State Governments; Local Governments; Federally Recognized Tribes and Affiliated Groups; Planning and Project Organizations; Transportation Providers and Operators; U. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows estimated Total Program Funding: $787,000,000 (Up to $79 million for Planning Grants; up to $551 million for Resilience Improvement Grants; up to $79 million for Community Resilience and Evacuation Route Grants; up to $79 million for At-Risk Coastal Infrastructure Grants). Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Applications for Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation (PROTECT) Competitive Grant Program are due October 9, 2026. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, and final submission checks.
Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation (PROTECT) Competitive Grant Program is funded by USDOT / Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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