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Find similar grantsRural and Tribal Assistance Pilot Program is sponsored by U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). Provides grants to support legal, technical, and financial advisors to help advance infrastructure projects in rural and tribal communities. This includes pre-development-phase activities like feasibility studies, project planning, and preliminary engineering.
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$27 Million in Technical Assistance and Planning for Rural and Tribal Communities - Department of Transportation — Indigenous Economic Development $27 Million in Technical Assistance and Planning for Rural and Tribal Communities - Department of Transportation Written By Kevin Klingbeil Rural and Tribal Assistance Pilot Program By the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT’s) Build America Bureau (Bureau), the program offers $27 million in technical assistance grants to rural and tribal communities for the planning and design phase development of transportation projects.
There is no local funding match required to participate in this program. The Bureau designated up to $10 million for Tribal applicants.
Click to access informational webinar on January 14, 2025 ( passcode: S6CyH1q% ) Click to access slides from informational webinar on January 14, 2025 2023 Applications Dashboard The BIL created the Rural and Tribal Assistance Pilot Program , which makes $10 million available over five years to provide states, local governments, and tribal governments with grants to support project development leading to future applications to DOT credit or grant programs.
The grants can support legal, technical, and financial advisors to help advance infrastructure projects. Types of Grants and Funding Two types of grants will be awarded: Single Project grants and Multi-Community grants, which will fund projects in, at minimum, three separate communities submitted under a single application. Single Project grants: $10 million available to award Min.
award amount: $200,000 Max. award amount: $750,000 Multi-Community grants: $17 million available to award Min. award amount: $500,000 Max.
award amount: $2. 25 million Applications accepted beginning March 18, 2025, at 2 p. m.
ET. The application portal will close on April 17, 2025, at 4:59 p. m.
ET Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Special district governments Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) City or township governments Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) Additional Information on Eligibility: Department of Hawaiian Home Lands . Additional information on eligible applicants for this Program is included in the Notice of Funding Opportunity.
Eligible project sponsors may receive grant funds to select advisors to assist with pre-development-phase activities, including: revenue forecasting and funding and financing options analyses preliminary engineering and design work economic assessments and cost-benefit analyses statutory and regulatory framework analyses value-for-money (VFM) studies evaluations of costs to sustain the project evaluation opportunities for private financing and project bundling Rural and Tribal Assistance Pilot Program Webpage Review copy of Online Application questions for Multi-Community grants Review copy of Online Application questions for Single Project grants Rural Eligibility | US Department of Transportation .
Rural and Tribal Assistance Pilot Program - Is my project in a Rural Area? View the January 14, 2025, webinar (passcode: S6CyH1q% ) and view the slides with this link . View the July 20, 2024, webinar with this link (passcode: m!
5Ov0B^ ), and view the slides at this link . For more information, please email RuralandTribalTA@dot. gov. Energy Transportation & Transit Charging Forward: A Toolkit for Planning and Funding Rural Electric Mobility Infrastructure
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Eligible project sponsors (including tribal governments and rural communities) can receive grant funds to select advisors. Nonprofits may be involved as project partners or sub-recipients. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
Rural and Tribal Assistance Pilot Program is funded by U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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