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FYs 2024 through 2026 - Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation (PROTECT) Competitive Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity

DOT Federal Highway Administration

Opportunity #: FHWA-PROT-26-001

Award Ceiling
$60.0M
Award Floor
$1
Close Date
Oct 9, 2026
3 days left
Total Funding
$787.0M
Expected Awards
80
Posted Date
Aug 27, 2026
Cost Sharing Required
Yes
Grants.gov ID
363732

Description

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.

Eligible Applicants

State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Special district governments; Federally recognized Native American tribal governments

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