Fiscal Years 2024 Through 2026 Nationally Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Projects Competitive Grant Program

This NOFO will award up to $165 million in Fiscal Years (FY) 2024 through 2026 funding. FHWA may also award any remaining funds for this program from previous fiscal years under this opportunity. The actual amount available to be awarded under this NOFO will be subject to the availability of funds, including reductions from the authorized funding amounts due to the imposition of the obligation limitation for the Federal-aid highway program per the provisions of the annual appropriations acts. Per statute, 50 percent of NSFLTP funds per fiscal year must be used for projects on Tribal transportation facilities and 50 percent used for projects on Federal lands transportation facilities and Federal lands access transportation facilities (Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act § 1123(h)(1), as amended). Of the latter category, FHWA must award funding to at least one eligible project per fiscal year submitted by the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) for a unit of the National Park System with at least three million annual visitors (FAST Act § 1123(h)(2), as amended). There is no minimum or maximum award amount for NSFLTP Program awards. Eligibility: States, counties, and units of local government may apply for the program, but only if sponsored by an FLMA or Tribal government. Applications received from States, counties, and units of local government must include a letter from their sponsor, verifying the sponsorship. The letter should also specify the lead recipient for purposes of project financial administration, and the letter should include a description of the roles and responsibilities of both the sponsor and the State, county, or unit of local government. A list of FLMA Sponsorship Coordinators can be obtained from the NSFLTP Program contacts listed on page 5 of this NOFO, or at the following Website–https://flh.fhwa.dot.gov/Programs/nsfltp/. Opportunity number: FHWA-NSFT-24-001. Closing date: 2026-07-16. Funding: up to USD 30,000,000; floor USD 1; estimated total USD 165,000,000; 10 expected awards.

States, counties, and units of local government may apply for the program, but only if sponsored by an FLMA or Tribal government. Applications received from States, counties, and units of local government must include a letter from their sponsor, verifying the sponsorship. The letter should also specify the lead recipient for purposes of project financial administration, and the letter should include a description of the roles and responsibilities of both the sponsor and the State, county, or unit of local government. A list of FLMA Sponsorship Coordinators can be obtained from the NSFLTP Program contacts listed on page 5 of this NOFO, or at the following Website–https://flh.fhwa.dot.gov/Programs/nsfltp/.

Education and Higher Education

United States

Official opportunity number: FHWA-NSFT-24-001.

up to USD 30,000,000; floor USD 1; estimated total USD 165,000,000; 10 expected awards

Closes 2026-07-16: Closes 2026-07-16: Jul 16, 2026.

Confirm the exact deadline time, time zone, and submission route on the official call page.

Plan internal approvals, partner confirmations, budgets, letters, and portal submission before the final deadline.

Use the official Grants.gov listing for application package, forms, attachments, and agency-specific instructions. Submit by 2026-07-16 unless the agency updates the official listing.

Before submitting, check required documents, eligible costs, attachments, page limits, institutional approvals, and whether the opportunity uses an expression of interest, full proposal, registration, or nomination stage.