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

Closed Posted

Opportunity number
FHWA-NSFT-24-001
Agency
Applications due
Award size
Up to $30,000,000

Opportunity facts

Funding instrument
Grant
Category
  • Transportation
Eligible applicants
  • Other
Points of contact
Full announcement

Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

Written by GovTribe AI ·

The Federal Highway Administration is seeking applications for the Nationally Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Projects Competitive Grant Program, with an application deadline of July 16, 2026, and will award up to $165 million across Fiscal Years 2024 through 2026. By statute, 50 percent of annual funds must support Tribal transportation facilities and 50 percent must support Federal lands transportation facilities; at minimum, FHWA must award funding to at least one eligible National Park Service project per fiscal year serving a unit with at least three million annual visitors.

Eligible applicants include Federal Land Management Agencies, federally recognized Indian Tribes, and States or local governments when sponsored by a Federal Land Management Agency or Tribal government. Projects must involve construction, reconstruction, or rehabilitation of transportation facilities on or providing access to Federal or Tribal lands, with minimum estimated costs of $12.5 million based on preliminary engineering. Complete National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review is required at application time.

The Federal share covers up to 100 percent of costs for Tribal transportation facilities and up to 90 percent for non-Tribal facilities, requiring a minimum 10 percent non-Federal match for the latter. There is no minimum or maximum award amount per project.

Applications are evaluated on three merit criteria: infrastructure condition and economic competitiveness, innovation in project delivery, and project financing and location; project readiness assessment; and responsiveness to Department of Transportation priority considerations. Applications are due electronically through Grants.gov by 11:59 PM ET on July 16, 2026, with anticipated award announcements the week of August 31, 2026. Obligation deadlines are September 30, 2027 (FY 2024), September 30, 2028 (FY 2025), and September 30, 2029 (FY 2026).

Synopsis

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Update #2 · Latest ·

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.

Update #1 ·

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.

Files

File Type Posted
NSFLTP 24_26 NOFO EDMS_ redline amendment 061526 p5.docx DOCX document
NSFLTP 24_26 NOFO EDMS_ amendment1 pdf 061526.pdf PDF
NSFLTP 24_26 application template.docx DOCX document
NSFLTP 24_26 NOFO EDMS_ Final 060226 .docx DOCX document

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