National Summer Transportation Institute Grants (NSTI)
Active
- Assistance listing
- 20.261
- Agency
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Federal Highway Administration
Department of Transportation
- Grant awards
- Not on record
Program facts
- Treasury account
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- 69-8083-0-7-401
Program details come from SAM.gov Assistance Listings. Updated .
About this program
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) funds summer transportation career-awareness programs for middle and high school students through NSTI (CFDA 20.261), with the program established in 1998 and reauthorized under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The program's core objective is to build student awareness of transportation-related careers and disciplines while increasing participation in transportation education pathways.
NSTI funds the design and delivery of summer institutes that expose secondary students to transportation fields and career opportunities. Recent awards have supported multi-week summer programs combining classroom instruction, site visits, mentoring, and hands-on projects in transportation planning, engineering, infrastructure, and related disciplines. The program operates through a competitive grant cycle; FHWA publishes a notice of funding opportunity soliciting applications from eligible institutions, reviews proposals against stated selection criteria specific to each funding round, and makes awards to the most qualified applicants.
The Assistance Listing provides no recent grant awards block, portfolio concentration data, or open-opportunity details in the source material. Award amounts, typical grant sizes, recent recipient names, and current or upcoming application deadlines are not specified. The program's funding history spans nearly three decades of continuous reauthorization across multiple surface transportation bills, indicating sustained federal commitment, but the source does not support characterization of recent award cadence, funding concentration among agencies, or current solicitation status.
Prospective applicants should consult the current FHWA NSTI notice of funding opportunity for eligibility requirements, selection criteria, application deadlines, and award parameters. Selection criteria and award details vary by funding cycle and are set forth in the individual NOFO rather than in the Assistance Listing description.
Objective and description
- Objective
Provide middle and high school students, an awareness and interest of transportation-related careers and disciplines, as they contemplate their educational pursuits. Increase the number of student participants into the program by creating innovative
- Description
"The National Summer Transportation Institute (NSTI) program was established in 1998 under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21). The program has continued under each surface transportation reauthorization act since TEA-21, including the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
Eligibility
- Applicant eligibility
See program notice of funding.
- Uses of assistance
See program NOFO.
- Length and time phasing of assistance
See program NOFO.
How to apply
- Criteria for selecting proposals
Varies by project. FHWA determines criteria for selecting proposals based on the stated objectives of the funding opportunity.
- Award procedure
Varies by project. Generally, FHWA publishes a notice of funding, soliciting applications for assistance, reviews these applications, and determines which applications are most qualified for award. Please see the individual notice of funding for details.
Quick answers
What is Assistance Listing 20.261?
Assistance Listing 20.261 is National Summer Transportation Institute Grants (NSTI), a federal grant program run by Federal Highway Administration (Department of Transportation).
What is the CFDA number for National Summer Transportation Institute Grants (NSTI)?
Its CFDA number is 20.261: Assistance Listing numbers were called CFDA numbers before 2018.
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