Fiscal Years 2024 Through 2026 Nationally Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Projects Competitive Grant Program
This program funds highway, bridge, and transportation facility projects on federal lands or tribal transportation facilities for eligible federal land agencies, federally recognized tribes, and sponsored state or local governments.
RESTRICTED TO: STATE LOCAL GOV · TRIBAL ENTITIES
⚑ State, county, and local government applicants must be sponsored by an FLMA or federally recognized Tribe. · Statutory set-asides: 50% of funds for tribal transportation facilities and 50% for federal lands/federal lands access transportation facilities. · At least one eligible NPS project per fiscal year must be funded if submitted for a National Park System unit with at least 3 million annual visitors. · No minimum or maximum award amount listed; awards can be large (ceiling $30M).
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 30 weak | prototyping/demonstration stage; deep-tech content |
| IPPRA | 15 none | university cannot apply directly (ineligible) |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 15 none | university cannot apply directly (ineligible) |
Description
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
Eligible applicants for the NSFLTP Program are: (1) Federal Land Management Agencies (FLMA); (2) Federally recognized Indian Tribes; and (3) States, counties, and units of local government, but only if sponsored by an FLMA or federally recognized Indian Tribe.
Apply
View on Grants.gov → CONTACT: DOT Federal Highway Administration <support@grants.gov>
Proposal brief SEE AN EXAMPLE →
A one-page internal memo: fit assessment, submission requirements, document scaffold, and next steps dated back from the deadline — tailored to your project idea if you add one.
Proposal shell · Federal (generic) conventions SEE A FEDERAL EXAMPLE →
Funder-faithful document skeletons — Federal (generic)'s document set with section headings, page limits, reviewer guidance, and writing prompts; add a project idea to get [DRAFT] starter bullets. Download as .md for Word or Overleaf.