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No. FHWA-PROT-26-001 · DOT Federal Highway Administration

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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

grants.gov listing Full announcement (NOFO)
Dealbreakers Cost share: not stated Audit: not stated Reimbursement-only: not stated
Award range
$1 – $60,000,000
Expected awards
Not specified
Application deadline
Oct 9, 2026
Posted
Aug 27, 2026
Last verified
5 days ago

At a glance

No plain-language summary yet for this grant — the official description below is the best source.

What it funds

  • Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
  • Transportation
Official description from grants.gov

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.

Who can apply

  • City or township governments
  • County governments
  • Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
  • Special district governments
  • State governments
Geographic restriction None found in the announcement — likely nationwide

Program history

USASpending.gov

Assistance listing 20.284 · Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT)

Real awards this federal program has made — the whole assistance listing (20.284), not just this notice.

Fiscal year Awards Median award Middle half
FY 2026 (so far) 444 $428,900 $109,857 – $1,500,704
FY 2025 0 — —
FY 2024 0 — —
FY 2023 0 — —
FY 2022 0 — —
FY 2021 0 — —

For comparison, this notice advertises $1 – $60,000,000.

Who wins it State government (441), Tribal government (3) of 444 awards — categories can overlap.
Top states ME (74) · IN (60) · PA (42) · OH (38) · CA (24)
Largest recent awards
  1. CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS $56,400,000 · FY 2026
  2. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION $55,504,799 · FY 2026
  3. TRANSPORTATION, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF $55,000,000 · FY 2026
  4. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIA $35,534,600 · FY 2026
  5. STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION $34,224,649 · FY 2026

Source: USASpending.gov · refreshed Aug 28, 2026