FYs 2024 through 2026 - Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation (PROTECT) Competitive Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity
DOT Federal Highway Administration · Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) (20.284)
Posted 27 Aug 2026 · 9 days left
In plain terms
The US Federal Highway Administration funds projects that make surface transportation systems more resilient to climate and other threats, benefiting highways, public transit, ports, and rail. Eligible applicants are US State and local governments, federally recognised tribal governments, public transit agencies, and port authorities, with awards ranging from 500,000 to 60 million dollars, with applications due by 9 October 2026.
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Summary
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.
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Who can apply
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Eligibility and conditions
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Applicant types: State governments; Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized); County governments; Special district governments; City or township governments
Eligible applicants for the PROTECT Competitive Grant Program funding are States, metropolitan planning organizations (MPO), local governments, federally recognized Indian Tribes, public transportation agencies, port authorities, and Federal Land Managing Agencies (FLMA) when applying jointly with a State or group of States. Specific to At-Risk Coastal Infrastructure Grants, eligibility also includes U.S. territories, plus the same entities eligible for the broader program, but limited to coastal States and other specified entities within such States (see 23 U.S.C. § 176(d)(4)(C)(i)).
Please refer to Section B.1 of the NOFO for more details. Eligibility varies by project type between "Planning, Resilience Improvement, and Community Resilience and Evacuation Route Grants" and "At-Risk Coastal Infrastructure Grants."
NOTE: The information under “Award” on this page requires the specification of a minimum and a maximum dollar value for anticipated awards due to Grants.gov system requirements. However, as stated in Section C.4 of the NOFO:
"There is no minimum or maximum award amount for PROTECT Competitive Grant awards.
While the Department reserves the right to make smaller or larger awards, based on the FY22-23 NOFO, the anticipated award range for Resilience Improvement, Community Resilience and Evacuation Route Grants, and At-Risk Costal Infrastructure Grants, the anticipated award range is $500,000 to $60,000,000. For Planning Grants, the anticipated award range is $100,000 to $10,000,000."