The Rural and Tribal Assistance Pilot Program aims to help applicants develop transportation infrastructure projects in rural and tribal communities that will qualify for federal funding and financing programs for additional development phase activities or construction.
Donor Name: Office of the Under Secretary for Policy
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/03/2025
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
The grants are intended to build organizational capacity in communities that may not have the resources available to evaluate and develop transportation infrastructure projects. The RTA Program aims to help applicants advance projects that will qualify for federal funding and financing programs for additional development activities or construction, in alignment with the Departmental priorities of safety, equity, climate and sustainability, workforce development, job quality, and wealth creation, as described in the DOT Strategic Plan.
Two types of grants will be awarded: Single Project grants and Multi-Community grants, which will fund projects in, at minimum, three separate communities submitted under a single application.
- Single Project grants: $10 million available to award
- Min. award amount: $200,000
- Max. award amount: $750,000
- Multi-Community grants: $17 million available to award
- Min. award amount: $500,000
- Max. award amount: $2.25 million.
Grant Period
36 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- Special district governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- State governments.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
