The Oregon Department of Transportation has announced its 2025 competitive grant program is open for proposals.
Donor Name: Oregon Department of Transportation
State: Oregon
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant | Reimbursement
Deadline: 04/30/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Small City Allotment (SCA) program is an annual allocation of state funds for local transportation projects. Incorporated cities with populations of 5,000 or less are eligible to apply. As the need for these funds far exceed the availability, grants are awarded per a competitive process. Projects are only compared against other projects within the same region.
Funding Information
- The program is funded at $5 million per year, half from an appropriation of highway funds for cites and half from moneys available to the Department of Transportation from the State Highway Fund. To ensure an equitable distribution of funds across ODOT’s five regions they use a formula that considers:
- % of total eligible city population by region
- % of total number of eligible cities per region
- % of total number of applications received per region
- Each region’s average of these three values is equal to their share of the available funding.
Funding Information
Funding is limited to $250,000 per project.
Eligible Expenses
Eligible project costs generally include the actual costs expended that are reasonable, necessary and directly related to the project and project delivery. They do not include indirect, administrative, working capital or operating costs.
Examples of Eligible Capital Expenditures
- Design and engineering professional services
- Capital construction costs
- Materials necessary to complete the project.
Eligibility Criteria
Incorporated cities with populations of 5,000 or less are eligible to apply if all previously awarded SCA projects have been completed, and the city has submitted their request for reimbursement prior to May 1, 2025. If a city has an active project that they believe will be completed in time, they recommend you apply but knowing it will be removed from consideration if the deadlines are not met.
For more information, visit Oregon Department of Transportation.
