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HCN Grants Est. 2026
No. FHWA-NSFT-24-001 · DOT Federal Highway Administration
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Fiscal Years 2024 Through 2026 Nationally Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Projects Competitive Grant Program

grants.gov listing ↗ Full announcement (NOFO) ↗
Dealbreakers Cost share required Audit: not stated
Not reimbursement-only
“FHWA will administer grants to States, counties, and units of local government, generally on a reimbursement basis. FHWA will administer grants to Tribes and FLMAs generally on an advance basis.” — From the announcement

At a glance

This program funds nationally significant projects to construct, reconstruct, or rehabilitate transportation facilities within, adjacent to, or providing access to Federal or Tribal lands. Eligible applicants are Federal land management agencies, federally recognized Indian Tribes, and States, counties, or local governments if they are sponsored by a Federal land management agency or Tribal government. The notice says up to $165 million is available for fiscal years 2024 through 2026, with no minimum or maximum award amount, but each project must have estimated costs of at least $12.5 million. The federal share is up to 100 percent for projects on Tribal transportation facilities and up to 90 percent for projects on Federal lands transportation facilities or Federal lands access transportation facilities, with at least a 10 percent non-federal share for non-Tribal projects. The notice sets a funding split by law: 50 percent for Tribal transportation facilities and 50 percent for Federal lands transportation facilities and Federal lands access transportation facilities, and at least one eligible project each fiscal year must be for an eligible National Park Service unit with at leas

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What it funds

  • Transportation
  • Infrastructure, Construction & Shared Facilities
  • General Public / Community-wide
  • Tribal & Indigenous Communities
  • Environment, Conservation & Natural Resources
  • Infrastructure & Public Works
Official description from grants.gov

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.

Who can apply

  • Others
Geographic restriction None found in the announcement — likely nationwide