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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

Opportunity ID: 363732

General Information

Funding Opportunity Number FHWA-PROT-26-001
Funding Opportunity Title FYs 2024 through 2026 – Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation (PROTECT) Competitive Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity
Agency DOT Federal Highway Administration
Document Type synopsis
Version 2
Opportunity Category Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation Not specified
Funding Instrument Type Grant
Category of Funding Activity Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA); Transportation
Category Explanation Not specified
Expected Number of Awards 80
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement Yes
Posted Date Aug 27, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT
Last Updated Date Aug 28, 2026 01:16:40 PM EDT
Original Closing Date Oct 09, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT
Original Closing Date Notes FYs 2024 through 2026 PROTECT Competitive Grant Program applications must be submitted through by 11:59 PM EST on October 09, 2026. attaches a time stamp to each application at the time submission is complete.
Current Closing Date Oct 09, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT
Current Closing Date Notes FYs 2024 through 2026 PROTECT Competitive Grant Program applications must be submitted through by 11:59 PM EST on October 09, 2026. attaches a time stamp to each application at the time submission is complete.
Estimated Synopsis Date Not specified
Estimated Application Due Date Not specified
Estimated Award Date Not specified
Estimated Project Start Date Not specified
Archive Date Nov 08, 2026 12:00:00 AM EST
Estimated Total Program Funding 787,000,000
Award Ceiling 60,000,000
Award Floor 1

Assistance Listings

  • 20.284 — Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT)
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Eligibility

Eligible Applicants City or township governments; Special district governments; State governments; County governments; Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)

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 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."

Description

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 for the full NOFO.

Additional Information

Contact DOT Federal Highway Administration
Contact Information Contact Center
Phone Number: 1-800-518-4726

Hours of operation are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The contact center is closed on federal holidays.

Email
Email Description Customer Support
Phone 202-366-4004

FYs 2024 through 2026 – Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation (PROTECT) Competitive Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity

Version History

Version history

Opp hist id / Opportunity id 363732
Opp hist id / Revision 0
Opportunity id 363732
Revision 0
Opportunity number FHWA-PROT-26-001
Opportunity title FYs 2024 through 2026 – Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation (PROTECT) Competitive Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity
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Synopsis / Id / Opportunity id 363732
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Synopsis / Opportunity id 363732
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Synopsis / Version 1
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Synopsis / Agency address desc Customer Support
Synopsis / Agency details / Code FHWA
Synopsis / Agency details / Seed DOT-FHWA
Synopsis / Agency details / Agency name DOT Federal Highway Administration
Synopsis / Agency details / Agency code DOT-FHWA
Synopsis / Agency details / Top agency code DOT
Synopsis / Agency contact phone 202-366-4004
Synopsis / Agency contact name DOT Federal Highway Administration
Synopsis / Agency contact desc Contact Center
Phone Number: 1-800-518-4726

Hours of operation are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The contact center is closed on federal holidays.

Synopsis / Agency contact email
Synopsis / Agency contact email desc Customer Support
Synopsis / Synopsis desc 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 for the full NOFO.

Synopsis / Response date Oct 09, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT
Synopsis / Response date desc FYs 2024 through 2026 PROTECT Competitive Grant Program applications must be submitted through by 11:59 PM EST on October 09, 2026. attaches a time stamp to each application at the time submission is complete.
Synopsis / Funding desc link url https://www.grantsolutions.gov/gs/preaward/previewPublicAnnouncement.do?id=127749
Synopsis / Funding desc link desc FYs 2024 through 2026 – Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation (PROTECT) Competitive Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity
Synopsis / Posting date Aug 27, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT
Synopsis / Archive date Nov 08, 2026 12:00:00 AM EST
Synopsis / Cost sharing Yes
Synopsis / Number of awards 80
Synopsis / Estimated funding 787000000
Synopsis / Estimated funding formatted 787,000,000
Synopsis / Award ceiling 60000000
Synopsis / Award ceiling formatted 60,000,000
Synopsis / Award floor 1
Synopsis / Award floor formatted 1
Synopsis / Applicant eligibility desc 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."

Synopsis / Create time stamp Aug 27, 2026 04:15:12 PM EDT
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Synopsis / Action date Aug 28, 2026 01:16:40 PM EDT
Synopsis / Created date Aug 27, 2026 04:04:36 PM EDT
Synopsis / Last updated date Aug 27, 2026 04:04:36 PM EDT
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Synopsis / Applicant types 3 / Description County governments
Synopsis / Applicant types 4 / Id 07
Synopsis / Applicant types 4 / Description Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
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Synopsis / Funding activity categories 1 / Description Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)
Synopsis / Funding activity categories 2 / Id T
Synopsis / Funding activity categories 2 / Description Transportation
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Cfdas 1 / Opportunity id 363732
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Cfdas 1 / Cfda number 20.284
Cfdas 1 / Program title Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT)
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Cfdas 2 / Opportunity id 363732
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Forecast modified fields Not specified

Synopsis changes

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Id 363732
Revision 1
Opportunity number FHWA-PROT-26-001
Opportunity title FYs 2024 through 2026 – Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation (PROTECT) Competitive Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity
Owning agency code DOT-FHWA
Opportunity category / Category D
Opportunity category / Description Discretionary
Synopsis / Opportunity id 363732
Synopsis / Version 2
Synopsis / Agency code DOT-FHWA
Synopsis / Agency name DOT Federal Highway Administration
Synopsis / Agency phone 202-366-4004
Synopsis / Agency address desc Customer Support
Synopsis / Agency details / Code FHWA
Synopsis / Agency details / Seed DOT-FHWA
Synopsis / Agency details / Agency name DOT Federal Highway Administration
Synopsis / Agency details / Agency code DOT-FHWA
Synopsis / Agency details / Top agency code DOT
Synopsis / Top agency details / Code DOT
Synopsis / Top agency details / Seed DOT
Synopsis / Top agency details / Agency name Department of Transportation
Synopsis / Top agency details / Agency code DOT
Synopsis / Top agency details / Top agency code DOT
Synopsis / Agency contact phone 202-366-4004
Synopsis / Agency contact name DOT Federal Highway Administration
Synopsis / Agency contact desc Contact Center
Phone Number: 1-800-518-4726

Hours of operation are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The contact center is closed on federal holidays.

Synopsis / Agency contact email
Synopsis / Agency contact email desc Customer Support
Synopsis / Synopsis desc 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 for the full NOFO.

Synopsis / Response date Oct 09, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT
Synopsis / Response date desc FYs 2024 through 2026 PROTECT Competitive Grant Program applications must be submitted through by 11:59 PM EST on October 09, 2026. attaches a time stamp to each application at the time submission is complete.
Synopsis / Funding desc link url https://www.grantsolutions.gov/gs/preaward/previewPublicAnnouncement.do?id=127749
Synopsis / Funding desc link desc FYs 2024 through 2026 – Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation (PROTECT) Competitive Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity
Synopsis / Posting date Aug 27, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT
Synopsis / Archive date Nov 08, 2026 12:00:00 AM EST
Synopsis / Cost sharing Yes
Synopsis / Number of awards 80
Synopsis / Estimated funding 787000000
Synopsis / Estimated funding formatted 787,000,000
Synopsis / Award ceiling 60000000
Synopsis / Award ceiling formatted 60,000,000
Synopsis / Award floor 1
Synopsis / Award floor formatted 1
Synopsis / Applicant eligibility desc 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 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.”

Synopsis / Create time stamp Aug 28, 2026 01:16:40 PM EDT
Synopsis / Created date Aug 27, 2026 04:04:36 PM EDT
Synopsis / Last updated date Aug 28, 2026 01:16:40 PM EDT
Synopsis / Applicant types 1 / Id 02
Synopsis / Applicant types 1 / Description City or township governments
Synopsis / Applicant types 2 / Id 04
Synopsis / Applicant types 2 / Description Special district governments
Synopsis / Applicant types 3 / Id 00
Synopsis / Applicant types 3 / Description State governments
Synopsis / Applicant types 4 / Id 01
Synopsis / Applicant types 4 / Description County governments
Synopsis / Applicant types 5 / Id 07
Synopsis / Applicant types 5 / Description Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Synopsis / Funding instruments 1 / Id G
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Synopsis / Funding activity categories 1 / Description Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)
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Synopsis / Funding activity categories 2 / Description Transportation
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Agency details / Code FHWA
Agency details / Seed DOT-FHWA
Agency details / Agency name DOT Federal Highway Administration
Agency details / Agency code DOT-FHWA
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Top agency details / Code DOT
Top agency details / Seed DOT
Top agency details / Agency name Department of Transportation
Top agency details / Agency code DOT
Top agency details / Top agency code DOT
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Cfdas 1 / Id 435228
Cfdas 1 / Opportunity id 363732
Cfdas 1 / Cfda number 20.284
Cfdas 1 / Program title Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT)
Cfdas 2 / Id 435229
Cfdas 2 / Opportunity id 363732
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Opportunity pkgs 1 / Opportunity number FHWA-PROT-26-001
Opportunity pkgs 1 / Opportunity title FYs 2024 through 2026 – Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation (PROTECT) Competitive Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity
Opportunity pkgs 1 / Opening date 2026-08-27
Opportunity pkgs 1 / Closing date 2026-10-09
Opportunity pkgs 1 / Owning agency code DOT-FHWA
Opportunity pkgs 1 / Agency details / Code FHWA
Opportunity pkgs 1 / Agency details / Seed DOT-FHWA
Opportunity pkgs 1 / Agency details / Agency name DOT Federal Highway Administration
Opportunity pkgs 1 / Agency details / Agency code DOT-FHWA
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Opportunity pkgs 1 / Top agency details / Code DOT
Opportunity pkgs 1 / Top agency details / Seed DOT
Opportunity pkgs 1 / Top agency details / Agency name Department of Transportation
Opportunity pkgs 1 / Top agency details / Agency code DOT
Opportunity pkgs 1 / Top agency details / Top agency code DOT
Opportunity pkgs 1 / Contact info PROTECT Program Inbox:

PROTECTcompetitive@dot.gov

Opportunity pkgs 1 / Competition id FHWA-PROT-26-001-127749
Opportunity pkgs 1 / Competition title FY24-26 PROTECT NOFO
Opportunity pkgs 1 / Electronic required Y
Opportunity pkgs 1 / Expected application count 100
Opportunity pkgs 1 / Open to applicant type 1
Opportunity pkgs 1 / Is multi project N
Opportunity pkgs 1 / Extension pdf
Opportunity pkgs 1 / Mimetype application/pdf
Opportunity pkgs 1 / Last update Aug 27, 2026 04:18:27 PM EDT
Opportunity pkgs 1 / Workspace compatible flag Y
Opportunity pkgs 1 / Package id PKG00294072
Opportunity pkgs 1 / Opening date str 2026-08-27-00-00-00
Opportunity pkgs 1 / Closing date str 2026-10-09-00-00-00
Closed opportunity pkgs Not specified
Original due date Oct 09, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT
Original due date desc FYs 2024 through 2026 PROTECT Competitive Grant Program applications must be submitted through by 11:59 PM EST on October 09, 2026. attaches a time stamp to each application at the time submission is complete.
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Error messages Not specified
Syn post date in past Yes
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Synopsis hist count 0
Assist compatible No
Assist url Not specified
Related opps Not specified
Ost POSTED

Related Documents

FY24-FY26 PROTECT App Template-Resilience.pdf

FY24-FY26 PROTECT App Template-Planning.pdf

Packages

Agency Contact Information: Contact Center
Phone Number: 1-800-518-4726

Hours of operation are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The contact center is closed on federal holidays.

Assistance Listing Number Competition ID Competition Title Opportunity Package ID Opening Date Closing Date Actions
FHWA-PROT-26-001-127749 FY24-26 PROTECT NOFO PKG00294072 2026-08-27 2026-10-09 View

Package 1

Instructions

FY24-FY26 PROTECT NOFO-FHWA-PROT-26-001.pdf

Mandatory forms

SF424_4_0-V4.0.pdf
SFLLL_2_0-V2.0.pdf
GG_LobbyingForm-V1.1.pdf

Optional forms

Key_Contacts_2_0-V2.0.pdf
SF424A-V1.0.pdf
SF424B-V1.1.pdf
SF424C_2_0-V2.0.pdf
SF424D-V1.1.pdf
AttachmentForm_1_2-V1.2.pdf

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