Opportunity Information: Apply for DTOS59 26 RA BUILD
The FY 2026 National Infrastructure Investments opportunity (the BUILD program, Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development) is a competitive U.S. Department of Transportation discretionary grant program focused on surface transportation. The core aim is to support planning or construction projects that produce meaningful local or regional benefits and measurably improve transportation infrastructure. The notice emphasizes outcomes such as improved safety, stronger environmental sustainability, better quality of life, enhanced mobility and community connectivity, and increased economic competitiveness and opportunity, including tourism-related benefits. It also highlights the importance of keeping transportation assets in a state of good repair, encouraging partnership and collaboration among stakeholders, and supporting innovation in how projects are designed, delivered, or operated.
Funding is provided as grants under CFDA 20.933, administered by USDOT (Office of the Under Secretary for Policy; agency code 69A345). The opportunity number is DTOS59 26 RA BUILD, and it is categorized as discretionary, meaning projects are selected through a competitive evaluation rather than by formula. Awards are anticipated to be made to roughly 100 recipients, with an award ceiling of $25,000,000 per grant. The solicitation allows applications for two broad project types: capital (construction/implementation) and planning, with separate application portals for each.
Eligibility is broad and designed to cover most public-sector transportation sponsors. Eligible applicants include States and the District of Columbia; U.S. territories and possessions; units of local government (such as cities, counties, and similar entities); public agencies or publicly chartered authorities created by one or more States; special purpose districts or public authorities with a transportation function (including port authorities); federally recognized Indian Tribes (and consortia of Tribes); transit agencies; and multi-State or multijurisdictional groups made up of entities that are independently eligible. In practical terms, the program is intended to be accessible to the organizations that typically own, operate, and plan public transportation infrastructure, as well as regional partnerships formed to deliver larger cross-boundary projects.
A key procedural requirement is the submission method. Applications must be submitted through Valid Eval, not through Grants.gov. Separate links are provided depending on whether the application is for a capital grant or a planning grant: Capital Grants are submitted via https://usg.valideval.com/teams/usdotbuild2026capital/signup and Planning Grants are submitted via https://usg.valideval.com/teams/usdotbuild2026planning/signup. The deadline is firm: applications must be fully submitted by 5:00 PM EDT on February 24, 2026. The system will not accept submissions after the deadline, and late applications will not be reviewed.
Overall, this opportunity is geared toward transportation sponsors seeking federal support for high-impact surface transportation investments or planning efforts, especially those that can clearly demonstrate improvements across the program’s stated evaluation themes (safety, sustainability, mobility/connectivity, economic benefits, state of good repair, collaboration, and innovation) and that can compete effectively in a national discretionary selection process.Apply for DTOS59 26 RA BUILD
- The 69A345 Office of the Under Secretary for Policy in the transportation sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2026 National Infrastructure Investments" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 20.933.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2025-11-26.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2026-02-24. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $25,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 100 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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