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Fiscal Year 2026 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Low or No Emission Program

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Next cut-off
21 Sept '26
in 15 days
Per grant
$12M
the call's own average
Grants expected
50
projects that will be funded
Funding rate
,
not published, read the conditions

In context of US Department of Transportation

This grant$12M
The track runs to the largest grant in US Department of Transportation ($56M). The median across the 15 calls we publish is $5.0M, this one is above it.

What this call funds

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the availability of approximately $589 million in competitive grants under the Low or No Emission Grant Program (Low-No Program) for the purchase or lease of low-emission and zero-emission transit buses, including acquisition, construction, and leasing of required supporting facilities. Synopses and full announcement will be posted on Grants.gov as opportunity FTA-2026-011-TPM-LWNO. Proposals must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov website by 11:59 PM Eastern Time September 21, 2026.

What applying costs you

ItemEstimateNote
Drafting effort3–4 weekssingle submission
Time to first payment6–9 monthscut-off → evaluation → grant agreement

These are Bemzu's estimates from the call's structure (the number of stages and whether a consortium is required) not figures published by the Commission. Only the co-financing share is read from the call itself.

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