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693JF723R000008: United States Marine Highway Grants

Closed Closed July 12, 2024 Opportunity 693JF723R000008 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of Maritime Administration notices from 2024.

• Award ceiling$4.8 million
• Award floor$1
• Total funding$4.8 million
• Expected awards25
• Cost sharingRequired
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to any type of organization.

• Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"

Eligible applicants include: StatePolitical subdivision of a State or a local governmentUnited States metropolitan planning organizationUnited States Port AuthorityTribal governmentUnited States private sector operators of marine highway projects or private sector owners of facilities, including an Alaska Native CorporationPrivate applicants require an endorsement letter from the current marine highway route sponsor.

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past United States Marine Highway Grants awards averaged $2.3 million; this notice allows up to $4.8 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (84% over five years) went to state and local governments.
• The notice requires cost sharing or matching funds, so you must contribute part of the project cost.

What the grant funds

The United States Marine Highway Program (USMHP), codified at 46 U.S.C. 55601, was originally established by Section 1121 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to reduce landside congestion through the designation of Marine Highway Routes. The USMHP statute authorizes the U.S. Department of Transportation (“Department” or “DOT”) to make grants to implement Projects or components of Projects that 1) provide a coordinated and capable alternative to landside transportation; mitigate or relieve landside congestion; promote Marine Highway Transportation; or use vessels documented under 46 U.S.C. chapter 121; and 2) develop, expand, or promote Marine Highway Transportation or shipper use of Marine Highway Transportation.

Category: Transportation.

Applying now

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