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FHWA-ATTI-26-001: FY25-FY26 Advanced Transportation Technology and Innovation (ATTAIN)

Closed Closed August 11, 2026 Opportunity FHWA-ATTI-26-001 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$12.0 million
• Total funding$120 million
• Expected awards20
• Cost sharingRequired
• Funding typeGrant

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Who can apply

This opportunity was open to colleges and universities and state and local governments.

Eligible applicants for ATTAIN Competitive Grant Program funds are: • State or local governments; • transit agencies; • metropolitan planning organizations; • other political subdivisions of a State or local government (such as publicly owned toll or port authorities); • multijurisdictional groups; or • consortiums of research institutions or academic institutions.

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Is this a realistic fit?

• The notice requires cost sharing or matching funds, so you must contribute part of the project cost.

What the grant funds

The ATTAIN Competitive Grant Program will provide funding to deploy, install, and operate advanced transportation technologies to improve safety, mobility, efficiency, system performance, intermodal connectivity, and infrastructure return on investment. Eligible applicants for ATTAIN Competitive Grant Program funds are: • State or local governments; • transit agencies; • metropolitan planning organizations; • other political subdivisions of a State or local government (such as publicly owned toll or port authorities); • multijurisdictional groups; or • consortiums of research institutions or academic institutions. ATTAIN requires a minimum non-Federal cost share of 20 percent. Applications that do not provide at least the minimum non-Federal cost share will be classified as ineligible.

Category: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), Transportation.

We found no grant awards under Assistance Listing 20.226 in fiscal 2021 to 2025, which usually means the program is new or very small.

Applying now

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