Fiscal Years 2024 Through 2026 Nationally Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Projects Competitive Grant Program
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The Federal Highway Administration is administering a competitive grant program under the National Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Projects Program, authorizing up to $165 million in funding across Fiscal Years 2024 through 2026, with any unobligated funds from prior years also available under this opportunity. Funding is subject to annual appropriations and obligation limitations for the Federal-aid highway program. Statutory requirements mandate that exactly half of the funds each fiscal year be allocated to projects on Tribal transportation facilities, while the other half must support projects on Federal lands transportation facilities and access roads, with at least one award per year designated for a National Park Service unit that receives at least three million annual visitors. There are no minimum or maximum award limits, allowing flexibility in project scale. Applications must be submitted through Grants.gov by July 16, 2026, using solicitation number FHWA-NSFT-24-001, and must include standard forms such as SF-424, SF-424C, SF-424D, and SF-LLL, along with a statement of work not exceeding 20 pages excluding attachments. The program requires applicants to maintain active SAM.gov registration with a valid Unique Entity ID and comply with Buy America provisions for steel, iron, and manufactured products, as well as cybersecurity and infrastructure security standards aligned with National Security Memorandum 22. Projects must also demonstrate compliance with federal anti-discrimination laws and environmental regulations, including NEPA and the Safe System Approach. Evaluation is based on merit criteria tied to the FAST Act, including infrastructure condition, safety alignment, economic competitiveness, innovation, multi-state or multi-entity scope, non-Federal funding contributions, and eligibility for historic designation, combined with a separate readiness assessment measuring technical, financial, and permitting risk. Awards are selected through a trade-off process that prioritizes overall merit and readiness over cost, with no use of lowest price technically acceptable evaluation. Funding will be disbursed via reimbursement for state and local entities and advance payments for Tribes and Federal Land Management Agencies, subject to compliance with 2 CFR Part 200. All obligated funds must be spent by September 30, 2027 for FY2024, September 30, 2028 for FY2025, and September 30, 2029 for FY2026. Successful recipients must submit semi-annual performance and financial reports using SF-425 and
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The actual amount available to be awarded under this NOFO will be subject to the availability of funds, including reductions from the authorized funding amounts due to the imposition of the obligation limitation for the Federal-aid highway program per the provisions of the annual appropriations acts.
Per statute, 50 percent of NSFLTP funds per fiscal year must be used for projects on Tribal transportation facilities and 50 percent used for projects on Federal lands transportation facilities and Federal lands access transportation facilities (Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act § 1123(h)(1), as amended). Of the latter category, FHWA must award funding to at least one eligible project per fiscal year submitted by the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) for a unit of the National Park System with at least three million annual visitors (FAST Act § 1123(h)(2), as amended).
There is no minimum or maximum award amount for NSFLTP Program awards.