Scout IIJA Competitive Grants Tracker
Municipalities and counties across the country have the opportunity to make transformative investments in their communities. To amplify those investments, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) has created competitive grant opportunities for local communities to seek additional funding. A searchable database of available IIJA grants is available below. To find out more about Scout's work to support and track innovative investments in our community and beyond, see our ARPA tracker, or visit us at our website.
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Category Name
Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program
This is a provision in the Rural Surface Transportation Grant which requires no more than 10% of funds to be granted to small projects less than $25 million.
Estimate Budget
$
200000000
$101M-$500M
200000000
Department of Transportation
Sector
Transportation
Sub-sector
Highways, Roads, and Bridges
Eligibility
FHWA Administrative Expenses
Of the funds allocated for FHWA administrative expenses under the FAST Act, a proportion is designated for this program, which provides training and development for surface transportation-related workforces.
Estimate Budget
$
50000000
$0-$50M
50000000
Department of Transportation
Sector
Transportation
Sub-sector
Highways, Roads, and Bridges
Eligibility
Pilot Programs
This is one component of the new IIJA Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program, which awards planning grants to eligible entities to study the feasibility and impacts of removing, retrofitting, or mitigating transportation facilities that create barriers to community connectivity, including mobility, access, or economic development.
Estimate Budget
$
250000000
$101M-$500M
250000000
Department of Transportation
Sector
Transportation
Sub-sector
Highways, Roads, and Bridges
Eligibility
Open Challenge and Research Proposal Pilot Program
This new IIJA program provides grants for proposals researching the needs or challenges that the Secretary of Transportation deems important.
Estimate Budget
$
80000000
$51M-$100M
80000000
Department of Transportation
Sector
Transportation
Sub-sector
Highways, Roads, and Bridges
Eligibility
Research
This program awards and administers grants to consortia national colleges and universities that come together to form a center of transportation excellence that promotes cutting-edge transportation research, advance transportation technology, and develop young transportation professionals. IIJA additionally makes technical revisions to UTCs and requires the Secretary to publish a description of the process of selecting UTCs.
Estimate Budget
$
500000000
$101M-$500M
500000000
Department of Transportation
Sector
Transportation
Sub-sector
Highways, Roads, and Bridges
Eligibility
FHWA Administrative Expenses
Of the funds allocated for FHWA administrative expenses under the FAST Act, a proportion is designated for this program, which allows the Secretary to fund the Internal Revenue Service, states, and other federal agencies to execute intergovernmental enforcement, training, and research efforts to reduce evasion of highway use taxes.
Estimate Budget
$
20000000
$0-$50M
20000000
Department of Transportation
Sector
Transportation
Sub-sector
Highways, Roads, and Bridges
Eligibility
Research
Of the funds allocated for the Highway Research and Development program, IIJA sets aside funding for this program, which requires USDOT—through state, local, and regional pilot projects—to test the feasibility of a road usage fee and other user-based alternative revenue mechanisms to maintain the Highway Trust Fund's long-term solvency. Under IIJA, this program's objectives focus on data privacy, administrative costs, implementation, and equity.
Estimate Budget
$
80000000
$51M-$100M
80000000
Department of Transportation
Sector
Transportation
Sub-sector
Highways, Roads, and Bridges
Eligibility
Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program
This is a provision within the Rural Surface Transportation Grant which requires 15% of funds to be for projects in states with a higher than national average rate of rural roadway lane departure fatalities.
Estimate Budget
$
300000000
$101M-$500M
300000000
Department of Transportation
Sector
Transportation
Sub-sector
Highways, Roads, and Bridges
Eligibility
Research
The Bureau of Transportation is part of the DOT, and compiles, analyzes, and disseminates statistics on transportation, including commercial aviation, multimodal freight activity, and transportation economics.
Estimate Budget
$
130000000
$101M-$500M
130000000
Department of Transportation (Bureau of Transportation Statistics)
Sector
Transportation
Sub-sector
Highways, Roads, and Bridges
Eligibility
Research
Formerly the Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment program, IIJA modifies and expands the program beyond congestion to include intermodal connectivity and a rural set-aside of at least 20% and to allow for retrofitting of DSRC technology under certain conditions. This program uses funds set aside from the Highway Research and Development Program, Technology and Innovation Deployment Program, and Intelligent Transportation Systems Program.
Estimate Budget
$
300000000
$101M-$500M
300000000
Department of Transportation
Sector
Transportation
Sub-sector
Highways, Roads, and Bridges
Eligibility