Fiscal Years 2024-2026 Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) Program
- Posted
- October 25, 2024
- Closed
- February 10, 2025
- Award ceiling
- $876,000,000
- Award floor
- $100,000
- Program funding
- $876,000,000
- Expected awards
- 60
- Cost sharing
- Yes
- Instrument
- Grant
- Assistance listing
- 20.205
- Category
- Transportation
- Archives
- March 26, 2025
Program funding history
Awards made under Assistance Listing 20.205 across FY2025–FY2027, from public federal spending records.
- FY2025 obligated
- $67.1B
- FY2026 obligated
- $18.4B
- FY2027 (to date) obligated
- $0
- Awards in window
- 104,890
Top recipients: Department of Transportation California, Texas Department of Transportation, Transportation North Carolina Department, State of Florida Department of Transportation, Department of Transportation New York
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed October 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →
Synopsis
NOTE - NEW FY24 - FY26 PROTECT NOFO: An updated FY24-FY26 PROTECT NOFO was posted to Grants.gov on August 28, 2026 and can be accessed at https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/363732 or by searching Grants.gov under NOFO number FHWA-PROT-26-001. Interested applicants should apply to the updated opportunity. Applications are due October 09, 2026.
Who can apply
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY IS DEPENDENT ON PROJECT TYPE FOR THE PROTECT PROGRAM.Please refer to Related Documents tab for full text of the NOFO, including applicant eligibility requirements. Specifically, refer to Section C.1 of the NOFO for details on Eligible Applicants.
The official record
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