Fiscal Year 2026 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Low or No Emission Program

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Funding

Estimated total program funding: $588,971,305

About

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the availability of approximately $589 million in competitive grants under the Low or No Emission Grant Program (Low-No Program) for the purchase or lease of low-emission and zero-emission transit buses, including acquisition, construction, and leasing of required supporting facilities. Synopses and full announcement will be posted on Grants.gov as opportunity FTA-2026-011-TPM-LWNO. Proposals must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov website by 11:59 PM Eastern Time September 21, 2026.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants for the Low- or No-Emission Program include designated recipients, States (including territories and Washington D.C.), local governmental authorities, and Indian Tribes. Except for projects proposed by Indian tribes, all proposals for projects in rural (non-urbanized) areas must be submitted by a State, either individually or as a part of a statewide application.

Applicant types

Grants.gov eligibility code 00 Grants.gov eligibility code 01 Grants.gov eligibility code 02 Grants.gov eligibility code 07 Grants.gov eligibility code 25

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Notice-specific evidence check

What an applicant must verify for Fiscal Year 2026 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Low or No Emission Program

Applicant evidence

Applicant type: State governments
Applicant type: County governments
Applicant type: City or township governments
Applicant type: Federally recognized tribal governments
Applicant type: Other eligible applicants

Opportunity boundaries

Recorded funding: Estimated total program funding: $588,971,305
Recorded deadline: September 22, 2026; confirm time zone and submission system.
Recorded focus: Transportation

Before investing in an application, connect every eligibility claim, required registration, submission component and deadline to the current official notice. Open the recorded official source →

Application checklist

How to apply for Fiscal Year 2026 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Low or No Emission Program

The steps below turn the recorded grant fields into a pre-submission check. They do not replace the current Notice of Funding Opportunity or its amendments.

Recorded eligibility

• Applicant types: Grants.gov eligibility code 00, Grants.gov eligibility code 01, Grants.gov eligibility code 02, Grants.gov eligibility code 07, Grants.gov eligibility code 25.
• Geographic scope is not structured in this record.
• Notice summary: Eligible applicants for the Low- or No-Emission Program include designated recipients, States (including territories and Washington D.C.), local governmental authorities, and Indian Tribes. Except for projects proposed by Indian tribes, all proposals for projects in rural (non-urbanized) areas must be submitted by a State, either individually or as a part of a statewide application.

Focus areas: T

Recorded deadline

September 21, 2026 — confirm the time zone and submission system

A missing or rolling date is not permission to assume an open application window.

1. Confirm fitMatch your applicant type, location, project scope and any cost-share or registration rule to the official notice.
2. Read the noticeCollect the current guidelines, amendments, budget rules, required attachments and submission instructions.
3. Check timingRecord the deadline time zone, internal review date and any earlier registration or portal cut-off.
4. Submit thereUse the official application route and save the confirmation or submission reference.

Official sources

Recorded source: https://www.grants.gov/xml-extract

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Last directory verification: Sep 14, 2026.