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FY26 Bus Safety, Accessibility, and Innovation Notice of Funding Opportunity

DOT - Federal Transit Administration

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the opportunity to apply for competitive awards totaling up to $10 million in Public Transportation Innovation Program (49 U.S.C. 5312) funds for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Bus Safety, Accessibility, and Innovation Research Program under Assistance L

Funding
Estimated total program funding: $10,000,000
Category
Uncategorized
Status
OPEN
Deadline
9/29/2026

About

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the opportunity to apply for competitive awards totaling up to $10 million in Public Transportation Innovation Program (49 U.S.C. 5312) funds for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Bus Safety, Accessibility, and Innovation Research Program under Assistance Listing Number 20.530. As required by Federal public transportation law, funds will be awarded competitively to up to two projects to develop and prototype innovative and widely deployable concepts that are intended to make existing and new buses safer for their operators and vulnerable road users, and safer and more accessible for their passengers.

Eligibility

To be eligible, applicants must have sufficient legal, financial, and technical capabilities to receive and administer Federal funds under this program. Teams must include a TVM in a prominent role.

Applicant types

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Notice-specific evidence check

What an applicant must verify for FY26 Bus Safety, Accessibility, and Innovation Notice of Funding Opportunity

Applicant evidence

  • Applicant type: State governments
  • Applicant type: County governments
  • Applicant type: City or township governments
  • Applicant type: Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education
  • Applicant type: Federally recognized tribal governments
  • Applicant type: 501(c)(3) nonprofits other than higher-education institutions
  • Applicant type: Private institutions of higher education
  • Applicant type: Individuals

Opportunity boundaries

  • Recorded funding: Estimated total program funding: $10,000,000
  • Recorded deadline: September 29, 2026; confirm time zone and submission system.
  • Recorded focus: Transportation
Do not infer missing fields: geographic eligibility. Absence from this directory record is not evidence that a restriction does not exist.
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 FY26 Bus Safety, Accessibility, and Innovation Notice of Funding Opportunity

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 06, Grants.gov eligibility code 07, Grants.gov eligibility code 12.
  • • Geographic scope is not structured in this record.
  • • Notice summary: To be eligible, applicants must have sufficient legal, financial, and technical capabilities to receive and administer Federal funds under this program. Teams must include a TVM in a prominent role.

Focus areas: T

Recorded deadline

September 28, 2026 — confirm the time zone and submission system

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

  1. 1. Confirm fitMatch your applicant type, location, project scope and any cost-share or registration rule to the official notice.
  2. 2. Read the noticeCollect the current guidelines, amendments, budget rules, required attachments and submission instructions.
  3. 3. Check timingRecord the deadline time zone, internal review date and any earlier registration or portal cut-off.
  4. 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 13, 2026.