Science & Research · Active

Transportation Technologies R&D · DOE · High-volume · mid band

Transportation Technologies R&D (CFDA 81.122) - federal assistance administered by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), catalogued in the SAM.gov Assistance Listings.

$200K–$3M
Typical award range
20
Indexed opportunities
0
Open now
DOE
Administering agency
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The verdict

According to indexed Grants.gov opportunity volume among active SAM.gov programs on PlainGrants, Transportation Technologies R&D ranks #349 of 504, #15 of 16 within DOE, and #26 of 44 among Science & Research programs by listed funding ceiling. Across 504 active programs, 47.041 leads by opportunity count (319, funding-ceiling rank #249) ≠ 66.054 leads by funding ceiling ($7.0 billion, opportunity rank #326). CFDA 81.122 is an active Science & Research program with 20 indexed Grants.gov opportunities. Of the 20 most recent listings shown here, 0 are open for application.

$200K–$3M
typical award range (SAM.gov)
-
next application deadline
$7.0 million
largest award ceiling indexed
9%
of the catalog is Science & Research

Transportation Technologies R&D · midpack ceiling on a busy book (#293/502)

Transportation Technologies R&D lands midpack on published ceilings (42nd percentile; rank #293 of 502). The printed high is a catalog cap, not a guaranteed outlay.

Transportation Technologies R&D vs programs with listed funding ceilings

Where this CFDA's SAM.gov award ceiling sits among active Assistance Listings with a reported ceiling

$3,000,000 Top 58% higher than 42% of 502 programs

Programs, banded by listed funding ceiling

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Source SAM.gov Assistance Listings · 2026-01-27

SAM.gov Assistance Listing plate

CFDA 81.122 · DOE VOL-STEADY · #349/504

VOL-STEADY · LOWER-HALF · SOLO-LISTING · NOFO-CLOSED · CEIL-MILLION · ELIG-MIX · BOOK-FULL · LISTING-LIVE

  • VOL-STEADY 20 indexed
  • LOWER-HALF #349/504
  • SOLO-LISTING No peer gap
  • NOFO-CLOSED 0 open of 20 listed
  • CEIL-MILLION $200K–$3M
  • ELIG-MIX 2 eligible desks
  • BOOK-FULL 20 listed / 20 indexed
  • LISTING-LIVE Active SAM.gov listing

Opportunity-volume neighbourhood · CFDA 81.122

VOL-STEADY · #349/504: quiet/busy corpus poles and ±- row peers, not a SAM.gov catalog reprint.

Engineering Grants · busiest319Transportation Tech… · this …20Plant and Animal Di… · quiet…0
Indexed Grants.gov rows · neighbourhood around Transportation Technologies R&D

Engineering Grants · busiestTransportation Tech… · this listingPlant and Animal Di… · quiet pole

Funding posture

High-traffic mid-ceiling grant corridor

Mid-band funding ($200,000 to $3.0 million) with a hot opportunity book (20 indexed rows) under CFDA 81.122. Transportation Technologies R&D is one of the busier mid-scale corridors in the indexed set; open rate on the recent slice is 0%.

Assistance Listing text · DOE

Research on advanced vehicle technologies, alternative fuels, and transportation system efficiency.

Market-open applicant set · 2 printed doors

The Assistance Listing for Transportation Technologies R&D includes a for-profit small-business door among 2 printed types (Educational Institution, Small Business (For-Profit)). Competitive traffic can include commercial applicants alongside other listed classes.

Educational Institution Small Business (For-Profit)

Predominantly cooperative agreements (CA) · CFDA 81.122

70% of the 61 indexed listings under CFDA 81.122 are cooperative agreements (CA), the SAM.gov-coded mechanism Transportation Technologies R&D typically uses to move money. 75% of the indexed listings require applicant cost-sharing.

Estimated funding, indexed listings with a reported figure
$476.1 million across 36 listings (avg $13.2 million)
Expected awards, indexed listings with a reported count
274 across 39 listings

Figures are computed from the full indexed Grants.gov book for CFDA 81.122, not the 10 listings shown below; a listing missing a field is excluded from that field's total, not counted as zero.

Archived NOFO book · CFDA 81.122

None of the 61 indexed Grants.gov listings under CFDA 81.122 are open on the current extract. Reported award ceilings swing from $2 to $27.5 million (13750000×); treat any single listing's ceiling as a local bound, not the program's typical award. 74% of listings carry the Energy (EN) funding-activity code.

Open vs archived (indexed book)
0 open · 61 archived
Median reported award ceiling
$1.5 million (53 listings with a ceiling)
Dominant Grants.gov funding-activity code
Energy (EN)

Open counts use the same posted+close_date rule as the rest of PlainGrants; funding-activity codes are the Grants.gov category_of_funding field (first code when several are joined). Ceiling median is over positive reported ceilings only.

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What to do next

CFDA 81.122: 20 indexed opportunities · 0 open on the recent slice.

  • No open Grants.gov rows on the recent slice, watch this CFDA for the next NOFO drop. How to apply
  • U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) administers 16 Assistance Listings in this extract. Agency catalog
  • Nearest peer by listed ceiling: GED Testing Services (84.002). Compare program

SAM.gov ceilings are catalog maximums, not guaranteed awards; verify every deadline on Grants.gov before submitting.

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