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
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 · 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.
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.
DOE · administering agency
U.S. Department of Energy
Energy research, clean energy development, environmental cleanup, and science programs.
Grants.gov opportunities · CFDA 81.122
HARMONY: Human-Centric Analytics for Resilient & Modernized Power sYstems
Notice of Intent (NOI) related to "HARMONY: Human-Centric Analytics for Resilient & Modernized Power sYstems”
Notice of Intent (NOI) related to Aligning Manufacturability & Pre-production Design (AMPD) for Storage Technologies
Aligning Manufacturability & Pre-production Design (AMPD) for Storage Technologies
Office of Electricity (OE) and the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Wind Energy Technologies Office (EERE WETO)
De-risking Innovative Grid Technologies to Facilitate Adoption of Solutions that Promote Reliability, Resilience, Security, and Affordability
Blue-Sky Training Program for Grid Scale Energy Storage Systems
This is a Notice of Intent to issue DE-FOA-0003396 entitled “Renewable Integration Management with Innovative High Voltage Direct Current Power Circuit Breakers (REIMAGINE BREAKERS).”
Critical Facility Energy Resilience (CiFER)
Notice of Intent (NOI) related to Critical Facility Energy Resilience (CiFER)
Showing 10 of the 20 most recent listings (20 indexed).
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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