Closed · 693JJ318NF00011 · CFDA 20.200 · Discretionary
Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives
Federal grant opportunity posted by DOT Federal Highway Administration, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $20M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- July 16, 2018
- Close date
- 8
- Expected awards
The verdict
Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives is a closed discretionary listing from DOT Federal Highway Administration that offered Up to $20,000,000 across 8 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 254 other opportunities from DOT Federal Highway Administration.
- up to $20M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 8
- expected awards
- 20.200
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Surface Transportation System Funding Alterna… is closed (last close July 16, 2018). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. DOT Federal Highway Administration still indexes 254 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed July 16, 2018
Est. Total Funding
$20,000,000
Expected Awards
8
Instrument
Other
Cost Sharing
Required
Description
The Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act of 2015, Pub. L. No. 114-94, Sec 6020, authorized the Secretary of Transportation to establish the Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives (STSFA) Program. The purpose of the STSFA Program is to provide grants to States to demonstrate user-based alternative revenue mechanisms that utilize a user fee structure to maintain the long-term solvency of the Federal Highway Trust Fund. The FAST Act provides that $15 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 and $20 million annually from FY 2017 through 2020 will be made available from the Highway Research and Development Program for grants for STSFA demonstration projects. These grants shall make up no more than 50 percent of total proposed project costs, with the remainder coming from non-Federal sources. Other Federal funds using their appropriate matching share may be leveraged for the deployment but cannot be considered as part of the STSFA matching funds, which must come from non-Federal sources unless otherwise allowed by statute. The grants are only available to States; however, groups of States can form partnerships for regional or national proposals. Section 6020 of the FAST Act authorizes the DOT to enter into agreements with State authorities to demonstrate user-based alternative revenue mechanisms. However, this solicitation requires that a State department of transportation (State DOT) serve as the lead agency for administering the program funding through the Federal-aid highway program. Another State agency or a State agency in a different State (if the project involves a group of States) may be responsible for providing day-to-day project oversight. It is expected that all relevant State agencies (e.g., Department of Motor Vehicles, Department of Revenue) needed to initiate a full-scale deployment of the proposed revenue mechanism will be actively involved in the planning and operation of the demonstration.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · 693JJ318NF00011
Grants.gov marks Surface Transportation System Funding Alterna… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Other. Funding-activity code maps to Transportation (T). This eligibility-code string dominates the DOT Federal Highway Administration book (136 peers, 53% of 255).
- Code 25
- Others (see official listing text)
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Agency Contact
Angela Jacobs
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What to do next
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