Closed · FHWA-ATTI-26-001 · CFDA 20.226 · Discretionary
FY25-FY26 Advanced Transportation Technology and Innovation (ATTAIN)
Federal grant opportunity posted by DOT Federal Highway Administration, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $12M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- August 11, 2026
- Close date
- 20
- Expected awards
The verdict
FY25-FY26 Advanced Transportation Technology and Innovation (ATTAIN) is a closed discretionary listing from DOT Federal Highway Administration that offered Up to $12,000,000 across 20 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 $12M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 20
- expected awards
- 20.226
- CFDA program
Recently closed NOFO
This listing closed on August 11, 2026. CFDA 20.226 may re-announce under a new opportunity number. Historical award band was Up to $12,000,000.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed August 11, 2026
Est. Total Funding
$120,000,000
Expected Awards
20
Instrument
Grant
Cost Sharing
Required
Description
The ATTAIN Competitive Grant Program will provide funding to deploy, install, and operate advanced transportation technologies to improve safety, mobility, efficiency, system performance, intermodal connectivity, and infrastructure return on investment. Eligible applicants for ATTAIN Competitive Grant Program funds are: • State or local governments; • transit agencies; • metropolitan planning organizations; • other political subdivisions of a State or local government (such as publicly owned toll or port authorities); • multijurisdictional groups; or • consortiums of research institutions or academic institutions. ATTAIN requires a minimum non-Federal cost share of 20 percent. Applications that do not provide at least the minimum non-Federal cost share will be classified as ineligible.
Campus–civic applicant bridge · 7 doors
FY25-FY26 Advanced Transportation Technology… bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (7 doors: State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Special district governments; +3 more). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity codes span Information and Statistics · Transportation (IIJ;T). Inside DOT Federal Highway Administration's indexed book this exact eligibility-code string is unique to this listing.
- Code 00
- State governments
- Code 01
- County governments
- Code 02
- City or township governments
- Code 04
- Special district governments
- Code 06
- Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Code 20
- Private institutions of higher education
- 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
View full details, application forms, and submission instructions.
Agency Contact
Grants.gov Contact Center Phone Number: 1-800-518-4726 Hours of operation are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The contact center is closed on federal holidays. ATTAIN@dot.gov
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What to do next
FY25-FY26 Advanced Transportation Technology… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
- Browse open federal opportunities in the same category when this listing is closed. Open opportunities
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