Open · NHTSA-693JJ926R000024-FY26 · CFDA 20.614 · Discretionary

Innovative Traffic Safety Enforcement (ITSE) Grant Program

Federal grant opportunity posted by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$500K-$20M
Award range
Open
Status
313d
Days left
10
Expected awards

The verdict

Innovative Traffic Safety Enforcement (ITSE) Grant Program is an open discretionary opportunity from National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, offering $500,000 -- $20,000,000 across 10 expected awards. Applications close in 313 days. PlainGrants indexes 75 other opportunities from National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

$500K-$20M
award range
Open
313 days left
10
expected awards
20.614
CFDA program

Open desk with published close date

Innovative Traffic Safety Enforcement remains open until September 1, 2027 (313 days out). Mega-scale award ceiling ($500,000 -- $20,000,000) without a cost-share requirement. Parent CFDA 20.614 may carry future cycles if this NOFO closes unfunded.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

313 days left to apply

Posted Aug 3 → closes Sep 1, 2027

Posted Aug 3 Closes Sep 1

Est. Total Funding

$20,000,000

Expected Awards

10

Instrument

Grant

Description

The primary intent of this of the ITSE Grant Program is to 1) develop innovative traffic safety enforcement programs that demonstrate effectiveness by reducing the number of motor vehicle crashes due to one or more of the subject risky driving behaviors; and 2) ensure the traffic safety enforcement programs are repeatable and scalable for use by law enforcement throughout the United States. In addition to those goals, the Department seeks to fund projects that advance the priorities of this Administration as described in DOT’s mission statement and across executive orders.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · NHTSA-693JJ926R000024-FY26

Grants.gov marks Innovative Traffic Safety Enforcement with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Unrestricted / see official listing). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Other (O). 20 other National Highway Traffic Safety Administration listings share this eligibility-code string (26% of 76).

Code 99
Unrestricted / see official listing

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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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 20.614

National Priority Safety Programs

U.S. Department of Transportation

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Agency Contact

Primary Contact: Anoko Zankli Email: Anoko.Zankli.Ctr@dot.gov Secondary Contact: Gregory Benjamin, II. Email: Gregory.Benjamin@dot.gov

What to do next

Innovative Traffic Safety Enforcement is open with $500,000 -- $20,000,000 awards and 313 days left on the clock.

  • Submit through Grants.gov (NHTSA-693JJ926R000024-FY26) - verify SAM.gov registration and the current NOFO before drafting. Official listing
  • National Priority Safety Programs indexes 1 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration lists 75 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from Grants.gov and SAM.gov and is for informational purposes only. Opportunity details, deadlines, and eligibility requirements change frequently. Always verify current information directly on Grants.gov before applying. PlainGrants is not affiliated with any federal agency.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainGrants