Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Grant Program

 
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    CFDA#

    20.933     		 

    Funder Type

    Federal Government

    IT Classification

    B - Readily funds technology as part of an award

    Authority

    U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)

    Summary

    The U.S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT) Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) grant program provides grants for surface transportation infrastructure projects with significant local or regional impact.


    Eligible capital projects activities include:

    • Highway or bridge projects
    • Public transportation projects
    • Passenger and freight rail transportation projects
    • Port infrastructure investments (including inland port infrastructure and land ports of entry)
    • The surface transportation components of an airport project
    • Projects to replace or rehabilitate a culvert or prevent stormwater runoff for the purpose of improving habitat for aquatic species while advancing the goals of the BUILD program
    • Projects investing in surface transportation facilities that are located on Tribal land and for which title or maintenance responsibility is vested in the Federal Government
    • Any other surface transportation infrastructure project that the Secretary considers to be necessary to advance the goals of the program
      • Public road and non-motorized projects that are not otherwise eligible
      • Surface transportation components of transit-oriented development projects
      • Surface transportation components of mobility on-demand projects that expand access and reduce transportation cost burden

    Eligible planning projects activities include:

    • Planning, preparation, or design of eligible surface transportation capital projects described in the Capital Projects section that will not result in construction with FY 2026 BUILD funding.
      • For example: environmental analysis, community engagement, feasibility studies, benefit-cost analysis, and other pre-construction activities
    • Development of master plans, comprehensive plans, transportation corridor plans, and integrated economic development, land use, housing, and transportation plans
    • Planning activities related to the development of a multimodal freight corridor, including those that seek to reduce conflicts with residential areas and with passenger and nonmotorized traffic
    • Development of port and regional port planning, including State-wide or multi-port planning within a single jurisdiction or region
    • Risk assessments and planning to identify vulnerabilities and address the transportation system's ability to withstand probable occurrence or recurrence of an emergency or major disaster
     

    History of Funding

    Previously funded projects may be viewed here: https://www.transportation.gov/BUILDgrants/awarded-projects

    Additional Information

    Ineligible projects are:

    • Purchasing school buses
    • Deploying broadband as a standalone project
    • Improving stormwater management as a standalone project
    • Creating dedicated facilitates for nursing mothers as a standalone project
    • Installing accessible changing tables as a standalone project
    • Planning or constructing housing and parks
    • Improvements to Federally owned facilities
      • Unless the project is investing in surface transportation facilities that are located on Tribal land and for which title or maintenance responsibility is vested in the Federal Government 

    Contacts

    Howard Hill

    Howard Hill
    Office of the Secretary of Transportation
    1200 New Jersey Avenue SE
    Washington, DC 20590
    (202) 366-0301

    Andrea Jacobson

    Andrea Jacobson

    ,
    202-366-9603

    Office of Infrastructure Deployment

    Office of Infrastructure Deployment

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  • Eligibility Details

    Eligible applicants are:

    • States
    • District of Columbia
    • any territory or possession of the United States
    • a unit of local government
    • a public agency or publicly chartered authority established by one or more States
    • a special purpose district or public authority with a transportation function, including a port authority
    • a Federally recognized Indian Tribe or a consortium of such Indian Tribes
    • a transit agency
    • a multi-State or multijurisdictional group of entities that are separately eligible

    Deadline Details

    Applications are due February 24, 2026. A similar deadline is expected, annually.

    Award Details

    $1.5 billion is available in FY2026. The minimum request for capital projects located in a rural area is $1 million and $5 million for an urban area. There is no minimum request for planning grant applications.


    There is a 20 percent cost share if the project is only located in an urban area. If the project is located in a rural area or area of persistent poverty, the cost share is up to 20 percent.

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