Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT)
Department Of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration
The purpose of the PROTECT Program is to provide grants on a competitive basis for projects that seek to strengthen surface transportation to be more resilient to natural hazards, including climate change, sea level rise, heat waves, flooding, extreme weather events, and other natural disasters through support of planning activities, resilience improvements, community resilience and evacuation routes, and at-risk costal infrastructure. This Assistance Listing 20.284 created in August 2025 was i
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Helps local governments and tribes improve transportation systems against natural disasters. Provides funding for planning, infrastructure upgrades, and evacuation routes.
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What Is This Program?
What Benefits Are Offered?
Funding to ensure surface transportation resilience to natural hazards including climate change, sea level rise, flooding, extreme weather events, and other natural disasters. Supports planning, construction, operations and maintenance, technology demonstrations and deployment, resilience, accessibility, and security projects for various transportation types. Up to 40% of funds can be used for new capacity construction.
Who Is Eligible?
Industries: transportation
Region: United States, U.S. Territories, Puerto Rico, District of Columbia
Other Criteria: State Governments, Local Governments, Federally Recognized Tribes and Affiliated Groups, Planning and Project Organizations, U.S. Territories, Metropolitan planning organizations, Special purpose districts or public authorities with a transportation function (including port authority or public transit agency), Indian Tribes, Federal land management agencies that apply jointly with a State or group of States, A multi-State or multi-jurisdictional group of entities
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📋What Are the Application Steps & Timeline?
- 📝Steps to Apply
- Applicant registers on SAM.gov and Grants.gov
- Applicant searches for USDOT grants on Grants.gov
- Applicant applies for funding for a project that meets program requirements
- USDOT reviews all submitted applications and selects projects to award funding
- USDOT notifies all applicants of the final award decisions
- Recipient signs agreement
- USDOT disburses funds
- Recipient implements the awarded project
- USDOT monitors the project’s progress
- Recipient reports progress to USDOT
- Recipient completes all closeout requirements
- 🌐Application Portal
- https://www.grants.gov
- 📤Submission Method
- online
- 📅Key Dates
- 10/25/2024Posted Date02/10/2025Close Date
- 🔄Intake Type
- fixed-deadline
📄What Documents Are Required?
- ✅Required Documents
- SF-424 (Application for Federal Assistance)
- SF-424A (Budget Information - Non-Construction)
- SF-424B (Assurances)
- Project Narrative
- Budget Narrative
- Indirect cost rate agreement
- Environmental review
- 📐Format Requirements
- PDF only, max 10MB
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💰What Expenses Are Eligible?
- 🧾Eligible Expenses
- Planning
- Construction
- Operations and Maintenance
- Technology Demonstrations and Deployment
- Resilience
- Accessibility
- Security
- 📏Expense Caps
- Only 40 percent of award funds can be used for construction of new capacity.
- 💳Payment Model
- reimbursement
🤝Is Matching Funding Required?
- 🔀Matching Required
- Yes
- 📊Matching Ratio
- 60%
- 🏦Eligible Matching Sources
- cash
- in-kind
- 📚Stacking Rules
- Yes
- 🛡️Proof of Matching Required
- Documentation of matching funds is required, including a benefit-cost analysis.
📊What Are the Reporting Requirements?
- 🗓️Reporting Frequency
- quarterly
- 📑Reporting Requirements
- Project Progress Reports (PPRs)
- Federal Financial Reports (SF-425s)
- 🔍Audit Requirements
- OMB Uniform Guidance Single Audit if the recipient expends $750,000 or more in federal awards in a fiscal year
- 📢Branding Requirements
- Federal awarding agency acknowledgment / logo / disclaimer requirements
- 🗄️Record Retention Period
- 3 years post-final-report
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This program offers funding up to $2 (minimum $2).
The application deadline is February 10, 2025.
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