Fiscal Years 2024-2026 Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) Program
The Federal Highway Administration directs applicants for its 2024-2026 transportation resilience program to the updated funding opportunity, with applications due October 9, 2026.
Funder: DOT Federal Highway Administration
Due Dates: February 10, 2025 (FY 2024–2025 closing) | February 24, 2026 (Original FY 2026 deadline) | October 9, 2026 (Updated FY 2024–2026 deadline)
Funding Amounts: Up to $876 million listed for FY 2024–2026; original NOFO requested minimum awards of $100,000 for Planning and $500,000 for Resilience
Summary: Competitive grants support planning and infrastructure improvements that make surface transportation more resilient to natural hazards and changing conditions.
Key Information: Apply under updated opportunity FHWA-PROT-26-001 using its required templates; previous applicants must reapply.
Description
The Federal Highway Administration’s PROTECT Competitive Grant Program funds work to plan for and strengthen surface transportation against current and future weather events, natural disasters, and changing conditions. Created by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, it supports highways, public transportation, ports, and intercity passenger rail facing hazards such as flooding, heat, wildfire, sea level rise, landslides, and earthquakes.
The program has four grant categories: Planning, Resilience Improvement, Community Resilience and Evacuation Route, and At-Risk Coastal Infrastructure. Its goals include reducing transportation damage and disruption, improving public safety, and supporting continued operation or rapid recovery of crucial facilities. Natural infrastructure and collaborative risk-reduction approaches are eligible. An updated FY 2024–2026 opportunity replaces the October 2024 notice; awards will not be made under the previous notice.
