INFRA Grants

Agency: 69A345 Office of the Under Secretary for Policy

20.934 -- Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects

Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

Description

The Department is combining three major discretionary grant programs into one Multimodal Projects Discretionary Grant (MPDG) opportunity to reduce the burden for state and local applicants and increase the pipeline of “shovel-worthy” projects that are now possible because of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. These investments will create good-paying jobs, grow the economy, reduce emissions, improve safety, make our transportation more sustainable and resilient, and expand transportation options in rural America and other underserved communities. Thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, this funding will help enable more communities to build vital infrastructure projects that also strengthen supply chains and reduce costs for American families.

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The Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) program is an existing competitive program that will see a more than 50 percent increase in this year’s funding due to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. These grants advance the Administration’s priorities of rebuilding America’s infrastructure and creating jobs by funding highway, multimodal freight and rail projects that position America to win the 21st century. Projects will improve safety, generate economic benefits, reduce congestion, enhance resiliency, and hold the greatest promise to eliminate supply chain bottlenecks and improve critical freight movements. Last year, DOT received over $27 billion in application requests, but could only fund around $1.5 billion of projects. To see last year’s INFRA grants, click here. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law provides approximately $8 billion for INFRA over 5 years, of which approximately $3.1 billion will be made available through this NOFO.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Miscellaneous

Other

Additional information

Eligible applicants for INFRA grants are: (1) a State or group of States; (2) a metropolitan planning organization that serves an Urbanized Area (as defined by the Bureau of the Census) with a population of more than 200,000 individuals; (3) a unit of local government or group of local governments; (4) a political subdivision of a State or local government; (5) a special purpose district or public authority with a transportation function, including a port authority; (6) a Federal land management agency that applies jointly with a State or group of States; (7) a tribal government or a consortium of tribal governments; (8) a multistate corridor organization; or (9) a multistate or multijurisdictional group of entities described in this paragraph. For INFRA, the definition of State includes the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

Grantor contact information

Description

Paul Baumer Grantor

Email

MPDGrants@dot.gov

mpdgrants@dot.gov

Documents

File name	Description	Last updated
FY2023_MPDG_Project_Information_Form.xlsx	MPDG Project Information Form	Jul 21, 2023 01:58 PM UTC
FY_2023-2024_MPDG_Application_Checklist.pdf	MPDG Application Checklist	Jun 27, 2023 01:25 AM UTC
MPDG_NOFO_2023-2024_Final.pdf	MPDG 23-24 Notice of Funding Opportunity	Jun 26, 2023 09:24 PM UTC

Link to additional information

https://www.transportation.gov/grants/mpdg-announcement

Archived: September 20, 2023

Application process

This site is a work in progress. Go to www.grants.gov to apply, track application status, and subscribe to updates.

Award

$3,100,000,000

Program Funding

Expected awards

$5,000,000

Award Minimum

$1,290,300,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

NSMFHP-23-24-INFRA

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

Yes

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

Category of Funding Activity:

Infrastructure investment and jobs act

Category Explanation:

History

Version:

Posted date:

June 26, 2023

Archive date:

September 20, 2023