SMART Grants Notice of Funding

Agency: 69A345 Office of the Under Secretary for Policy

20.941 -- Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants Program

Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

Description

The purpose of this notice is to solicit applications for Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Stage 1 Planning and Prototyping grants. Funds for the fiscal year (FY) 2023 SMART Grants Program are to be awarded on a competitive basis to conduct demonstration projects focused on advanced smart city or community technologies and systems to improve transportation efficiency and safety.

Applications must be submitted via Valid Eval, an online submission proposal system used by USDOT, at https://usg.valideval.com/teams/USDOT_SMART_2023/signup. USDOT will not accept or review application materials submitted via Grants.gov.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Miscellaneous

Other

Additional information

Eligible applicants for the SMART Grants Program include: a State; a political subdivision of a State; a federally recognized Tribal government; a public transit agency or authority; a public toll authority; a metropolitan planning organization; or a group of two or more eligible entities listed applying through a single lead applicant (Group Application)

Grantor contact information

Description

Roxanne Ledesma Grantor Phone 202-774-8003

Email

smart@dot.gov

Documents

File name	Description	Last updated
Final_SMART_FY23_Stage_1_NOFO-508.pdf	SMART FY23 Stage 1 NOFO-508	Aug 25, 2023 06:14 PM UTC

Link to additional information

USDOT SMART Program Website

Archived: November 9, 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

$--

Program Funding

Expected awards

$250,000

Award Minimum

$2,000,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

DOT-SMART-FY23-01

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

Category of Funding Activity:

Transportation

Category Explanation:

History

Version:

Posted date:

August 8, 2023

Archive date:

November 9, 2023