FY24 Stage 1 SMART Grants Notice of Funding Opportunity

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

AGENCY:

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (OST-R), U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT or the Department).

SUMMARY:

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) 2024 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.

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DATES:

Applications must be submitted by 5:00 PM ET on Friday, July 12, 2024. Late applications will not be accepted.

ADDRESSES:

Applications must be submitted via Valid Eval, an online submission proposal system used by USDOT, at https://usg.valideval.com/teams/USDOT_SMART_2024/signup.

USDOT will not accept or review application materials submitted via Grants.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:

Please contact SMART Grants Program staff via email at smart@dot.gov or call Madeline Zhu at 202-961-9598. A telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) is available at 202-366-3993. The deadline to submit technical questions is 5:00PM ET on Friday, June 28, 2024, and USDOT may post answers to questions and requests for clarifications, as well as schedule information regarding webinars providing additional guidance, on the SMART Grants website at https://www.transportation.gov/grants/SMART. In addition, USDOT will host a “How to Apply” webinar on May 28, 2024, with the subsequent recording posted on www.transportation.gov/grants/smart/webinars.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Miscellaneous

Other

Additional information

Eligible applicants for the SMART Grants Program include: A. a State;B. a political subdivision of a State;C. a federally recognized Tribal government;D. a public transit agency or authority;E. a public toll authority;F. a metropolitan planning organization; or G. a group of two or more eligible entities applying through a single lead applicant (Group Application).*Section C.1 of the announcement provides additional applicant eligibility information.

Grantor contact information

Description

Thy H Nguyen Grantor Phone 202-875-0520

Email

DOT-SMART-FY24-01

thy.nguyen@dot.gov

Documents

File name	Description	Last updated
SMART_FY24_Stage_1_NOFO_Final.pdf	NOFO - Final version	May 13, 2024 06:00 PM UTC

Link to additional information

2024 SMART Grants Program

Archived: August 11, 2024

Application process

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

Award

$50,000,000

Program Funding

Expected awards

$250,000

Award Minimum

$2,000,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

DOT-SMART-FY24-01

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:

May 13, 2024

Archive date:

August 11, 2024