BUILD Discretionary Grants
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Howard Hill
202.366.0301
BUILDGrants@dot.gov
BUILD Discretionary Grants, formerly TIGER Discretionary Grants, provide funding for capital investments in unmet surface transportation infrastructure needs.
BUILD funding may be used to support:
- Roads
- Bridges
- Transit
- Rail
- Ports
- Intermodal transportation
- Rural broadband deployment that is part of an eligible transportation project
The Department of Transportation's priorities include growing rural economies, facilitating freight movement, improving access to reliable and affordable transportation options, and enhancing health access and safety for residents. To address rural transportation infrastructure needs, DOT intends to award a greater share of BUILD Transportation Discretionary Grant funding to projects located in rural areas that align well with the selection criteria than to such projects in urban areas.
Eligible applicants include:
- State, local, and tribal governments
- U.S. territories
- Transit agencies
- Port authorities
- Metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs)
- Other political subdivisions of state or local governments
- Multi-state or multi-jurisdictional groups applying through a single lead applicant
Award ceiling: $25,000,000
Award floor: $1,000,000
All FY 2018 BUILD funds must be expended by September 30, 2025.
Links to additional guidance and the application instructions are available on the program website.
A link to the online grants.gov application will be posted on June 4, 2018.
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