Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Grant Program

202.366.0301
BUILDgrants@dot.gov

Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Grants provide funding for capital investments in unmet surface transportation infrastructure needs.

Funds may be used to support:

• Highway, bridge, or other road projects
• Public transportation
• Passenger and freight rail transportation
• Port infrastructure investments (including inland port infrastructure and land ports of entry)
• Surface transportation components of an airport projects
• Intermodal transportation projects
• Projects to replace or rehabilitate a culvert or prevent stormwater runoff for the purpose of improving habitat for aquatic species while advancing program goals
• Projects investing in surface transportation facilities that are located on tribal land and for which title or maintenance responsibility is vested in the federal government

Eligible applicants include:

• States and the District of Columbia
• Any territory or possession of the United States
• A unit of local government
• A public agency or publicly chartered authority established by one or more states
• A special purpose district or public authority with a transportation function, including a port authority
• Federally recognized tribe or a consortium of tribes
• A transit agency
• A multi-state or multijurisdictional group of entities that are separately eligible

Award ceiling: $25,000,000
Award floor: $1,000,000 for projects located in rural areas and $5,000,000 for other areas
Total funding available: $1,500,000,000

Links to the full announcement and online application process are available through grants.gov. The application instructions will be found on the related documents tab and the program website.