FY26 Bus Safety, Accessibility, and Innovation Notice of Funding Opportunity

The Federal Transit Administration, an agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation, is offering the Bus Safety, Accessibility, and Innovation Research Program as a competitive federal funding opportunity. The notice was published in the Federal Register on July 29, 2026. The program is authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5312 and 49 CFR 1.91. The Federal Transit Administration states that a total of $10 million is available for the program. The funding opportunity identification number is FTA-2026-004-TRI. The stated program name identifies bus safety, accessibility, innovation, and research as the focus of the funding opportunity. The supplied Federal Register notice does not provide a more detailed description of specific research topics, project activities, allowable costs, prohibited costs, or other spending restrictions. It also does not identify an individual minimum or maximum award amount, anticipated number of awards, project period, or period of performance. Applicants should therefore consult the full Notice of Funding Opportunity identified by the Federal Transit Administration for requirements that are not reproduced in the supplied notice. The supplied notice does not state applicant eligibility requirements. It does not identify specific eligible organization types, geographic restrictions, or limitations based on state, territory, locality, institution type, nonprofit status, business status, or governmental status. It also does not state that a cost share or matching contribution is required. Because no matching requirement is identified in the supplied source, the grant entry treats matching as not required based on the available information. No applicant eligibility categories can be assigned reliably from the supplied notice alone. Complete proposals must be submitted electronically through the Grants.gov APPLY function. Mail and fax submissions will not be accepted. The notice directs prospective applicants to the full Notice of Funding Opportunity on the Federal Transit Administration website and in the FIND module of Grants.gov. The supplied Federal Register notice does not enumerate required proposal narratives, forms, attachments, certifications, budgets, work plans, resumes, or other application components. It also does not identify a letter of intent, concept paper, pre-proposal, notice of intent, or other pre-application gating requirement. The Federal Register notice does not provide evaluation criteria, scoring factors, selection priorities, review procedures, or award notification dates. Accordingly, no specific evaluation factors or expected award date can be documented from the supplied material. The notice likewise does not identify previous recipients or provide enough information about proposal components to develop a reliable application preparation time estimate. Applicants seeking these details would need to review the full Notice of Funding Opportunity referenced by the agency. Complete proposals are due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on September 28, 2026. The Federal Register notice was published July 29, 2026, and announces the opportunity to apply, supporting treatment of the opportunity as currently accepting applications as of the August 13, 2026 analysis date. No recurring or annual application schedule is stated. Questions may be directed to Marcel Belanger in the Federal Transit Administration Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation at Marcel.Belanger@dot.gov or 202-366-6140. The supplied source contains no explicit direct PDF URL for the Notice of Funding Opportunity.

Submit a complete proposal electronically through the Grants.gov APPLY function by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on September 28, 2026; do not submit by mail or fax.