FY 2026 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Passenger Ferry Grant Program
Key Facts
Status: Forecasted
Posted date: April 6, 2026
Archive date: June 3, 2026
Close date: May 11, 2026
Opportunity ID: 361746
Opportunity number: FTA-2026-005-TPM-FERRY
Opportunity category: Discretionary
Agency name: DOT - Federal Transit Administration
Agency code: DOT-FTA
Award floor: $0
Award ceiling: $0
Cost sharing required: Yes
Funding Instrument Types
- Grant
Category of Funding Activity
- Transportation
Eligible Applicants
- City or township governments
- County governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Others
- State governments
Tools
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
- agency_code:dot_fta
- category_of_funding_activity:transportation
- cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:true
- eligible_applicants:city_or_township_governments
- eligible_applicants:county_governments
- eligible_applicants:native_american_tribal_governments_federally_recognized
- eligible_applicants:others
- eligible_applicants:state_governments
- funding_instrument_type:grant
- opportunity_category:discretionary
- status:forecasted
Description
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the opportunity to apply for $105 million in competitive grants for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Passenger Ferry Program. Passenger Ferry funds will be awarded competitively for any purpose eligible under 49 U.S.C. 5307(h) for capital projects to support passenger ferry systems in urbanized areas, such as ferry vessels, terminals, and related infrastructure.