FY 2026 Assistance for Local Emergency Response Training (ALERT) Grant
Status: Forecasted
Posted date: May 18, 2026
Archive date: July 19, 2026
Close date: June 19, 2026
Opportunity ID: 362455
Opportunity number: 693JK326NF0010
Opportunity category: Discretionary
Agency name: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Admin
Agency code: DOT-PHMSA
Award floor: $500,000
Award ceiling: $1,000,000
Cost sharing required: No
Funding Instrument Types
- Grant
Category of Funding Activity
- Employment, Labor and Training
- Transportation
Eligible Applicants
- Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
- agency_code:dot_phmsa
- category_of_funding_activity:employment_labor_and_training
- category_of_funding_activity:transportation
- cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:false
- eligible_applicants:nonprofits_having_a_501_c_3_status_with_the_irs_other_than_institutions_of_higher_education
- eligible_applicants:nonprofits_that_do_not_have_a_501_c_3_status_with_the_irs_other_than_institutions_of_higher_education
- eligible_applicants:private_institutions_of_higher_education
- eligible_applicants:public_and_state_controlled_institutions_of_higher_education
- funding_instrument_type:grant
- opportunity_category:discretionary
- status:forecasted
The ALERT grant promotes hazmat response training for volunteer or remote emergency responders. Response activities include the transportation of crude oil, ethanol, and other flammable liquids by rail consistent with National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards. The ALERT grant is competitively awarded to non-profit organizations capable of delivering an established curriculum to emergency responders.