Tribal Transportation Safety Strategy Pilot Program
Status: Open
Posted date: June 24, 2026
Opportunity ID: 362956
Opportunity number: TRIBALSAFETY-OSTR24
Opportunity category: Discretionary
Agency name: 69A355 Research and Technology
Agency code: DOT-RITA
Award floor: $0
Award ceiling: $0
Cost sharing required: Yes
Funding Instrument Types
- Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity
- Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Eligible Applicants
- Others
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- agency_code:dot_rita
- category_of_funding_activity:science_and_technology_and_other_research_and_development
- cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:true
- eligible_applicants:others
- funding_instrument_type:cooperative_agreement
- opportunity_category:discretionary
- status:open
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (OST-R) will open a competitive $2 million Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Tribal Transportation Safety Strategy Pilot Program. This three-year initiative will establish a university-led consortium to address the disproportionately high rate of traffic fatalities among American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) populations. The project will develop a next-generation strategic safety plan, leverage artificial intelligence for risk-based analysis, and culminate in a pilot program that constructs a low-cost but impactful safety infrastructure demonstration in at least one federally recognized Tribal community