Deadline: 02-Dec-2024
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) program provides grants for surface transportation infrastructure projects with significant local or regional impact.
The RAISE program, previously known as the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) and Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) discretionary grants, was established under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and operated under annual appropriations acts until authorized by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) in November 2021.
Funding Information
- Maximum Award Size: RAISE grant awards are capped at $25 million
- Applicants submitting capital grant applications for projects located in rural areas must request at least $1 million in RAISE funding. Applicants submitting capital grant applications for projects located in urban areas must request at least $5 million in RAISE funding.
Eligible Projects
- Capital Projects
- Eligible capital projects activities include:
- Highway or bridge projects eligible under title 23, United States Code
- Public transportation projects eligible under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code
- Passenger and freight rail transportation projects
- Port infrastructure investments (including inland port infrastructure and land ports of entry)
- Planning Projects
- Eligible planning projects activities include:
- Planning, preparation, or design of eligible surface transportation capital projects described in the Capital Projects section that will not result in construction with FY 2025 RAISE funding.
- Development of master plans, comprehensive plans, transportation corridor plans, and integrated economic development, land use, housing, and transportation plans
- Zero emissions plan for transit fleet
- Planning activities related to the development of a multimodal freight corridor, including those that seek to reduce conflicts with residential areas and with passenger and nonmotorized traffic
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible Applicants
- 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
- A Federally recognized Indian Tribe or a consortium of such Indian Tribes • A transit agency
- A multi-State or multijurisdictional group of entities that are separately eligible
Ineligibility Criteria
- Ineligible applicants for RAISE grants are:
- Federal agencies
- Non-profits
- Private entities
- Individuals
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