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Limited Submission Announcements

DOT FY 2026 Safe Streets and Roads for All

The purpose of SS4A grants is to improve roadway safety by significantly reducing or eliminating roadway fatalities and serious injuries through the development of Action Plans focused on all users: pedestrians, bicyclists, public transportation users, motorists, and commercial vehicle operators.

This program provides funding to develop tools to strengthen a community’s approach to roadway safety and save lives and is designed to meet the needs of local, Tribal, and regional communities that differ dramatically in size, location, and experience administering Federal funding.

The program provides funding for two main types of grants: 1) Planning and Demonstration Grants for Action Plans and 2) Implementation Grants.

Planning and Demonstration Grants are used to develop, complete, or supplement an Action Plan; Implementation Grants are used to implement projects or strategies that are consistent with an eligible existing Action Plan to address a roadway safety problem.

Recipients are required to contribute a local matching share of no less than 20 percent of total eligible project costs.

Institutional Limit: One (1) Application

Internal Deadline: Wednesday, April 8, 2026, 4:45pm

Funder Deadline: May 26, 2026, 5:00pm ET

NSF: EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program

The NSF EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP) provides an opportunity for applicants who received the distinction of GRFP Honorable Mention no more than three years before the proposal due date to be named NSF EPSCoR Graduate Fellows and obtain financial support for their graduate education at an institution in an EPSCoR jurisdiction. EGFP aims to enhance the capacity and competitiveness of EPSCoR jurisdictions by providing funding to graduate degree-awarding institutions to support NSF EPSCoR Graduate Fellows as they pursue graduate degrees in the disciplines specified by the NSF Directorates and Office that are participating in the EGFP funding program. Fellows may pursue degrees in field that differ from the field or sub-field of study that the GRFP Honorable Mention recipients previously listed in their GRFP application.

Institutions receiving awards through this solicitation will be required to use the NSF Education and Training Application (ETAP) system to recruit prospective Fellows. Institutions may recruit potential Fellows from the pool of highly qualified individuals who received Honorable Mention recognition from the NSF GRFP no more than three years prior to the proposal submission deadline.

Institutional Limit: One (1) Application

Internal Deadline: Wednesday, April 8, 2026, 4:45pm

Funder Deadline: June 1, 2026, 5:00pm CT