Posted · FR-CRS-26-001
FY25-26 Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements Grant Program
DOT - Federal Railroad Administration · DOT
CFDA Numbers
20.337
Award Ceiling
$2.0B
Award Floor
—
Expected Awards
130
Close Date
Jun 22, 2026
Section I
How to Apply
Program Contact
Grants.gov Contact Center<br/>Phone Number: 1-800-518-4726<br/><br/>Hours of operation are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The contact center is closed on federal holidays.<br/>support@grants.gov
support@grants.gov
Cost Sharing Matching funds required.
Section II
Eligibility
Eligible Applicants: 1. A State (including the District of Columbia). 2. A group of States. 3. An Interstate Compact. 4. A public agency or publicly chartered authority established by 1 or more States. 5. A political subdivision of a State. 6. Amtrak or another rail carrier that provides intercity rail passenger transportation (as rail carrier and intercity rail passenger transportation are defined in section 24102). 7. A Class II railroad or Class III railroad, including any holding company of a Class II railroad or Class III railroad (as those terms are defined in section 20102). 8. An association representing 1 or more railroads described in paragraph (7). 9. A federally recognized Indian Tribe. 10. Any rail carrier or rail equipment manufacturer in partnership with at least 1 of the entities described in paragraphs (1) through (5). 11. The Transportation Research Board and any entity with which it contracts in the development of rail-related research, including cooperative research programs. 12. A University transportation center engaged in rail-related research. 13. A non-profit labor organization representing a class or craft of employees of rail carriers or rail carrier contractors.
Eligible Applicant Types
00, 01, 02, 04, 06, 07, 12, 20, 22, 23, 25
Section III
Description
Section IV
Key Dates
- Posted
- Apr 20, 2026
- Closes
- Jun 22, 2026
- Archive
- Jul 22, 2026