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The Fiscal Years 2024-2026 Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) Program is a discretionary grant opportunity administered by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). The program is designed to fund projects that make the nations surface transportation system more resilient to natural hazards and long-term climate impacts. In practical terms, the emphasis is on helping transportation owners and operators reduce damage, downtime, and repair costs caused by events such as flooding, extreme storms, heat waves, sea level rise, and other natural disasters, while also improving the reliability of critical routes for daily travel and emergency response.
The core purpose of the PROTECT Program is to support a range of resilience-focused work across planning and implementation. Eligible project concepts highlighted in the notice include resilience planning activities, on-the-ground resilience improvements to transportation assets, enhancements that support community resilience and evacuation routes, and work addressing at-risk coastal infrastructure. The overall theme is proactive risk reduction: strengthening highways and other surface transportation elements before disasters occur, rather than repeatedly paying for repairs after damage. FHWA indicates these awards are made on a competitive basis, meaning projects will be evaluated against the criteria and requirements described in the full Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO).
This opportunity is identified as Funding Opportunity Number 693JJ325NF00008 and is listed under Assistance Listing (CFDA) 20.205. The funding instrument is a grant, and the activity area is transportation. The opportunity was originally posted on October 25, 2024. FHWA anticipates making about 60 awards under this NOFO cycle, with an advertised award ceiling of $876,000,000. Those figures signal a program with capacity to support large, high-impact resilience projects, although the actual award size and distribution will depend on what FHWA selects for funding and the specific limitations and requirements laid out in the NOFO.
Application timing is structured around two listed deadlines. Applications for FY 2024 and FY 2025 funding are due February 24, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. A separate deadline is provided for FY 2026 funding, due February 24, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. FHWA also plans to host informational webinars during each application open period, scheduled after the NOFO opens and before it closes. These webinars are intended to walk applicants through the program and application expectations, and recordings are expected to be posted afterward. The central webpage referenced for webinar details and program materials is https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/protect/discretionary, which is also where applicants can monitor updates tied to the discretionary PROTECT grants.
Eligibility is explicitly noted as dependent on project type under the PROTECT Program, meaning not every entity will automatically qualify for every kind of project category. The posting directs applicants to consult the Related Documents tab and, in particular, Section C.1 of the NOFO for the authoritative eligibility rules and definitions of eligible applicants. While the listing flags "Others" under eligible applicants in the summary data, the controlling guidance is the NOFO itself, which typically spells out which public agencies, authorities, or other entities may apply depending on whether the proposal is for planning, capital construction, evacuation route improvements, or coastal risk reduction.
A key takeaway from the notice is that FHWA is putting responsibility on applicants to read and follow the full NOFO requirements before submitting. The summary text repeatedly points back to the Related Documents as the source for the complete application instructions, selection criteria, required components, and compliance expectations. For anyone considering an application, the most practical next steps are to review the full NOFO for project category fit and eligibility, attend or watch the FHWA webinar for that application period, and build a proposal that clearly connects the project scope to measurable resilience benefits for surface transportation under current and future hazard conditions.Apply for 693JJ325NF00008
- The DOT Federal Highway Administration in the transportation sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Years 2024-2026 Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 20.205.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2024-10-25.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-02-24. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $876,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 60 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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