Assistance program
Highway Training and Education
$101.3 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Federal Highway Administration, Transportation, Department of
- Assistance
- Cooperative Agreements;Training
- CFDA number
- 20.215
- What it does
- This Assistance Listing encompasses several transportation training and education programs: 1) National Highway Institute (NHI) Training Program: To develop and administer, in cooperation with those in the highway community, educational, training, and technical assistance for the Federal Highway Administration, State and local highway agency employees, the private sector and members of international organizations. 2) Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP): To provide training, technology transfer, and professional development services to local agencies and tribal governments with road management and safety responsibilities. 3) Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program (DDETFP): To attract qualified students to the field of transportation education and research, and advance transportation workforce development. 4) Transportation Education and Training Development and Deployment Program (TETDDP): To develop and implement innovative transportation education and workforce development programs at all levels of transportation. 5) Garrett A. Morgan Technology and Transportation Education Program (GAMTTEP): To improve the preparation of K-12 students, particularly women and minorities, in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) through curriculum development and other transportation-related activities.
- Who benefits
- Not Applicable
- Who applies
- Depends on the program: 1) NHI Training Program: Eligible participants in NHI training courses include employees of the Federal Highway Administration and other applicable Federal agencies; State and local transportation agencies; State and local police, public safety, and motor vehicle employees; and United States citizens and foreign nationals engaged or to be engaged in surface transportation work of interest to the United States. 2) DDETFP: Eligible participants in DDETFP include undergraduate and graduate students at institutions of higher education that are majoring in a transportation-related discipline and conducting transportation-related research. 3) TETDDP: Makes grants available to educational institutions or State Departments of Transportation to develop, test, and review new curricula and education programs to train individuals at all levels of the transportation workforce; or to implement the new curricula and education programs to provide for hands-on career opportunities to meet current and future needs. 4) GAMTTEP: Makes grants available to improve the preparation of students, particularly women and minorities, in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics through curriculum development and other activities related to transportation.
- Authorized by
- Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act)
- Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)
- Program site
- https://highways.dot.gov/ ↗
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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