Assistance program
University Transportation Centers Program
$616.7 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Office of the Secretary, Transportation, Department of
- Assistance
- Project Grants
- CFDA number
- 20.701
- What it does
- The program awards grants to nonprofit institutions of higher learning for the purpose of establishing and operating university transportation centers that conduct research, education, and technology transfer programs addressing regional and national transportation issues.
- Who benefits
- For the program's competitive grants, public and private nonprofit institutions of higher learning that have established transportation research programs. Non-competitive grants must also be to public and private nonprofit institutions of higher learning but may or may not have established programs.
- Who applies
- For the program's competitive grants, public and private nonprofit institutions of higher learning that have established transportation research programs including community colleges. Non-competitive grants must also be to public and private nonprofit institutions of higher learning but may or may not have established programs.
- Authorized by
- Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) November 2021 (commonly known as the “Bipartisan Infrastructure Law,†or “BILâ€)
- Program site
- https://www.transportation.gov/utc/ ↗
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.
Top recipients
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- Committed through this program
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- How it's paid
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Direct payments