Funding Opportunities
MTC identifies new transportation projects and programs — and invites prospective project sponsors to compete for funding.
MTC is always looking for new transportation projects and programs in which it can invest federal, state or regional funds.
We do this by issuing a Call for Projects — inviting prospective project sponsors to compete for grants or other funding.
Who Can Apply for Funding?
Calls for Projects typically are reserved for cities, counties, county transportation agencies, transit agencies or other public agencies that have agreements in place with the California Department of Transportation to receive federal-aid funding.
But some Calls for Project are open to nonprofit organizations, through partnerships with public agencies.
Partnerships
Businesses, nonprofits and community groups may apply for funding opportunities geared toward public agencies — as long as they team with a public agency willing to serve as the project sponsor.
In these cases, the public agency would be the grant recipient, and could then subcontract with the private business or nonprofit.
Available Funding
MTC routinely issues Calls for Projects through various funding programs. Review the program pages on the MTC website for current opportunities:
- Active Transportation Program
- Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Competitive Grants
- Federal Transportation Administration Grants
- Housing Incentive Pool Grants
- Innovative Deployments to Enhance Arterials (IDEA)
- Innovative Deployments to Enhance Arterials Shared Automated Vehicles (IDEA SAV)
- Lifeline Transportation Program
- Local Parking Management Grant Program
- Program for Arterial System Synchronization (PASS)
- Pavement Management Technical Assistance Program (P-TAP)
- Priority Conservation Area Grants
- Priority Development Area Grants
- Transit Capital Priorities
- Transit Core Capacity Challenge Grants