Opportunity Information: Apply for FM MCG 26 001
The Development of Fiscal Year 2026 Commercial Vehicle Safety Plans to Support National Safety Goals opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number: FM MCG 26 001) is a mandatory, formula-based federal grant administered by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). It sits under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP), which is designed to help states and U.S. territories strengthen commercial motor vehicle (CMV) safety programs and align their enforcement and prevention strategies with national transportation safety goals. The central purpose is straightforward: reduce the number and severity of crashes involving commercial motor vehicles, lower the resulting injuries and fatalities, and prevent hazardous materials incidents connected to CMV operations.
This grant supports the development and execution of a Fiscal Year 2026 Commercial Vehicle Safety Plan, meaning applicants are expected to lay out a structured, actionable plan for how they will use federal resources to improve CMV safety outcomes over the grant period. While the notice emphasizes the broad safety mission rather than prescribing a single project type, MCSAP funding generally underwrites a mix of enforcement, safety oversight, and programmatic activities that directly target high-risk behaviors and conditions in the commercial transportation system. In practice, that often includes activities such as roadside inspections, traffic enforcement focused on CMVs, compliance reviews and investigations, data-driven identification of high-risk carriers and corridors, efforts to prevent impaired or distracted driving in the CMV context, and initiatives that reduce hazardous materials incidents. The underlying idea is to help jurisdictions build capacity and deploy consistent, evidence-based safety interventions that can measurably reduce serious incidents.
Eligibility is limited to state governments (and, as described in the program narrative, U.S. territories). This is not a competitive open solicitation for local governments, nonprofits, universities, or private entities; it is a federal formula grant program where funding is distributed according to statutory or program formulas, with recipients expected to meet program requirements and submit the necessary safety plan and supporting materials. The opportunity is categorized as Transportation and is listed under CFDA (Assistance Listing) number 20.218.
For this cycle, the notice indicates an award ceiling of $52,000,000 and anticipates 56 awards, reflecting distribution across states and territories. The opportunity record shows a creation date of July 14, 2025, with an original closing date of September 9, 2025, which effectively serves as the deadline for jurisdictions to submit required plans and documentation for FY 2026 participation and funding. Overall, the opportunity is best understood as a core federal mechanism for ensuring that every state and territory has the resources and structured planning framework needed to run robust CMV safety programs, focusing on preventing crashes and hazardous materials incidents and reducing the human and economic toll when crashes occur.Apply for FM MCG 26 001
- The DOT-Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in the transportation sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Development of Fiscal Year 2026 Commercial Vehicle Safety Plans to Support National Safety Goals" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 20.218.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2025-07-14.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-09-09. (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 $52,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 56 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments.
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