Provider
US Department of Transportation
Application Deadline
February 24, 2026
Summary
The U.S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT) Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) grant program provides grants for surface transportation infrastructure projects with significant local or regional impact. The eligibility requirements of BUILD allow project sponsors, including state and local governments, counties, Tribal governments, transit agencies, and port authorities, to pursue multi-modal and multi-jurisdictional projects that are more difficult to fund through other grant programs.
The BUILD program, previously known as the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) and Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) discretionary grants, was established under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and operated under annual appropriations acts until authorized in November 2021.
Common Eligible Projects
Eligible capital projects activities include:
- Highway or bridge projects eligible under title 23, United States Code
- Public transportation projects eligible under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code
- Passenger and freight rail transportation projects
- Port infrastructure investments (including inland port infrastructure and land ports of entry)
- The surface transportation components of an airport project eligible for assistance under part B of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code
- Projects investing in surface transportation facilities that are located on Tribal land and for which title or maintenance responsibility is vested in the Federal Government
- Projects to replace or rehabilitate a culvert or prevent stormwater runoff for the purpose of improving habitat for aquatic species while advancing the goals of the BUILD program
- Intermodal projects whose component parts are otherwise an eligible project type
- Any other surface transportation infrastructure project that the Secretary considers to be necessary to advance the goals of the program
- Public road and non-motorized projects that are not otherwise eligible under title 23, United States Code
- Surface transportation components of transit-oriented development projects
- Surface transportation components of mobility on-demand projects that expand access and reduce transportation cost burden
More Information
https://www.transportation.gov/BUILDgrants
