# 2024-28767: Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Rural Business Development Grant Program To Provide Technical Assistance for Rural Transportation Systems for Fiscal Year 2025

2024-28767, Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Rural Business Development Grant Program To Provide Technical Assistance for Rural Transportation Systems for Fiscal Year 2025, is a Federal Register notice from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-06, effective 2025-10-01 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-28767
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2024-28767
- Title: Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Rural Business Development Grant Program To Provide Technical Assistance for Rural Transportation Systems for Fiscal Year 2025
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-06
- Effective: 2025-10-01
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## Summary

The USDA is offering about $750,000 in grants for 2025 to help improve rural transportation systems, including special support for Tribal lands. If you run or support rural transit, you can apply for funding to get technical help, but you must submit your application by April 7, 2025. This is a great chance to boost rural travel options and get expert assistance with your projects!

## Abstract

The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBCS or Agency), a Rural Development (RD) agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is issuing this notice to invite applications for grants to provide technical assistance for passenger Rural Transportation (RT) systems under the Rural Business Development Grant (RBDG) program and the terms for such funding. Grant funds will provide technical assistance for RT systems including designated funds to provide technical assistance to RT systems operating within Tribal lands of Federally Recognized Native American Tribes (FRNAT) (collectively "Programs"). This notice is being issued in order to allow applicants sufficient time to leverage financing, prepare and submit their applications, and give the Agency time to process applications within fiscal year (FY) 2025. Based on FY 2024 appropriated funding, the Agency estimates that approximately $750,000 will be made available for FY 2025. Successful applications will be selected by the Agency for funding and subsequently awarded to the extent that funding may ultimately be made available through appropriations. All applicants are responsible for any expenses incurred in developing their applications.

## Effects PRIA read

- About $750,000 in FY2025 Grants: benefit, medium. USDA estimates approximately $750,000 will be available in FY 2025 to fund technical assistance for rural passenger transportation systems. Awards are competitive and are anticipated to be made prior to September 30, 2025, with project performance running October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026.
- Award Caps and Tribal Set-Aside: benefit, medium. The Agency will award up to $500,000 for rural transportation (RT) systems projects and up to $250,000 for projects serving Federally Recognized Native American Tribes (FRNAT). For FRNAT grants, at least 75 percent of the benefits of the project must be received by members of FRNATs, and applicants…
- Only Qualified National Organizations Eligible: cost, medium. Only qualified national organizations with experience providing nationwide technical assistance and training for rural passenger transportation are eligible to apply; an applicant may meet the national requirement by partnering with others only if the applicant retains ultimate control of grant adm…
- No Cost Share or Matching Required: benefit, low. There are no cost-sharing or matching requirements associated with these grants, so applicants do not need to provide matching funds to receive an award under this notice.
- Application and Technical Assistance Deadlines: cost, low. Completed grant applications must be received in the USDA RD State Office by 4:30 p.m. (local time) on April 7, 2025, to be eligible; applications received after that deadline will be ineligible. Requests for technical assistance or application guidance must be made prior to February 5, 2025.
- SAM Registration and UEI Required: cost, low. At the time of application each applicant must have an active System for Award Management (SAM) registration and a valid Unique Entity Identifier (UEI); the Agency will not make an award until SAM requirements are met and the UEI is provided.
- Permitted Uses and Funding Restrictions: cost, medium. Grant funds are for technical assistance only — no construction or equipment purchases are permitted and no foreign travel is allowed. Applicants without an approved indirect cost rate may elect a 15 percent indirect cost allowance, and pre-Federal award costs are allowed only with prior written Ag…
- Priority Points and Competitive Advantages: benefit, medium. USDA may assign discretionary priority points to initial grant applications for projects that meet Secretary priorities: projects in highly distressed communities (distress score ≥ 80), projects serving communities with Social Vulnerability Index score ≥ 0.75, federally recognized Tribes or project…

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## Sources
- [2024-28767 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/06/2024-28767/notice-of-funding-opportunity-for-the-rural-business-development-grant-program-to-provide-technical)
- [2024-28767 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-06/pdf/2024-28767.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-28767 (as of 2026-06-08).