The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has announced $217 million in grant funding available to the US trucking and bus industries, with applications due by 11:59 pm ET on June 17, 2026. The grants support safety programs across the commercial motor vehicle sector, including state enforcement activity, driver training initiatives, and technology deployments that improve compliance and crash prevention.
The funding announcement arrives during the agency's "Our Roads, Our Safety" Week, observed June 1 through 5, 2026. The outreach campaign distributes toolkit materials and daily graphics focused on how passenger vehicle drivers and commercial drivers can share the road safely, with attention to the large blind spots and long stopping distances of heavy trucks.
The grant cycle lands in a year of heavy regulatory activity for the agency. FMCSA finalized a rule in February that removes ambiguous language around paper-based driver vehicle inspection reports, making electronic DVIRs explicitly legal under federal regulation. The agency also continues enforcement of English language proficiency requirements and non-domiciled commercial driver license restrictions, and it is preparing its new Motus registration system for carriers during the second quarter of 2026.
Carriers and state agencies seeking the funding apply through the federal grants portal before the mid-June deadline.
Source: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration -- https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/newsroom/press-releases