Organization:
U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)

Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Capital Grants

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Last Updated:
May 21, 2025
Type:
Federal
State
Private
Other
Status:
Closed; Last cycle Fall 2024-Spring 2025
Years Funded:
2022
-
2026
Annual Program Amount:
$1,500,000,000.00
Minimum Project Cost:
$5,000,000 (urban) $1,000,000 (Rural)
Annual Award Amount (min):
$1,000,000
Annual Award Amount (max):
$25,000,000
Eligible Activities:
Planning
Design
Construction
Match:
Varies; Minimum 20% or less for rural areas, historically disadvantaged communities and areas of persistent poverty
Eligible Applicants:
State Government
Federally Recognized Tribes & Affiliated Groups
Local Government
Metropolitan Planning Organizations
Transit Agencies
Private,
Other

Description

Formerly known as the RAISE program, 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.

Eligible Projects

Eligible projects are surface transportation capital projects within the United States, including the following:

  1. Highway or bridge projects eligible under title 23, United States Code
  2. Public transportation projects eligible under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code
  3. Passenger and freight rail transportation projects
  4. Port infrastructure investments (including inland port infrastructure and land ports of entry)
  5. The surface transportation components of an airport project eligible for assistance under part B of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code
  6. Intermodal projects whose component parts are otherwise an eligible project type
  7. 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 RAISE program
  8. 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
  9. Any other surface transportation infrastructure project that the Secretary considers to be necessary to advance the goals of the program.

The Secretary considers the following projects necessary to advance the goals of the program, and therefore eligible: 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; and surface transportation components of mobility on-demand projects that expand access and reduce transportation cost burden.

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