FY 2026 HMSI GRANT AWARD | 693JK326NF0001

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The FY 2026 HMSI Grant Award is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) designed to strengthen hazardous materials transportation safety through state-led shipper inspections. The program, known as the Hazardous Materials State Inspection (HMSI) Grant, is relatively new, having launched in FY 2022, and it focuses on helping states expand or enhance inspection activities aimed at hazardous materials shippers. The central purpose is practical and safety-driven: use grant funding to better leverage state resources to identify and address compliance issues before they contribute to incidents, with an explicit emphasis on reducing fatalities and injuries associated with hazardous materials transportation.

This opportunity is listed under Funding Opportunity Number 693JK326NF0001 and is offered as a grant (not a contract). It falls within activity areas tied to transportation and workforce-related categories (Employment, Labor and Training; Transportation), and it is associated with CFDA/Assistance Listing number 20.707. Only state governments are eligible to apply, reflecting the program's intent to support state inspection programs that can directly carry out shipper inspections within their jurisdictions and coordinate with federal hazardous materials safety goals.

The funding parameters indicate a maximum award ceiling of $2,500,000, with an expectation of making two awards. In practical terms, that signals a competitive environment with a limited number of awards, where applicants will likely need to show a clear plan for conducting or expanding hazardous materials shipper inspections, demonstrate the ability to use funds efficiently, and explain how proposed activities will measurably improve the safety of hazardous materials transport. While the short description does not list specific required activities, the program's framing suggests funding would support work such as inspection planning and execution, training and qualification of inspectors, program improvements that increase coverage or effectiveness, and other operational needs directly tied to shipper inspections and hazard reduction.

Key timing details are also straightforward. The opportunity was created on May 18, 2026, and the original application closing date is June 22, 2026. Applicants should treat that closing date as the primary deadline for submission unless an amended notice changes it, and they should plan internal state coordination, budget development, and program design work accordingly given the relatively short window between posting and closing.

In summary, the FY 2026 HMSI Grant Award is a PHMSA-administered discretionary grant meant to help state governments conduct and strengthen hazardous materials shipper inspections, improve the overall safety of hazardous materials transportation, and reduce the human impacts of incidents, with up to $2.5 million per award and only two anticipated awards available nationwide.

• The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Admin in the employment, labor and training, transportation sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2026 HMSI GRANT AWARD" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 20.707.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2026-05-18.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2026-06-22. (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 $2,500,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 2 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments.

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