Federal Emergency Management Agency · Transportation · Disaster Resilience
Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP)
Funds security improvements for high-threat transit systems — surveillance, K-9 teams, hardening, training. Designated transit agencies receive allocations.
Program facts
- Typical award
- $500K – $25M
- Non-federal match
- 0% (approximate)
- Audience
- Cities, towns, counties, and tribal governments
- Application window
- Annual NOFO.
- Typical prep time
- 8–14 weeks
- Statutory authority
- 9/11 Commission Implementation Act §1406; 6 U.S.C. §1135
Catalog entry last verified 2026-05-24 · Verify on the agency page →
Eligibility at a glance
- Cities are eligible applicants.
Eligibility limited to top urbanized-area transit agencies as designated by DHS. Amounts and timing approximate; verify directly with administering agency.
How Strategic Pursuit scores this program
When you run a city dossier, Strategic Pursuit cross-checks the city's demographics, federal award history, disaster history, and CEJST burden categories against this program's eligibility and strategic-fit signals. You see an explicit eligibility / strategic / competitive grade — backed by source citations — instead of a generic "match" badge.
Planning purposes only. Award ranges, match percentages, and application windows on this page summarize the latest publicly available agency guidance and are approximate. Always verify the binding NOFO on the administering agency's page before applying.