Port Infrastructure Development Program
General information
The goal of PIDP is to assist in funding eligible projects for the purpose of improving the safety, efficiency, or reliability of the movement of goods through ports and intermodal connections to ports.
Grants may be made for capital projects that will be used to improve the safety, efficiency, or reliability of:
I. the loading and unloading of goods at the port, such as for marine terminal equipment;
II. the movement of goods into, out of, around, or within a port, such as for highway or rail infrastructure, intermodal facilities, freight intelligent transportation systems, and digital infrastructure systems;
III. operational improvements, including projects to improve port resilience;
IV. environmental and emission mitigation measures; or
V. port and port-related infrastructure that supports seafood and seafood-related businesses, including the loading and unloading of commercially harvested fish and fish products, seafood processing, cold storage, and other related infrastructure.
Funding details
Funding application timeline
Grant eligibility
An eligible applicant for a FY 2026 PIDP grant is:
- a State, a political subdivision of a State or a local government,
- a public agency or publicly chartered authority established by one or more States,
- a special purpose district with a transportation function,
- an Indian Tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. ß 5304), without regard to capitalization,) or a consortium of Indian Tribes,
- a multistate or multijurisdictional group of entities described above, or
- a lead entity described above jointly with a private entity or group of private entities, including the owners or operators of a facility, or collection of facilities, at a port.
Eligible projects for FY 2026 PIDP grants shall be located either within the boundary of a port, or outside the boundary of a port and directly related to port operations or to an intermodal connection to a port. Grants may be made for capital projects that will be used to improve the safety, efficiency, or reliability of:
I. the loading and unloading of goods at the port, such as for marine terminal equipment;
II. the movement of goods into, out of, around, or within a port, such as for highway or rail infrastructure, intermodal facilities, freight intelligent transportation systems, and digital infrastructure systems;
III. operational improvements, including projects to improve port resilience;
IV. environmental and emission mitigation measures; or
V. port and port-related infrastructure that supports seafood and seafood-related businesses, including the loading and unloading of commercially harvested fish and fish products, seafood processing, cold storage, and other related infrastructure.
MARAD intends to amend this Notice to provide more details.