Port Infrastructure Development Program
U.S. maritime ports are critical links in the U.S. domestic and international trade supply-chain. Ports serve as centers of commerce where freight and commodities are transferred between cargo ships, barges, trucks, trains, and pipelines.
The Port Infrastructure Development Program supports the efficient movement of commerce upon which our economy relies through discretionary grant funding that helps strengthen, modernize, and improve our country’s maritime systems and gateway ports. Grants are awarded on a competitive basis and support the Nation’s long-term economic vitality.
Port Infrastructure Development grants provide planning, operational and capital financing, and project management assistance to improve port capacity and operations.
$650M
estimated total program funding
Apr 30, 2024
current closing date for applications
$165M
individual award ceiling
The Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP)
The Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) is a discretionary grant program administered by the Maritime Administration. Funds for the PIDP are awarded on a competitive basis to projects that improve the safety, efficiency, or reliability of the movement of goods into, out of, around, or within a port.
PIDP grants support efforts by ports and industry stakeholders to improve port and related freight infrastructure to meet the nation’s freight transportation needs and ensure our port infrastructure can meet anticipated growth in freight volumes. The PIDP provides funding to ports in both urban and rural areas for planning and capital projects. It also includes a statutory set-aside for small ports to continue to improve and expand their capacity to move freight reliably and efficiently and support local and regional economies.
In FY2023, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) appropriated $450 million to the PIDP. An additional $212,203,512 was made available to the program under the FY2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act, resulting in a total of $662,203,512 in FY 2023 PIDP grant funding.
How To Apply
Final Applications must be submitted through Grants.gov. Please remember that you must complete the Grants.gov registration process before submitting an application and that the registration process usually takes 2-4 weeks to complete.
You can start the Grants.gov registration process now. Complete instructions on how to register and apply can be found at https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/applicants/apply-for-grants.html. If you experience difficulties at any point during registration or the application process, please call the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 1-800-518-4726.
Registering with Grants.gov is a one-time process; however, processing delays may occur and it can take up to several weeks for first-time registrants to receive confirmation and a user password. It is highly recommended that applicants start the registration process as early as possible. To learn more about registering as an organization with Grants.gov, please see the “Organization Registration Checklist” provided by Grants.gov at the following location:
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/applicants/organization-registration.html
A list of Grants.gov Frequently Asked Questions by Applicants can be found here:
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/applicants/applicant-faqs.html
Who Has Received This Grant
In FY2023, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) appropriated $450 million to the PIDP. An additional $212,203,512 was made available to the program under the FY2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act, resulting in a total of $662,203,512 in FY 2023 PIDP grant funding.
