infrastructure_investment_and_jobs_act · DOI-BIA

Indian Highway Safety Traffic Records Forum Grant

Bureau of Indian Affairs · BIA-IHSP-2026-005

Closed

Award Range

$850 – $5K

Deadline

July 24, 2026

GRANTQUICK SUMMARYPlain-English Overview

BIA's Indian Highway Safety Program is offering tiny grants ($850-$5,000) to federally recognized tribes that DON'T currently have a highway safety grant — specifically to attend a Traffic Records Forum. This is essentially travel money for tribal representatives to attend a safety conference and learn about traffic records systems. ONLY for tribes without an existing FY2026 highway safety grant.

Who Should Apply

Federally recognized tribes that do NOT currently have a BIA Indian Highway Safety Grant for FY2026. This is for tribes wanting to START building traffic safety programs.

Who Should NOT Apply

Tribes that already have a FY2026 highway safety grant (you're excluded by definition), non-tribal entities, or state DOTs.

Key Requirements (Plain English)

•Must be a federally recognized tribe
•Must NOT have a current FY2026 Indian Highway Safety Grant
•Must attend Traffic Records Forum
•Very small awards ($850-$5,000)

💡 GrantQuick Tip

This is the ENTRY POINT for tribes to get into the highway safety grant pipeline. Attend the forum, learn the system, build relationships — then apply for the full highway safety grant next cycle. If your tribe has dangerous roads but no federal safety funding, this $5K grant gets you in the door. The application is probably 2 pages.

Competitiveness: Very low — tiny grants designed to attract tribes that have never participated. Almost certainly funded if you're eligible.

What This Grant Funds

THIS OPPORTUNITY IS ONLY FOR THOSE FEDERALLY RECGONIZED TRIBES WHO DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE AN INDIAN HIGHWAY SAFETY GRANT IN PLACE FOR FY 2026

The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Office of Justice Services (OJS), Indian Highway Safety Program (IHSP) solicits proposals for implementing traffic safety programs and projects which are designated to reduce the number of traffic crashes, deaths, and injuries within these populations.

Indian Highway Safety Grants are reimbursable grants available to federally recognized Native American Tribes. BIA OJS IHSP is accepting grant applications to cover registration fee and travel expenses from August 3-5, 2027, for tribal employees who work, in the traffic data collection and analysis, for federally recognized tribes to attend the Traffic Records Forum. All attendees are responsible for registering themselves and making their own travel reservation to attend the conference.

Attendee must provide the following information on their Travel & Training Form to justify their attendance to the Traffic Records Forum Conference. Please be sure to incorporate the bullets below as they relate to your position/duties:

Improve the accuracy of traffic records and highway safety data
Apply performance goals/measures in traffic records system improvements
Implement a model traffic records system
Organize and operate a successful traffic records committee
Recognize the importance of standards and guidelines for traffic records systems
Become acquainted with new technologies and ideas
Network with a variety of transportation and highway safety professionals
Discover how better data can help save lives

In your position, are you working on any of these bullet points, or are you doing more administrative type duties and law enforcement activities?
How will your attendance advance the overall traffic safety mission for the tribal office you work for?
How does your attendance support traffic data collection and analysis for the federally recognized tribe you work for?