Indian Highway Safety Traffic Records Forum Grant
🏛 Bureau of Indian Affairs
✓ Free, no account · Source: Grants.gov · Last verified Jul 15, 2026
Can you apply?
This grant is for federally recognized Native American tribes that do not currently have an Indian Highway Safety Grant for FY 2027. Applicants must be tribal employees who work in traffic data collection and analysis for a federally recognized tribe.
The grant covers registration fees and travel expenses for tribal staff to attend the Traffic Records Forum conference (August 3-5, 2027). Attendees must demonstrate how their work relates to traffic safety records improvement and explain how conference attendance will advance their tribe's traffic safety mission.
Applicants work in roles supporting traffic data collection, records accuracy, or highway safety programs. All attendees register and arrange their own travel independently.
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Program description
THIS OPPORTUNITY IS ONLY FOR THOSE FEDERALLY RECGONIZED TRIBES WHO DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE AN INDIAN HIGHWAY SAFETY GRANT IN PLACE FOR FY 2027
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?
Who can apply
Eligible applicants
Demographic focus
How to apply
Application links
Required documents
- Travel & Training Form
- Position description or job duties summary
- Written justification addressing three required questions
- Travel and registration cost estimates
Program contact
- 👤 Kimberly Belone Grantor
- 📧 kimberly.belone@bia.gov
- 📞 5055633900
Funding track record
Recent awards under CFDA 20.600 from the last 3 years — real organizations that won funding through this same program.
Top 10 Largest Recent Awards
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$41,298,661
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$35,278,614
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$34,567,767
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$34,020,372
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$30,369,386
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$29,694,817
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$29,155,313
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$24,659,845
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$19,841,351
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$19,433,214
Top States by Funding
- CA 4 awards $145.2M
- TX 3 awards $89.2M
- FL 4 awards $72.3M
- NY 3 awards $54.6M
- IL 4 awards $50.0M
Source: USAspending.gov — federal spending transparency. Data covers last 3 years.
Funding history
Annual funding for this program — Federal obligations (CFDA 20.600). How funding has trended year over year.
| 2024 | $394,770,000 | |
| 2025 | $402,270,000 | |
| 2026 est. | $409,770,000 |
FAQ
Who is eligible to apply for this grant?
Federally recognized tribes without an existing Indian Highway Safety Grant for FY 2027 can apply. Applicants must be tribal employees working in traffic data collection and analysis.
What can grant funds cover?
Funds cover registration fees and travel expenses for the August 3-5, 2027 Traffic Records Forum conference. Attendees handle their own registration and travel arrangements.
How do I explain why I should attend the conference?
Submit a Travel & Training Form addressing how you work on traffic records improvement, data analysis, or highway safety systems. Explain how attendance supports your tribe's traffic safety mission.
What is the funding range for this grant?
Awards range from $850 to $5,000 per applicant. Exact amount depends on registration and travel costs.
What is the deadline?
The application deadline is July 23, 2027. The conference itself is August 3-5, 2027.
💡 Tips for applicants
- Clearly connect your current job duties to at least one of the eight traffic safety focus areas listed in the description. Show concrete examples.
- Address all three justification questions: your current work, how attendance advances your tribe's mission, and how it supports traffic data work.
- Submit your Travel & Training Form early to allow time for review. Include specific, measurable outcomes you expect to bring back.
- Provide realistic travel and registration cost estimates. Include itemized expenses in your application.
- Emphasize how new knowledge from the forum will improve traffic safety records and data quality for your tribe specifically.
⚠️ Common mistakes
Applications fail when attendees describe only administrative or law enforcement duties without connecting to traffic records work. Vague justifications that don't explain how attendance benefits the specific tribe are rejected. Missing detailed responses to the three required justification questions results in incomplete applications.
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