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 improve and expand their capacity to move freight reliably and efficiently and support local and regional economies.

Grants may be used for capital projects to improve the safety, efficiency, or reliability of environmental and emissions mitigation measures (among other types of eligible projects), including projects for:

• port electrification or electrification master planning
• harbor craft or equipment replacements or retrofits
• development of port or terminal microgrids
• provision of idling reduction infrastructure
• purchase of cargo handling equipment and related infrastructure
• worker training to support electrification technology
• installation of port bunkering facilities from ocean-going vessels for fuels
• electric vehicle charging or hydrogen refueling infrastructure for drayage and medium or heavy-duty trucks and locomotives that service the port and related grid upgrades
• other related port activities, including charging infrastructure, electric rubber-tired gantry cranes, and anti-idling technologies

For a full list of eligible projects, evaluation criteria, and other program details, please review the updated PIDP NOFO. Check the PIDP webpage and the FY 2025 PIDP Grants.gov listing for updates. Applications for FY25 PIDP are due via Grants.gov by September 10, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. E.T.