Broad Agency Announcement for a cooperative agreement to evaluate and compare Federal formula grant programs.

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	Federal Grant Title:	Broad Agency Announcement for a cooperative agreement to evaluate and compare Federal formula grant programs.
	CFDA Number:	20.514
	CFDA Description:	Public Transportation Research
	Federal Agency Name:	DOT Federal Transit Administration
	Category of Funding Activity:	Transportation
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	FTA-09007-TPM
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Apr 14, 2009
	Creation Date:	Apr 15, 2009
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	May 28, 2009
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	May 28, 2009
	Archive Date:	Jun 28, 2009
	Expected Number of Awards:	1
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$200,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$200,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$150,000
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Eligible recipients include State and local government agencies, Native American tribal governments, public and private transit agencies, universities, non-profit organizations, consultants, legally constituted public agencies, operators of public transportation services, and private for-profit organizations.
Grant Description: The recipient of this cooperative agreement will select a sample of Federal grant programs whose uses and restrictions, eligibility requirements, application and award procedures, funding levels, and Federal management policy directives are similar to the formula grant programs administered by FTA. For each program, researchers would examine the process and performance measures used by the agencies to award and manage their grants and the methods these agencies employ to evaluate the effectiveness of the programs that they fund. On the basis of this information, researchers will make recommendations on how FTA might incorporate effective practices employed by other agencies.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/fta-09007-tpm.pdf
Grant Announcement Contact: David Schneider at 202-493-0175 David.Schneider@dot.gov

FTA Office of Program Management [David.Schneider@dot.gov]
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