FY 2018 Safety Research Demonstration Program
The summary for the FY 2018 Safety Research Demonstration Program grant is detailed below.
This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants.
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FY 2018 Safety Research Demonstration Program: Notice of Funding Opportunity for FY2018 Safety Research and Demonstration (SRD) Program. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the availability of $7.3 Million Public Transportation Innovation funds to demonstrate and evaluate innovative technologies, safer designs and/or practices to improve rail transit safety.FTA is seeking to fund cooperative agreements to engage in demonstrations that will improve the operational safety of rail transit services in the U.S. FTA is particularly interested in proposals to prevent and mitigate suicide and trespassing hazards on rail transit systems, and proposals to improve the operational safety of shared corridor fixed guideway systems, including highway-rail grade crossing safety. FTA intends to award multiple SRD demonstration projects under this announcement.
| Federal Grant Title: | FY 2018 Safety Research Demonstration Program |
| Federal Agency Name: | DOT Federal Transit Administration (DOT-FTA) |
| Grant Categories: | Transportation |
| Type of Opportunity: | Discretionary |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | FTA-2020-004-TRI-SRD |
| Type of Funding: | Cooperative Agreement |
| CFDA Numbers: | 20.530 |
| CFDA Descriptions: | Information not provided |
| Current Application Deadline: | March 24th, 2020 |
| Original Application Deadline: | March 24th, 2020 |
| Posted Date: | February 19th, 2020 |
| Creation Date: | February 19th, 2020 |
| Archive Date: | April 23rd, 2020 |
| Total Program Funding: | $7,300,000 |
| Maximum Federal Grant Award: | $7,300,000 |
| Minimum Federal Grant Award: | $0 |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 4 |
| Cost Sharing or Matching: | Yes |
| Last Updated: | February 19th, 2020 |
- Applicants Eligible for this Grant
- Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity below), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
- Additional Information on Eligibility
- An eligible lead applicant under this notice must be an existing FTA grant recipient and eligible project partners and sub-recipients under this program may include, but are not limited to, providers of public transportation; State and local governmental entities; departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Government, including Federal laboratories; private or non-profit organizations; institutions of higher education; and technical and community colleges.
- Link to Full Grant Announcement
- FTA NOFO Website
- Grant Announcement Contact
- Roy Chen
Safety Research Program Manager
Phone 202-366-0462
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