Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Fiscal Year 2009 Safety Data Improvement Program Grant Opportunity

The summary for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Fiscal Year 2009 Safety Data Improvement Program Grant Opportunity Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.

	Federal Grant Title:	Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Fiscal Year 2009 Safety Data Improvement Program Grant Opportunity
	CFDA Number:	20.234
	CFDA Description:	Safety Data Improvement Program
	Federal Agency Name:	DOT Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
	Category of Funding Activity:	Other
	Category Explanation:	Commercial motor vehicle (CMV) crash and inspection data collection, analysis and data quality improvement.
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	FMCSA-SADIP-2009-01
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Oct 16, 2008
	Creation Date:	Oct 16, 2008
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Jan 30, 2009
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Jan 30, 2009
	Archive Date:	Information not provided
	Expected Number of Awards:	10
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$3,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$500,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$25,000
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	Yes

Applicants Eligible for this Grant

State governments

Additional Information on Eligibility

The grant applicant should be a State agency in one of the fifty States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the US Virgin Islands. The applicant should be involved with highway traffic safety activities and should demonstrate a capacity to work with highway traffic safety stakeholders which may include but are not limited to State and local law enforcement agencies, State departments of public safey, departments of transportation, State traffic records coordinating committees, and others.

Grant Description

Section 4128 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) established the SaDIP grant opportunity. The legislation provides discretionary funding for States to improve the quality of crash and inspection data for large trucks and buses reported by the States to FMCSA, as defined in Section 31102 of Title 49, United States Code. Eligible awardees include a State Agency, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the US Virgin Islands. Applicants must register with Grants.gov to apply for funding (www.grants.gov/applicants/get_registered.jsp). Registration with grants.gov may take two to five days before the system will allow access to the grant application package. Applications should be submitted in accordance with the instructions provided and must be submitted electronically to FMCSA through the Grants.gov website. The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for the Safety Data Improvement Program is 20.234.

Link to Full Grant Announcement

Information not provided

Grant Announcement Contact

Magdalene Skretta
FMCSA email address [magdalene.skretta@dot.gov]

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