Surface Transportation Infrastructure Discretionary Grants for Capital Investments II

The summary for the Surface Transportation Infrastructure Discretionary Grants for Capital Investments II 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:	Surface Transportation Infrastructure Discretionary Grants for Capital Investments II
	CFDA Number:	Information not provided
	CFDA Description:	Information not provided
	Federal Agency Name:	Department of Transportation
	Category of Funding Activity:	Transportation
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	DTOS59-10-RA-TIGER2
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Apr 26, 2010
	Creation Date:	Apr 27, 2010
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Aug 23, 2010 The criteria for the TIGER II Discretionary Grant program were announced in the interim notice of funding availability in the Federal Register. The notice requires that pre-applications must be submitted by July 16, 2010, at 5:00 p.m. EST. Final applications must be submitted through Grants.gov by August 23, 2010, at 5:00 p.m. EST. The DOT pre-application system will open no later than June 15, 2010 to allow prospective applicants to submit pre-applications. Subsequently, the Grants.gov "Apply" function will open on July 30, 2010, allowing applicants to submit applications. Pursuant to the FY 2010 Appropriations Act, DOT will evaluate all applications and announce the projects that have been selected to receive TIGER II Discretionary Grants no sooner than September 15, 2010.
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Aug 23, 2010 The criteria for the TIGER II Discretionary Grant program were announced in the interim notice of funding availability in the Federal Register. The notice requires that pre-applications must be submitted by July 16, 2010, at 5:00 p.m. EST. Final applications must be submitted through Grants.gov by August 23, 2010, at 5:00 p.m. EST. The DOT pre-application system will open no later than June 15, 2010 to allow prospective applicants to submit pre-applications. Subsequently, the Grants.gov "Apply"function will open on July 30, 2010, allowing applicants to submit applications. Pursuant to the FY 2010 Appropriations Act, DOT will evaluate all applications and announce the projects that have been selected to receive TIGER II Discretionary Grants no sooner than September 15, 2010.
	Archive Date:	Nov 30, 2011
	Expected Number of Awards:	Information not provided
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$600,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$200,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$10,000,000
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	Yes

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: City or township governments
Additional Information on Eligibility: "Eligible Applicants" for TIGER II Discretionary Grants are State and local governments, including U.S. territories, tribal governments, transit agencies, port authorities, metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), other political subdivisions of State or local governments, and multi-State or multi-jurisdictional groups applying through a single lead applicant (for multi-jurisdictional groups, each member of the group, including the lead applicant, must be an otherwise eligible applicant as described in this paragraph).
Grant Description: The Department of Transportation (DOT) is authorized to award $600 million in TIGER II Discretionary Grants pursuant to Title I (Department of Transportation) of the FY 2010 Appropriations Act (Pub. L. 111-117, Dec. 16, 2009). This appropriation is similar, but not identical to the appropriation for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery, or "TIGER Discretionary Grant", program authorized and implemented pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the "Recovery Act"). Because of the similarity in program structure and objectives, DOT is referring to the grants for National Infrastructure Investments under the FY 2010 Appropriations Act as "TIGER II Discretionary Grants". As with the TIGER program, funds for the TIGER II program are to be awarded on a competitive basis for projects that will have a significant impact on the Nation, a metropolitan area or a region.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.dot.gov/recovery/ost/tigerii
Grant Announcement Contact: Robert Mariner Senior Policy Analyst Phone 202-366-8914

Robert Mariner [robert.mariner@dot.gov]