FY 2024 Notice of Funding Opportunity: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) FAA Contract Tower (FCT) Competitive Grant Program

The summary for the FY 2024 Notice of Funding Opportunity: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) FAA Contract Tower (FCT) Competitive Grant 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. 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 as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Airport Improvement Program Discretionary Grants, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

FY 2024 Notice of Funding Opportunity: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) FAA Contract Tower (FCT) Competitive Grant Program: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces the opportunity to apply for $20 million in FY 2024 Airport Infrastructure Grant funds for the FCT competitive grant program, made available under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (IIJA), Pub. L. 117-58, herein referred to as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). The purpose of the FCT competitive grant program is to make annual grants available to eligible airports for airport-owned airport traffic control tower (ATCT) projects that address the aging infrastructure of the nation's airports. The FAA will consider ATCT projects that sustain, construct, repair, improve, rehabilitate, modernize, replace, or relocate non-approach control towers; or acquire and install air traffic control, communications, and related equipment to be used in those towers; or construct a remote tower certified by the FAA including acquisition and installation of air traffic control, communications, or related equipment. In addition, FT grants will align with DOT's Strategic Framework FY2022-2026 at https://www.transportation.gov/administrations/office-policy/fy2022-2026-strategic-framework. The FY 2024 FCT will be implemented consistent with law and in alignment with the priorities in Executive Order 14052, Implementation of the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act (86 FR 64355), which are to invest efficiently and equitably; promote the competitiveness of the U.S. economy; improve job opportunities by focusing on high labor standards; strengthen infrastructure resilience to all hazards including climate change; and to effectively coordinate with State, local, Tribal, and territorial government partners.

Federal Grant Title:	FY 2024 Notice of Funding Opportunity: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) FAA Contract Tower (FCT) Competitive Grant Program
Federal Agency Name:	Airport Improvement Program Discretionary Grants (DOT-FAA-AIP)
Grant Categories:	Transportation
Type of Opportunity:	Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number:	FAA-ARP-BIL-G-24-001
Type of Funding:	Grant
CFDA Numbers:	20.106
CFDA Descriptions:	Information not provided
Current Application Deadline:	December 1st, 2023
Original Application Deadline:	December 1st, 2023
Posted Date:	November 1st, 2023
Creation Date:	November 1st, 2023
Archive Date:	December 31st, 2023
Total Program Funding:	$20,000,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award:	$20,000,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award:	$25,000
Expected Number of Awards:
Cost Sharing or Matching:	No
Last Updated:	November 1st, 2023

Category Explanation: N/A
Applicants Eligible for this Grant: State governments - County governments - City or township governments - Special district governments - Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification.)
Additional Information on Eligibility: See the link to the FY 2024 NOFO for eligibility information. Eligible applicants are those airport sponsors approved in the FAA's Contract Tower Program or Contract Tower Cost Share Program as defined in 49 U.S.C. § 47124, and normally eligible for Airport Improvement Program (AIP) discretionary grants as defined in 49 U.S.C. § 47115. This includes a public agency, private entity, state agency, Indian Tribe or Pueblo owning a public-use National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) airport, the Secretary of the Interior for Midway Island airport, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau. For additional eligibility categories and further details on each eligible applicant category, see AIP Handbook Table 2-1 in the following weblink: https://www.faa.gov/airports/aip/aip_handbook/media/AIP-Handbook-Order-5100-38D-Chg1.pdf. For more information on the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS), visit: https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/
Link to Full Grant Announcement: FY 2024 Notice of Funding Opportunity: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) FAA Contract Tower (FCT) Competitive Grant Program
Grant Announcement Contact: Grant applicant communications for the FAA FY 2024 BIL FCT grants are handled by FAA ARP Regional Offices (RO) or Airport District Offices (ADO). RO/ADO contact information is available at: https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/arp/offices/regional_offices. Sponsors may also contact the BIL Branch APP-540, FAA Office of Airports, at: [email protected] for question related to this funding opportunity.
The FAA website sited lists contacts for FAA Office of Airports Regional Offices and Airports District
Similar Government Grants: • FY 2022 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Airport Improvement Program Supplemental Discreti...; • FY 2024 Notice of Funding Opportunity: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Airport Termina...; • FY 2023 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Airport Improvement Program Discretionary Grants; • FY 2023 Notice of Funding Opportunity: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law FAA Contract Tower (F...; • FY 2022 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Airport Improvement Program Discretionary Grants; • FY 2022 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Airport Improvement Program Supplemental Discreti...