Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 Freight Rail Security Grant Program (FRSGP)

The summary for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 Freight Rail Security Grant Program (FRSGP) 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 Department of Homeland Security FEMA, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.
Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 Freight Rail Security Grant Program (FRSGP): The FRSGP is one tool among a comprehensive set of measures authorized by Congress and implemented by the Administration to help strengthen the nation's critical infrastructure against risks associated with potential terrorist attacks. The program provides funds to freight railroad carriers and owners and offerors of railroad cars to protect critical surface transportation infrastructure from acts of terrorism, major disasters, and other emergencies.
Federal Grant Title: Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 Freight Rail Security Grant Program (FRSGP)
Federal Agency Name: Department of Homeland Security FEMA
Grant Categories: Other
Type of Opportunity: Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number: DHS-11-GPD-075-000-01
Type of Funding: Grant
CFDA Numbers: 97.075
CFDA Descriptions: Rail and Transit Security Grant Program
Current Application Deadline: Jun 20, 2011
Original Application Deadline: Jun 20, 2011
Posted Date: May 19, 2011
Creation Date: May 19, 2011
Archive Date: Jul 20, 2011
Total Program Funding: $10,000,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award:
Minimum Federal Grant Award:
Expected Number of Awards: 40
Cost Sharing or Matching: Yes
Category Explanation
Homeland Security - Preparedness
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
County governments - City or township governments - Private institutions of higher education - For profit organizations other than small businesses - Small businesses - Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility
Eligible applicants for the Fiscal Year 2011 FRSGP are determined by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as Class I, II, and III freight railroad carriers that transport Rail Security-Sensitive Materials (RSSM) and owners and offerors of railroad cars that transport toxic inhalation hazardous (TIH) materials. For purposes of this grant program, "offerors" are entities that lease rail cars in order to ship materials poisonous by inhalation/TIH materials by railroad.
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