Transportation Workforce Strategic Initiative

The summary for the Transportation Workforce Strategic Initiative 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 DOT Federal Highway Administration, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.
Transportation Workforce Strategic Initiative: The Federal Highway Administration hereby requests applications for assistance to result in the award of a new Cooperative Agreement (Agreement), entitled, “Transportation Workforce Strategic Initiative.” The purpose of this proposed Agreement is to better define transportation career pathways in the five key disciplines of planning, environment, engineering, safety, and operations. Career pathways are generally considered as an integrated collection of programs and services intended to develop individuals’ core academic, technical, and employability skills, and provide them with continuous education and training that allow them to be placed and develop in high-demand, high-opportunity careers.
Federal Grant Title: Transportation Workforce Strategic Initiative
Federal Agency Name: DOT Federal Highway Administration
Grant Categories: Transportation
Type of Opportunity: Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number: DTFH6116RA00010
Type of Funding: Cooperative Agreement
CFDA Numbers: 322006
CFDA Descriptions: Highway Training and Education
Current Application Deadline: Jul 5, 2016
Original Application Deadline: Jul 5, 2016
Posted Date: May 5, 2016
Creation Date: May 5, 2016
Archive Date: May 6, 2016
Total Program Funding:
Maximum Federal Grant Award: $1,000,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award: $0
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Cost Sharing or Matching: Yes
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility
This competition is open to the following: the National Academy of Sciences, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, any Federal laboratory, Federal agency, State agency, authority, association, institution, for-profit or nonprofit corporation, organization, foreign country, or any other person.
Grant Announcement Contact
Freida Byrd Agreement Specialist Phone 202-366-6547
Federal Awarding Agency Contact

DOT Federal Highway Administration 202-366-4279