New grant opportunity on Grants.gov: FY 2018 Safety Research Demonstration Program

Funding Opportunity ID: 324631 Opportunity Number: FTA-2020-004-TRI-SRD Opportunity Title: FY 2018 Safety Research Demonstration Program Opportunity Category: Discretionary Opportunity Category Explanation: Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement Category of Funding Activity: Transportation Category Explanation: CFDA Number(s): 20.530 Eligible Applicants: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" Additional Information on Eligibility: An eligible lead applicant under this notice must be an existing FTA grant recipient and eligible project partners and sub-recipients under this program may include, but are not limited to, providers of public transportation; State and local governmental entities; departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Government, including Federal laboratories; private or non-profit organizations; institutions of higher education; and technical and community colleges. Agency Code: DOT-FTA Agency Name: Department of Transportation DOT/Federal Transit Administration Posted Date: Feb 19, 2020 Close Date: Mar 24, 2020 Last Updated Date: Feb 19, 2020 Award Ceiling: $7,300,000 Award Floor: $0 Estimated Total Program Funding: $7,300,000 Expected Number of Awards: 4 Description: Notice of Funding Opportunity for FY2018 Safety Research and Demonstration (SRD) Program. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the availability of $7.3 Million Public Transportation Innovation funds to demonstrate and evaluate innovative technologies, safer designs and/or practices to improve rail transit safety.FTA is seeking to fund cooperative agreements to engage in demonstrations that will improve the operational safety of rail transit services in the U.S. FTA is particularly interested in proposals to prevent and mitigate suicide and trespassing hazards on rail transit systems, and proposals to improve the operational safety of shared corridor fixed guideway systems, including highway-rail grade crossing safety. FTA intends to award multiple SRD demonstration projects under this announcement. Version: 3 Modification Comments: Updated NOFO link

Published at: February 26, 2020 at 07:15AM
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