Research, Development, Demonstration and Deployment Projects

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Cooperative Agreement, Contract, Competitive GrantFunding Mechanism
Public TransportationCategory
Department of TransportationAgency
$132,218,677.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Non-expiring, available until expended
Program Description Provides funding to assist innovative projects and activities that advance and sustain safe, efficient, equitable, climate-friendly public transportation. Eligible research and demonstrations under this program explore novel approaches to improve public transportation service - especially for transit-dependent individuals; advance vehicle and system technologies for safety, energy efficiency, and operational performance; use data for enhanced insights; and undertake other activities that help transit agencies meet equity, safety, climate change and transformation goals for a safer, environmentally cleaner, socially just and connected public transportation system.
Eligible Uses Research, innovative development, deployment, demonstration, evaluation activities
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Rural Transportation Assistance Program

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Formula GrantFunding Mechanism
Public TransportationCategory
Department of TransportationAgency
$91,552,911.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Year of Apportionment + two years
Program Description Provides funding to States for transportation research, technical assistance, training, and related support services in rural areas.
Eligible Uses Technical Assistance, and training activities.
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Statewide Transportation Planning

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Formula GrantFunding Mechanism
Public TransportationCategory
Department of TransportationAgency
$167,001,389.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Year of Apportionment + three years
Program Description The Statewide planning and research program is a source of Federal financial assistance to the States to meet the planning requirements of the joint Federal Transit Administration and Federal Highway Administration planning regulations for Statewide transportation planning.
Eligible Uses The Statewide planning and research program funds can be used for comprehensive planning, engineering, design, and evaluation of public transportation projects and studies involving modes other than transit when performed as part of the metropolitan transportation planning process.
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Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Competitive GrantFunding Mechanism
Public TransportationCategory
Department of TransportationAgency
$500,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description The Office of the Secretary's Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation Grant program provides supplemental funding grants to rural, midsized, and large communities to conduct demonstration projects focused on advanced smart city or community technologies and systems in a variety of communities to improve transportation efficiency and safety.
Eligible Uses In general, a Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation grant may be used to carry out a project that demonstrates at least one of the following: Coordinate Automation Connected Vehicles; Intelligent, sensor-based infrastructure; Systems integration; Commerce delivery and logistics; Leveraging use of innovative aviation technology; Smart grid; Smart technology traffic signals.
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Transit Cooperative Research Program

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Grant or Cooperative AgreementFunding Mechanism
Public TransportationCategory
Department of TransportationAgency
$34,432,315.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description The Transit Cooperative Research Program is an applied research program that develops near-term, practical solutions to problems facing public transportation. TCRP is managed by the Transportation Research Board, a division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
Eligible Uses Peer-reviewed academic research, development and technology transfer activities.
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University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
Grants, Cooperative Agreements, other contractsFunding Mechanism
Public TransportationCategory
Department of TransportationAgency
$500,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Available until expended
Program Description The UTC Program advances the State-of-the-art in transportation research and technology, and develops the next generation of transportation professionals.
Eligible Uses Activities that advance U.S. technology and expertise in the many disciplines comprising transportation through education, solutions-oriented research and technology transfer, and the exploration and sharing of cutting-edge ideas and approaches.
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Urbanized Area Passenger Ferry Program

BIA-NTBG-2022-OIEDOpportunity Number
Posted Date
GrantFunding Mechanism
Public TransportationCategory
Department of TransportationAgency
$150,000,000.00Funding Amount

Funding Amount Notes

Period of Availability Year of Allocation + five years
Program Description Competitive program for passenger ferry capital projects in urbanized areas.
Eligible Uses Capital
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