Federal Railroad Administration FY14 Grant Application Solicitation

Post Date

July 11th 2014

Application Due Date

September 15th 2014

No Explanation

Funding Opportunity Number

FR-RLD-14-001

CFDA Number(s)

20.314

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Transportation

Number of Awards

20

Eligibility Categories

State Governments
County Governments
City or Township Governments
For-Profit Organizations (Except Small Businesses)
Other

Applicant eligibility differs depending on the type of project and funding sought under the solicitation. Eligible applicants include States, local governments, railroad suppliers, and passenger and freight railroad carriers.

Funding

• Award Range:

  $0 - $36327500

Grant Description

The purpose of this notice is to solicit applications for eligible intercity passenger rail grade crossing improvement projects, positive train control implementation projects, and Passenger Rail Corridor Investment Plan projects. The funding available under this solicitation was appropriated by Congress over a period of several years. Most recently, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (FY14 Omnibus, Pub. L. 113-76, January 17, 2014) made available $41,827,500 in unobligated funding originally authorized under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU, Pub. L. 109-59, August 10, 2005; and later amended under the SAFETEA-LU Technical Corrections Act, Pub. L. 110-244, June 6, 2008) and originally appropriated under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 (Pub. L. 110-161, December 26, 2007) and Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (Pub. L. 111-8, March 11, 2009). FRA is also making avail able at least $16,500,000 in additional unobligated funds previously appropriated to FRA under its High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail (HSIPR) Program.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Transportation

• Office:

  DOT/Federal Railroad Administration

• Agency Contact:

  Grants.gov Contact Center
  Phone Number: 1-800-518-4726
  
  Hours of operation are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The contact center is closed on federal holidays.
  support@grants.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Grants.gov Customer Support

• Agency Email Address:

  support@grants.gov

• More Information:

  Federal Railroad Administration FY14 Grant Application Solicitation