FY16 Rail Safety Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) Co-operative Research Program
Post Date
December 1st 2015
Application Due Date
December 21st 2015
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Funding Opportunity Number
FR-RRD-16-001
CFDA Number(s)
20.313
Funding Instrument Type(s)
Cooperative Agreement
Funding Activity Categories
Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Eligibility Categories
Only the National Academy of Sciences is eligible to apply for this grant.
Funding
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Award Range:
$0 - $400000
Grant Description
Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) programs explore promising but unproven concepts with the potential to advance specific surface transportation systems. The Rail Safety IDEA program investigates innovative concepts and methods to improve safety and performance of railroads. The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) endeavors to provide funding for the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to continue to carry out the Rail Safety IDEA program. FRA funding for the Safety IDEA program has been provided since October 2002. FRA joined the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), as a joint sponsor of the Safety IDEA program. FMCSA has been funding the Safety IDEA program since the program started in October 2001. In 2013, the Rail Safety IDEA program has become completely independent and separate from the FMCSA; therefore, all projects funded by this Grant must be railroad related projects. The Safety IDEA programs explore innovative concepts that are initiated and proposed by researchers, inventors, universities, or companies, both within and outside the usual transportation research community.
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Department of Transportation
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DOT/Federal Railroad Administration
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