Pipeline Safety Research Competitive Academic Agreement Program (CAAP) | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The Pipeline Safety Research Competitive Academic Agreement Program (CAAP) is a U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) opportunity administered by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) to fund academic research that tackles major pipeline safety issues, with a clear emphasis on pipeline corrosion and other well known integrity challenges. The program is designed to push innovation by supporting high risk, high payoff research efforts that could lead to new tools, methods, or technologies that improve the safety and reliability of the nation s pipeline systems. Rather than routine or incremental studies, CAAP is framed around enabling universities to explore novel approaches that could meaningfully reduce failures, strengthen integrity management, and ultimately protect people, property, and the environment.

Funding is offered through cooperative agreements, which generally means PHMSA expects to have substantial involvement during the project (for example, technical coordination, shared milestones, or other forms of collaboration typical of cooperative agreements). The legal authority for the underlying research and development program comes from the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002 (Public Law 107 355, enacted December 17, 2002). The specific authority allowing PHMSA to enter into cooperative agreements under this initiative is identified in federal statute at 49 U.S.C. 60117(k), titled Authority for Cooperative Agreements. In practical terms, this statutory grounding signals that the program is part of PHMSA s broader pipeline safety R and D mission and is not a one off research solicitation.

Eligibility is limited to non profit institutions of higher education located in the United States or in a U.S. territory or possession. The opportunity listing also notes eligible applicant types as private institutions of higher education, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, and other categories as clarified in the full announcement, but the core requirement is that the applicant be a non profit college or university in an eligible U.S. jurisdiction. The opportunity sits within the science and technology and other research and development category, with a transportation focus, reflecting PHMSA s safety mandate.

PHMSA anticipated making about five awards under this solicitation. The award ceiling is listed as 100,000 dollars, and the award floor is listed as 0, which typically indicates that proposals could vary in size up to the maximum depending on scope and available funds. The program includes a cost sharing or matching requirement, meaning the applicant should expect to contribute a defined portion of the total project cost through non federal funds or allowable in kind contributions, as detailed in the Request for Applications (RFA) package. The associated CFDA number is 20.724, which corresponds to the Pipeline Safety Research Competitive Academic Agreement Program (CAAP).

Key dates for the competition included a posted date of April 26, 2013, with the application deadline set for June 13, 2013, at 12:00 pm Eastern Time. Applications were required to be submitted electronically through Grants.gov by that deadline. PHMSA also established a deadline for questions: all questions about the RFA had to be submitted by email on or before May 21, 2013 (with instructions referenced in Section 4.03 of the RFA document). The funding opportunity number for this announcement is DTPH56 13 SN 000002, and the full technical and formatting requirements were provided in the attachments titled "RFA #DTPH56 13 SN 000002 PHMSA s Competitive Academic Agreement Program (CAAP)" and "Attachment A CAAP Technical Application Template," both accessible under the full announcement materials.

For applicants who had trouble accessing the full announcement electronically, the listed point of contact was Jacqueline Naranjo, Contract Specialist, reachable by phone at (202) 366 4429 and by email (as provided in the announcement).

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