Opportunity Information: Apply for FTA 2013 005 TRI
Apply for FTA 2013 005 TRI
- The DOT/Federal Transit Administration in the transportation sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Solicitation of Project Proposals for Innovative Safety, Resiliency, and All Hazards Emergency Response and Recovery Research Demonstrations." and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 20.514 Public Transportation Research, Technical Assistance, and Training.
- This funding opportunity was created on Oct 24, 2013 and posted on Oct 24, 2013.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Dec 2, 2013. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $5,000,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $5,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 60 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification) Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education City or township governments Private institutions of higher education Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Special district governments County governments Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) For profit organizations other than small businesses Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) Small businesses State governments.
- Proposals will be accepted from 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. Substantial partnerships are encouraged with entities that can add value and expertise to the project. See Federal Register for more details.
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Opportunity Summary:
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA), within the U.S. Department of Transportation, issued a discretionary Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) called "Solicitation of Project Proposals for Innovative Safety, Resiliency, and All Hazards Emergency Response and Recovery Research Demonstrations" (Funding Opportunity Number FTA-2013-005-TRI). The purpose of this opportunity is to fund research demonstration projects that can be shown in real-world or near-real-world transit environments and that have national significance for public transportation. The emphasis is not on basic research alone, but on demonstrating practical, innovative technologies, methods, practices, and techniques that can measurably improve transit safety, strengthen resiliency, and enhance preparedness and recovery for emergencies and disruptive events.
The solicitation targets three main research demonstration areas. First, "operational safety" projects focus on reducing risks in day-to-day transit operations, which can include innovations in procedures, human factors approaches, training, decision support, monitoring, or other operational practices that prevent incidents or reduce their severity. Second, "infrastructure or equipment resiliency" projects are aimed at making transit assets more robust and better able to withstand, adapt to, and recover from stressors such as extreme weather, aging systems, or other threats; this could involve improved designs, protective measures, condition monitoring, or resilience-oriented maintenance and replacement strategies. Third, "all hazards emergency response and recovery methods" projects address preparation for and response to a broad range of hazards, not limited to any single scenario, with an eye toward improving coordination, continuity of operations, response effectiveness, and speed and quality of recovery for transit systems and the communities they serve.
FTA planned to award these funds using cooperative agreements, meaning the agency expects to have substantial involvement during the project period compared with a more hands-off grant. The opportunity is competitive, and proposals are expected to align with priorities established by FTA for these research areas. Applicants must follow the NOFA instructions for proposal submission and will be evaluated using criteria described by FTA to identify the strongest and most impactful projects.
A wide range of applicants are eligible. The announcement states that proposals will be accepted from providers of public transportation, as well as state and local governmental entities (including departments, agencies, and instrumentalities). It also includes federal laboratories, private organizations, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, and technical and community colleges. The eligibility list also references specific organizational types such as nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status, city/township governments, counties, special districts, tribal governments and tribal organizations, state governments, private and public institutions of higher education, for-profit entities (including small businesses), and other applicants as clarified in the full announcement. FTA also encourages substantial partnerships, which signals that multi-organization teams bringing complementary expertise (for example, a transit agency partnering with a university lab, a technology vendor, and an emergency management organization) may be viewed favorably when those partnerships clearly strengthen the project and its likelihood of successful demonstration and broader adoption.
From a funding and administrative standpoint, the NOFA is tied to CFDA 20.514 (Public Transportation Research, Technical Assistance, and Training) under FTA's Research, Development, Demonstration, and Deployment program. The posting date and creation date were October 24, 2013, and the application deadline (original and current closing date) was December 2, 2013, with an archive date of January 1, 2014. The opportunity notes that cost sharing or matching is required, so applicants were expected to contribute a non-federal share consistent with the NOFA and governing requirements. The source text also lists an expected number of awards of 60 and provides a minimum award floor of $500,000 and a maximum award ceiling of $5,000,000, indicating that FTA anticipated funding multiple projects of moderate size rather than a single very large effort. The materials include both a large program-level figure (29,000,000 referenced in the narrative description) and a separate "EstimatedTotalFunding" entry of $5,000,000 in the listing data; applicants would need to rely on the Federal Register notice and the full NOFA for the controlling amounts and how funding would actually be allocated across selected projects.
For additional details, applicants were directed to FTA's current notices of funding availability and could request assistance accessing the full announcement through the listed contact, Matthew Lesh in FTA's Office of Mobility Innovation.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1) What is the name of this funding opportunity?
The opportunity is titled "Solicitation of Project Proposals for Innovative Safety, Resiliency, and All Hazards Emergency Response and Recovery Research Demonstrations."
2) Which agency is offering this opportunity?
The opportunity was issued by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), within the U.S. Department of Transportation.
3) What is the Funding Opportunity Number?
The Funding Opportunity Number is FTA-2013-005-TRI.
4) What is the purpose of the NOFA?
The purpose is to fund research demonstration projects that can be shown in real-world or near-real-world transit environments and that have national significance for public transportation.
5) Is this funding intended for basic research or for demonstrations?
The emphasis is not on basic research alone. The focus is on demonstrating practical, innovative technologies, methods, practices, and techniques that can measurably improve transit safety, strengthen resiliency, and enhance preparedness and recovery for emergencies and disruptive events.
6) What kinds of projects is FTA looking to fund?
The solicitation targets three main research demonstration areas: operational safety; infrastructure or equipment resiliency; and all hazards emergency response and recovery methods.
7) What does "operational safety" mean in this solicitation?
Operational safety projects focus on reducing risks in day-to-day transit operations. Examples described include innovations in procedures, human factors approaches, training, decision support, monitoring, and other operational practices that prevent incidents or reduce their severity.
8) What does "infrastructure or equipment resiliency" mean in this solicitation?
These projects aim to make transit assets more robust and better able to withstand, adapt to, and recover from stressors such as extreme weather, aging systems, or other threats. The description includes approaches like improved designs, protective measures, condition monitoring, and resilience-oriented maintenance and replacement strategies.
9) What does "all hazards emergency response and recovery methods" mean in this solicitation?
These projects address preparation for and response to a broad range of hazards (not limited to a single scenario). The goal is to improve coordination, continuity of operations, response effectiveness, and the speed and quality of recovery for transit systems and the communities they serve.
10) What type of award instrument will FTA use?
FTA planned to award funds using cooperative agreements.
11) What does it mean that the award will be a cooperative agreement?
A cooperative agreement means FTA expects to have substantial involvement during the project period compared with a more hands-off grant.
12) Is this a competitive opportunity?
Yes. The opportunity is competitive, and proposals are expected to align with priorities established by FTA for these research areas.
13) How will proposals be evaluated?
Applicants must follow the NOFA instructions for proposal submission and will be evaluated using criteria described by FTA to identify the strongest and most impactful projects.
14) Who is eligible to apply?
A wide range of applicants are eligible. The announcement states that proposals will be accepted from providers of public transportation and state and local governmental entities (including departments, agencies, and instrumentalities). It also includes federal laboratories, private organizations, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, and technical and community colleges.
15) What specific organization types are mentioned as eligible?
The eligibility list references: nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status; city/township governments; counties; special districts; tribal governments and tribal organizations; state governments; private and public institutions of higher education; for-profit entities (including small businesses); and other applicants as clarified in the full announcement.
16) Are partnerships encouraged?
Yes. FTA encourages substantial partnerships, and multi-organization teams may be viewed favorably when those partnerships clearly strengthen the project and its likelihood of successful demonstration and broader adoption.
17) What are examples of the kinds of partnerships contemplated?
The solicitation signals that teams bringing complementary expertise may be beneficial, such as a transit agency partnering with a university lab, a technology vendor, and an emergency management organization, when those partners clearly strengthen the proposed demonstration.
18) What program and CFDA is this opportunity associated with?
The NOFA is tied to CFDA 20.514 (Public Transportation Research, Technical Assistance, and Training) under FTA's Research, Development, Demonstration, and Deployment program.
19) When was this opportunity posted?
The posting date and creation date were October 24, 2013.
20) What was the application deadline?
The application deadline (original and current closing date) was December 2, 2013.
21) When was the opportunity archived?
The archive date was January 1, 2014.
22) Is cost sharing or a match required?
Yes. The opportunity notes that cost sharing or matching is required, and applicants were expected to contribute a non-federal share consistent with the NOFA and governing requirements.
23) How many awards did FTA expect to make?
The materials list an expected number of awards of 60.
24) What is the minimum award amount?
The minimum award floor listed is $500,000.
25) What is the maximum award amount?
The maximum award ceiling listed is $5,000,000.
26) How much total funding is available?
The materials include both a program-level figure of 29,000,000 referenced in the narrative description and a separate "EstimatedTotalFunding" entry of $5,000,000 in the listing data. Applicants would need to rely on the Federal Register notice and the full NOFA for the controlling amounts and how funding would be allocated across selected projects.
27) Where should applicants look for the official controlling details?
Applicants were directed to FTA's current notices of funding availability and to the full NOFA (and the related Federal Register notice) for controlling requirements, instructions, evaluation criteria, and funding details.
28) Who is the listed contact for help accessing the full announcement?
The listed contact is Matthew Lesh in FTA's Office of Mobility Innovation.
29) What is the key theme across all project areas?
Across all areas, the solicitation emphasizes practical, innovative demonstrations that can be shown in real-world or near-real-world transit settings and that deliver measurable improvements in safety, resiliency, and emergency preparedness/response/recovery.
30) What does "national significance" imply for proposed projects?
The opportunity specifies that projects should have national significance for public transportation, meaning the demonstrations are intended to be impactful beyond a single local context and relevant to the broader transit community.
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