FY15 Rail Safety IDEA Co-operative Research Program

Funding Opportunity Number: FR-RRD-15-003 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: TransportationCFDA Number: 20.313Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: DOT-FRAClosing Date: Jan 16, 2015Award Ceiling: $400,000Expected Number of Awards: Creation Date: Dec 19, 2014Funding Opportunity Description: Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) programs explore promising but unproven concepts with the potential to advance specific surface transportation systems. The Safety IDEA program investigates innovative concepts and methods to improve safety and performance of railroads, intercity buses and trucks. 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 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. The 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.
Source: Grants.gov - Category: Research Tags: Transportation Source Type: funding