2024-26835. Fiscal Year 2025 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Bus Safety and Accessibility Research Program

Summary Overview of Key Information: FTA Bus Safety and Accessibility Research Competitive Funding Opportunity

Issuing Agency	Federal Transit Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.
Program Overview	To establish a Bus Safety and Accessibility Research Program under 49 U.S.C. 5312 to research standard designs and prototypes to make existing and new buses safer for their operators and vulnerable road users, and safer and more accessible for their passengers.
Eligible Applicants	Departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Government, including Federal laboratories; State and local governmental entities; providers of public transportation; private or non-profit organizations; institutions of higher education; and technical and community colleges.
Eligible Project	Engineering, design, and protype production of a bus or bus components that improve safety of operator and VRUs and increases accessibility for passengers.
Funding Amount	$10,000,000. Additional funds made available prior to project selection may be allocated to eligible projects.
Deadline	January 17, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.
Cost share	The maximum Federal share of project costs under this program is 80 percent.