Project Grant H982301410088

This $158.6 million Project Grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration through the Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants program (CFDA #20.500) provided funding to Sound Transit to support capital investments for the Federal Way Link Extension project. Specifically, the funding supplanted the local share for guideway track elements, stations/stops/terminals and intermodal facilities, sitework under special conditions, and professional services. Sound Transit...

This federal Project Grant award of $6,410,158.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855). The grant was awarded on January 13, 2025 to Star Telephone Membership Corp, a not-for-profit telecommunications cooperative located in Clinton, North Carolina. The funding will support the acquisition and deployment of telecommunications-enabled equipment, including audio,...

This $3.78 million project grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration through the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) will fund operating and capital assistance for the City of Tallahassee StarMetro transit agency through March 2032. Funds will support preventative maintenance, operations including driver salaries, facility upkeep, procurement of battery-electric buses and associated charging infrastructure, capitalized parts, and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $700,000 to develop the Aligning STEM Trainees for Enterprising Research (ASTER) alliance in eastern Kansas and Nebraska. The alliance aims to increase the number of underrepresented minority students matriculating into and completing high-quality STEM degree programs. Key activities include: Establishing pathways between three 2-year community colleges and three 4-year universities to...

Unavco, Inc. was awarded a $195,026 Project Grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center to operate corner reflectors at Network of the Americas (NOTA) stations in California. The award, issued on September 6, 2022 under the Science Mission Directorate's Science program (CFDA #43.001), will support the delivery of corner reflector calibration and validation (CAL/VAL) services at NOTA stations through September 5, 2026. As part of NASA's strategic goal to...

The City of Lincoln, Nebraska was awarded a $6.7 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) on August 8, 2022. The grant will support StarTran, the City of Lincoln's public transit system, in providing bus and paratransit services to residents, students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and visitors through October 31, 2022. Funds will be used for security expenses,...

The City of Lincoln, Nebraska was awarded a $1,128,833 Federal Transit Formula Grant (CFDA 20.507) from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) on February 3, 2025. The grant will provide funding for the City's StarTran public transportation system, including preventive maintenance for buses and paratransit vehicles, as well as operating expenses for bus and paratransit services. The grant is expected to enable the City to continue providing quality transportation services to the residents,...

The National Science Foundation awarded Tfwireless Inc. a $276,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnership program (CFDA 47.084) to develop rateless codec technology for proximity space links. The award period runs from November 1, 2021 to April 30, 2023 in Burbank, California. Under this grant, Tfwireless Inc. will deliver physics-based rateless codec technology intended to enable reliable communication for proximity space links. The NSF Technology, Innovation, and...

The Federal Transit Administration awarded Sound Transit $94,047,724 under the Capital Investment Grants Program (CFDA 20.500) on July 9, 2021 to complete the Lynnwood Link Extension project by November 8, 2021. This Project Grant from the Department of Transportation utilizes American Rescue Plan Act funding to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus by supplanting the local share of costs for guideway track elements. Specifically, the grant replaces $94.1 million in local funding...

The Spokane Transit Authority (STA) received a $5,754,747 Project Grant award from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration on September 23, 2021 to support the Central City Line Bus Rapid Transit project. The grant funding will supplant STA's non-CIG matching funds commitment under federal grant number WA-2020-009 for activities related to stations, stops, terminals and intermodal facilities. STA will amend the corresponding grant in TRAMS to reduce the local share for...