FY 2024 Notice of Funding Opportunity: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) FAA Contract Tower (FCT) Competitive Grant Program
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- FAA-ARP-BIL-G-24-001
- Agency
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Department of Transportation
- Applications due
- Award size
- $25,000 to $20,000,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Transportation
- Eligible applicants
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- City/Township Governments
- Other
- County Governments
- Special District Governments
- State Governments
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The FAA is offering $20 million in grants through the FCT competitive grant program to fund airport infrastructure projects at eligible airports owned by city, county, state, or other local governments. Applicants may request funding to support construction, repair, improvement, modernization, or replacement of non-approach control towers, as well as acquisition and installation of air traffic control and related equipment. Proposals must demonstrate alignment with DOT and Executive Order priorities of efficient and equitable investment, competitiveness, job opportunities, infrastructure resilience, and coordination with government partners. Applications are due by December 1, 2023 and will be evaluated based on these criteria.
Individual awards will range from $100,000 to $2 million and will fund airport infrastructure projects where the FAA has certified non-approach control towers or remote towers. Successful applicants will use funding to complete eligible projects at airports located throughout the United States to modernize air traffic control infrastructure and address aging facilities.
Synopsis
The Department of Transportation (DOT), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces the opportunity to apply for $20 million in FY 2024 Airport Infrastructure Grant funds for the FCT competitive grant program, made available under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (IIJA), Pub. L. 117-58, herein referred to as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). The purpose of the FCT competitive grant program is to make annual grants available to eligible airports for airport-owned airport traffic control tower (ATCT) projects that address the aging infrastructure of the nation's airports. The FAA will consider ATCT projects that sustain, construct, repair, improve, rehabilitate, modernize, replace, or relocate non-approach control towers; or acquire and install air traffic control, communications, and related equipment to be used in those towers; or construct a remote tower certified by the FAA including acquisition and installation of air traffic control, communications, or related equipment.
In addition, FT grants will align with DOT's Strategic Framework FY2022-2026 at https://www.transportation.gov/administrations/office-policy/fy2022-2026-strategic-framework. The FY 2024 FCT will be implemented consistent with law and in alignment with the priorities in Executive Order 14052, Implementation of the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act (86 FR 64355), which are to invest efficiently and equitably; promote the competitiveness of the U.S. economy; improve job opportunities by focusing on high labor standards; strengthen infrastructure resilience to all hazards including climate change; and to effectively coordinate with State, local, Tribal, and territorial government partners.
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