FY24 Rail Safety Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (Rail Safety IDEA)
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- FR-RRD-24-002
- Agency
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Federal Railroad Administration
Department of Transportation
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $500,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Science and Technology and other Research and Development
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The FY24 Rail Safety Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (Rail Safety IDEA) federal grant opportunity, funded by the Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), seeks innovative concepts and methods to improve the safety and performance of railroads. The program aims to explore promising but unproven ideas that have the potential to advance surface transportation systems. Eligible applicant types include researchers, inventors, universities, and companies both within and outside the usual transportation research community. The evaluation criteria and key objectives focus on the innovative and exploratory nature of the proposed concepts. Proposals must be submitted by September 12, 2024.
The Rail Safety IDEA program has been funded by the FRA since 2002, with award values typically ranging from approximately $100,000 to over $11 million and durations of 1-3 years. The program supports a wide range of railroad-related research, including safety culture assessments, innovative technologies, environmental impact reduction, and infrastructure improvements. Recent awards have gone to universities, research institutions, and industry organizations such as the Short Line Safety Institute and National Academy of Sciences.
Synopsis
Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) programs explore promising but unproven concepts with the potential to advance specific surface transportation systems. The Rail Safety IDEA program investigates innovative concepts and methods to improve safety and performance of railroads. 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 Rail 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. In 2013, the Rail Safety IDEA program has become completely independent and separate from the FMCSA; therefore, all projects funded by this Grant must be railroad related projects. The Rail Safety 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.
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