Research partnership on climate change and transportation
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- Opportunity number
- CLIMATEANDTRANS
- Agency
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Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation
Department of Transportation
- Applications due
- Award size
- $2,500,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Transportation
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
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About this opportunity
The Department of Transportation seeks applicants to establish a climate and transportation research center through a cooperative agreement. The center will provide research supporting efforts to decarbonize transportation, enhance resilience, avoid adverse environmental impacts, and address disparities in disadvantaged communities. Eligible applicants include institutions of higher education, research organizations, and nonprofits partnering with another entity. Applications are due November 27th and will be evaluated based on the quality, innovation, and support for underserved communities proposed. A minimum 50% cost share of the $7.5 million maximum award over three years is required.
Up to $2.5 million per year for three years is available for a total potential award amount of $7.5 million. Research will be conducted at the applicant's primary location and may involve collaboration with other organizations nationally.
Synopsis
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U.S. DOT seeks to fund a climate and transportation research center that advances research to support Administration efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector, incorporate evidence-based climate resilience and adaptation measures and features, reduce the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions from the project materials, avoid adverse environmental impacts to air or water quality, wetlands, and endangered species, and address the disproportionate negative environmental impacts of transportation on disadvantaged communities, consistent with Executive Order 14008, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad (86 FR 7619)."3 Further, U.S. DOT seeks to fund a climate and transportation research center that will advance research to support Administration efforts to create proportional impacts to all populations in a project area, remove transportation related disparities to all populations in a project area, and increase equitable access to project benefits, consistent with Executive Order 13985, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government (86 FR 7009).
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