National Explosives Detection Canine Team Program

The Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration funds explosives detection canine teams for deployment at transportation facilities and checkpoints under Assistance Listing 97.072, with the most recent award issued on April 1, 2010. No new grant opportunities have been posted since that date.

This program has not been active for over sixteen years. The 155 cooperative agreements issued since program inception in 2001 total $65.6 million in federal obligations, with recipients contributing an additional $5.5 million in non-federal match for a combined total of $71.1 million obligated. Award activity peaked sharply in 2008 with 62 cooperative agreements, followed by 7 awards in 2009 and a single award in 2010. No awards have been disbursed since April 2010.

The program funds the training, deployment, and ongoing support of explosives detection canine teams consisting of a dog and handler, with a three-team minimum per application. Recipients use funding to maintain operational canine units at airports, rail stations, passenger terminals, seaports, and surface carrier facilities. Individual award magnitudes ranged widely, from $30,000 to $2.427 million. Representative 2008 and 2009 awards included cooperative agreements valued at $2.427 million, $2.001 million, and $2.502 million for TSA National Explosives Detection Canine Team Program operations; and 2009 awards of $361,000 and $150,500 for the same program.

All 155 awards in the portfolio were structured as cooperative agreements between the Department of Homeland Security and recipients. The Department of Homeland Security was the sole funding agency across the entire award history.

Given the sixteen-year absence of award activity and the lack of any posted solicitation, this program does not represent an active funding opportunity for pursuit at this time.