The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announces the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 High Priority – Innovative Technology Deployment (HP-ITD) grant program Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), to solicit applications from eligible entities to support HP-ITD activities
Donor Name: Department of Transportation
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territories: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and U.S. Virgin Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/03/2023
Size of the Grant: $2,000,000
Grant Duration: 4 years
Details:
Goals and Objectives
As the lead government agency responsible for the regulation and safety oversight of commercial motor vehicles (CMVs), FMCSA awards HP-ITD funds to support innovative and impactful projects that advance its mission to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving large trucks and buses.
The objective of the HP-ITD program is to advance the technological capability and promote the deployment of intelligent transportation system applications for CMV operations, including CMV, commercial driver, and carrier-specific information systems and networks, and to support/maintain CMV information systems/networks to link Federal motor carrier safety information systems with State CMV systems; improve safety and productivity of CMVs and commercial drivers; and reduce costs associated with CMV operations and regulatory requirements.
HP-ITD awards may be used for the deployment and development of new and innovative advanced technology solutions that support CMV information systems and networks, for planning activities, including the development or updating of program or top-level design plans in order to become eligible or maintain eligibility for the HP-ITD awards; and for the operation and maintenance costs associated with innovative technology.
High Priority-ITD financial assistance awards are in alignment with the following DOT strategic goals and the National Roadway Safety Strategy (NRSS):
- Safety: Make their transportation system safer for all people. Advance a future transportation system without transportation-related injuries and fatalities.
- Economic Strength & Modernization: Grow an inclusive and sustainable economy. Invest in our transportation system to provide American workers and businesses reliable and efficient access to resources, markets, and good-paying jobs.
- Equity: Reduce inequities across our transportation systems and the communities they affect. Support and engage people and communities to promote safe, affordable, accessible, and multimodal access to opportunities and services while reducing transportation-related disparities and adverse community impacts and health effects.
- Climate & Sustainability: Tackle the climate crisis by ensuring that transportation plays a central role in the solution. Substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions and transportation related pollution and build more resilient and sustainable transportation systems to benefit and protect communities.
- Transformation: Design for the future. Invest in purpose-driven research and innovation to meet the challenge of the present and modernize a transportation system of the future that serves everyone today and in the decades to come.
- Organizational Excellence: Strengthen our world-class organization. Advance the Department’s mission by establishing policies, processes, and an inclusive and innovative culture to effectively serve communities and responsibly steward the public’s resources.
Funding Information
The FMCSA anticipates making approximately 35 awards resulting from this NOFO. The FMCSA reserves the right to allocate additional funds for awards based on the volume and quality of applications. Awards under the HP-ITD program are subject to funding availability. The FMCSA will limit Federal funding to a total amount of $2,000,000 per award.
Period of Performance
The period of performance is the Federal fiscal year in which the award is made plus four additional fiscal years.
Eligibility Criteria
The HP-ITD awards are available to States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The FMCSA may award HP-ITD funds to eligible applicants that have an approved program plan as outlined in the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. Individuals and businesses are not eligible to apply for HP-ITD funding.
To be eligible for HP-ITD funding, the State applicant shall:
- have a commercial motor vehicle information systems and networks program plan (the Program Plan/Top Level Design (PP/TLD)) approved by the U.S. Secretary of Transportation that describes the various systems and networks at the State level that need to be refined, revised, upgraded, or built to accomplish deployment of commercial motor vehicle information systems and network capabilities;
- certify that the State’s current Program Plan (PP/TLD) was approved by the Secretary as outlined in FAST Act (Pub. L. No. 114-94);
- certify to the Secretary that its commercial motor vehicle information systems and network deployment activities, including hardware procurement, software and system development, and infrastructure modifications:
- are consistent with the national intelligent transportation systems and commercial motor vehicle information systems and networks architectures and available standards; and
- promote interoperability and efficiency to the extent practicable.
- agree to execute interoperability tests developed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to verify that its systems conform with the national intelligent transportation systems architecture, applicable standards, and protocols for commercial motor vehicle information systems and networks; and
- certify that the State agency is the lead agency responsible for the PP/TLD, or if it is not the State agency responsible for the PP/TLD, demonstrate that it has a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), or other agreement with the ITD lead agency and confirm that the applicant has coordinated with the ITD lead agency regarding all projects requested in the application to ensure state-wide effectiveness and efficiency and to avoid any duplication of effort or other wastefulness in Federal funding initiatives.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
