The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announces the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 High Priority-Commercial Motor Vehicle (HP-CMV) program.
Donor Name: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)
State: District of Columbia
Territory: Selected Territories
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/31/2022
Size of the Grant: $2,000,000
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
The objective of the HP-CMV program is to support, enrich, or evaluate CMV safety programs and to target unsafe driving of CMVs and non–CMVs in areas identified as high-risk crash corridors, promote the safe and secure movement of hazardous materials, improve the safety of transportation of goods and passengers in foreign commerce, demonstrate new technologies to improve CMV safety, support participation in the Performance Registration Information Systems Management (PRISM) program, support safety data improvement projects, increase public awareness and education on CMV safety, and otherwise improve CMV safety.
These activities are supported in alignment with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s strategic objectives of:
- Safety: Make the transportation system safer for all people. Work toward a future where transportation-related serious injuries and fatalities are eliminated, and public health improved
- Economic Strength & Modernization: Grow an inclusive and sustainable economy. Invest in the transportation system to provide American workers and businesses with reliable and efficient access to jobs, resources, and markets.
- Equity: Address inequities. Support and engage people and communities to promote safe, affordable, accessible, and multimodal access to opportunities and services while reducing transportation-related disparities and burdens in the built environment.
- Climate & Sustainability: Tackle the climate crisis. 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 foster a future transportation system that serves everyone.
Funding Information
- The FMCSA will limit Federal funding to a total amount of $2,000,000 per award.
- The period of performance is the Federal fiscal year in which the award is made plus two additional fiscal years.
Eligibility Criteria
The following section identifies the applicants eligible for the award.
Eligibility factors also include the eligibility of types of applicant organizations, any factors affecting the eligibility of the principal investigator or project director, and any criteria that make projects ineligible.
The HP-CMV awards are generally available to the following entities:
- State government agencies including District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands;
- Federally recognized Native American tribal governments;
- institutions of higher education; and
- non-profit organizations with a 501(c)(3) status with the Internal Revenue Service.
- For-Profit Organizations are NOT eligible entities.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
