Federal Funding Opportunities

The UTC Program advances the state-of-the-art in transportation research and technology and develops the next generation of transportation professionals. The Congressionally mandated program has been in place since 1987 to help address our Nation’s ever-growing need for the safe, efficient, and environmentally sound movement of people and goods.

Funds for the fiscal year (FY) 2022 SMART Grants Program are to be awarded on a competitive basis to conduct demonstration projects focused on advanced smart city or community technologies and systems to improve transportation efficiency and safety.

This special joint NLG-Libraries and NLG-Museums initiative invites proposals for research on informal educational approaches that leverage community Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) professionals in the broadest sense. Funded research projects will create a foundation for reaching children and families from diverse economic, social, and cultural backgrounds, with different levels of knowledge about STEM.

The MOD Sandbox Program is a foundational element of FTA’s strategic research focus on mobility innovation. Advancing towards the vision of MOD and carefree mobility, the Sandbox allows communities to creatively leverage a range of mobility options from bike- and car-sharing systems to demand-responsive bus services. The program integrates payment systems as part of a suite of concepts, technologies, and solutions with the potential to advance the Complete Trips for All vision that sits at the center of FTA’s mobility innovation research efforts.

This solicitation aims to augment the Big Data (BD) Hubs and the existing BD Spokes by establishing a series of additional BD Spokes, with each BD Spoke proposing activities on a topic that aligns with the priorities identified by the corresponding BD Hubs

ARPA-E asks applicants to address the potential impact of the proposed technology on the agency’s Mission Areas: reducing imported energy, reducing energy-related emissions, and improving energy efficiency. The critical question for applicants to consider in assessing potential impact is: “If it works, will it matter?”

This grant invests in early-stage applied energy science research, development, and validation activities for United States land-based, offshore, and distributed wind power generation, manufacturing, and market barriers to lower wind energy costs, increase capacity, accelerate reliable and safe energy production, and address environmental and human use considerations.

This grant funds strategic investment in research activities that address current and emerging highway transportation needs.

The Emerging Technologies (ET) Program drives the Building Technologies Office's mission to support research and development, validation, and integration of affordable, energy-saving technologies, strategies, analytical tools, and information services.

The ET research projects help industry, national laboratories, and academia to implement these at scale to reduce energy use and cost in both new and existing residential and commercial buildings.

The Solar Energy Technologies Office Fiscal Year 2019 (SETO FY2019) funding program will provide funding for projects that will advance research in solar energy technologies. The funding program will target five research areas: photovoltaics (PV), concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP), soft costs reduction, innovations in manufacturing, and solar systems integration. These projects will help achieve the solar office’s goal of improving the affordability, reliability, and performance of solar technologies on the grid.

The mission of the RSU-TAT is to deliver expert focused technical assistance directly to rural areas and small cities that have developed proper local support and capacity. The aim is to develop transit technologies and innovative deployments that make services in rural and small city America more cost-effective and efficient.