OpportunityTitle: FY 2014 National Infrastructure Investments
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: &#147;Eligible Applicants&#148; for TIGER Discretionary Grants are State, local, and tribal governments, including U.S. territories, transit agencies, port authorities, metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), other political subdivisions of State or local governments, and multi-State or multi-jurisdictional groups applying through a single lead applicant (for multi-jurisdictional groups, each member of the group, including the lead applicant, must be an otherwise Eligible Applicant as defined in this paragraph).
Description: The FY 2014 Appropriations Act appropriated $600 million to be awarded by DOT for the TIGER Discretionary Grants program. As in previous rounds, the FY 2014 TIGER Discretionary Grants are for capital investments in surface transportation infrastructure, and are to be awarded on a competitive basis for projects that will have a significant impact on the Nation, a metropolitan area, or a region. Additionally, as in the 2010 round, the Act allows for up to $35 million (of the $600 million) to be awarded as grants for the planning of eligible transportation facilities. DOT is referring to these TIGER Discretionary Grants for planning as TIGER Planning Grants. The Act also allows DOT to use a small portion of the $600 million for oversight of grants.Projects that are eligible for TIGER Discretionary Grants (&#147;Eligible Projects&#148;) for capital projects include, but are not limited to: (1) Highway or bridge projects eligible under title 23, United States Code (including bicycle and pedestrian related projects); (2) public transportation projects eligible under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code; (3) passenger and freight rail transportation projects; (4) port infrastructure investments; and (5) intermodal projects. Projects that are eligible for TIGER Planning Grants include, but are not limited to: Activities related to the planning, preparation, or design of a single surface transportation project, or activities related to regional transportation investment planning, including transportation planning that is coordinated with interdisciplinary factors including housing, economic development, stormwater and other infrastructure investments, and/or that addresses future risks and vulnerabilities, including extreme weather and climate change. Federal wage rate requirements included in subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code, apply to all projects receiving funds under this program, and apply to all parts of the project, whether funded with TIGER Discretionary Grant funds, other Federal funds, or non-Federal funds. This description of Eligible Projects is identical to the description of eligible projects under earlier rounds of the TIGER Discretionary Grant program. The FY 2014 Appropriations Act specifies that TIGER Discretionary Grants may not be less than $10 million (except in rural areas) and not greater than $200 million. For projects located in rural areas (as defined in Section V, Projects in Rural Areas), the minimum TIGER Discretionary Grant size is $1 million. For TIGER Planning Grants, there is no statutory minimum grant size, regardless of location.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: TIGER Program Staff Contact
GrantorContactText: Howard Hill &lt;br/&gt;Phone: 202-366-0301
CloseDateExplanation: You must submit final applications through Grants.gov by April 28, 2014, at 5:00 p.m. EDT (the &#147;Application Deadline&#148;). The Grants.gov &#147;Apply&#148; function will open on April 3, 2014, allowing applicants to submit applications. You are strongly encouraged to submit applications in advance of the deadline. Please be aware that you must complete the registration process before submitting an application, and that this process usually takes 2-4 weeks to complete. If interested parties experience difficulties at any point during the registration or application process, please call the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 1-800-518-4726, Monday-Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. EDT.    **Late Application Notice**    Applicants who are unable to successfully submit their application package through grants.gov prior to 5:00PM EDT on Monday, April 28, 2014 MUST submit an e-mail to TIGERGrants@dot.gov before 5:00 PM EDT on April 28th with the following information:    &#149;  The nature of the technical difficulties experienced in attempting to submit an application AND a screenshot of the error;  &#149;  The &#147;Legal Name&#148; for the applicant that was provided in field 8a of the SF-424;  &#149;  The name of the &#147;Submitter&#148; of the SF-424 if different from field 8a;  &#149;  The Grants.Gov tracking number (e.g. GRANT12345678).    DOT will consider late applications on a case-by-case basis and reserves the right to reject late applications which do not meet the conditions outlined in the Notice of Funding Availability.  Late applications from whom DOT does not receive an email with the items specified above will not be considered for this round of TIGER Discretionary Grants.