OpportunityTitle: FY 2022 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Airport Improvement Program Discretionary Grants
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: See the link to the FY 2022 NOFO for eligibility information. For AIP purposes, sponsors are broken down into the specific types show in Table 2-1 of the AIP Handbook.  Eligible applicant categories include: a public agency owning (or leasing from another government entity) a public-use airport, a private entity owning a public use airport, and an Indian tribe or pueblo owning or leasing a public-use airport. This is not an all-inclusive list &#8211; for additional eligibility categories and further details on each eligible applicant category, see AIP Handbook Table 2-1 in the following weblink: https://www.faa.gov/airports/aip/aip_handbook/media/AIP-Handbook-Order-5100-38D-Chg1.pdf   Per 49 USC &#167; 47105(b)(2), a sponsor must be proposing a project for a public-use airport included in the current National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS). See this website for further information on NPIAS: https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/
Description: The U.S. Department of Transportation&#8217;s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces the opportunity to apply for approximately $1.5 billion in Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 discretionary grants under the Airport Improvement Program (AIP), per 49 U.S.C. 47115. FAA will award these annually appropriated discretionary funds through the FAA&#8217;s long-standing iterative, competitive grant process. Prior to the publication of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), the FAA identified eligible applicants in its National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) and compiled potentially eligible projects through the 3-year Airports Capital Improvement Plan (ACIP). Both of these processes are described in FAA Order 5090.5, Formulation of NPIAS and ACIP, adhering to 49 U.S.C. 47115 that authorizes discretionary funds. The AIP funds airport capital improvements and rehabilitation projects. All discretionary grant funding is subject to appropriations, statutory requirements, and related program funding availability. See NOFO for further details.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: The FAA website cited lists contacts by Regional Offices and Airports District Offices
GrantorContactText: Grant applicant communications for the FAA AIP grant program are handled by FAA ARP Regional Offices and Airport District Offices.  Refer to the link below to locate the grantor contact information for your geographic location.  &lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;Please contact your regional office or Airports District Office per this link: https://www.faa.gov/airports/regions/
CloseDateExplanation: FAA will consider applications on a rolling basis, with the final deadline to submit discretionary grant applications Thursday,  June 30, 2022.   Dates are subject to possible adjustment based on future legislation.  Under 49 U.S.C. 47115, the Secretary of Transportation, through the FAA, will consider projects that are the most appropriate to carry out the statute at any time prior to September 30, 2022.