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If you would like to be added to an email list for announcements of new funding opportunities, please send an email to info@sfcta.org with "Funding Opportunities List Subscription" in the title. Applications were due to the Authority on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 12 p.m.
The Call for Applications for certain project types opens on May 29, 2009.
The 2009/10 Application Package will be released by the Air District in mid-Summer 2009.
Other Funding Opportunities/Calls for Projects:
- NEW! Climate Showcase Communities Grant: The EPA has announced the availability of up to $10 million in "Climate Showcase Communities" grants to local and tribal governments to establish and implement climate change initiatives that will help reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The agency expects to award approximately 30 cooperative agreements, each one ranging from $100,000 to $500,000. Approximately 5 percent of the funds ($500,000) are set-asides for tribal governments. The EPA requests proposals from local governments, federally-recognized Indian tribal governments, and inter-tribal consortia to create applicable models of sustainable community action, generate cost-effective GHG reductions, and improve the environmental, economic, public health, and social conditions in a community. Applications are due at 4pm EDT on July 22nd, 2009.
- NEW! Safe Routes to Transit (SR2T) Call for Projects (Cycle 3): Funded through Regional Measure 2, the $20 million Safe Routes to Transit Program intends to reduce congestion on Bay Area bridge corridors by improving access and safety for bicyclists and pedestrians to and from regional transit stations. TransForm (formerly the Transportation and Land Use Coalition) and the East Bay Bicycle Coalition (EBBC) are administering this program with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC). Public agencies are encouraged to work with other potential co-applicants, and with other departments or divisions within their own agency, to submit multi-jurisdictional/multimodal project applications. $4.196 million are available in this round. Applications are due at 3:00 P.M. on Wednesday, August 12, 2009.
- NEW! FHWA Highways for Life Program: The purpose of the Highway for Life Program (HfL) is to incentivize states to build projects using innovative means to accelerate the deployment and implementation process. Previous HfL projects have been able to demonstrate that highways and bridges can be built within weeks rather than years, with minimal impacts to the motorists, significantly better safety results, higher quality, and sometimes at a lower cost. The FHWA has announced that $7 million is still available to be programmed from the 2008 HfL Pilot Program. Funds for this program will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis.
- The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECGB): The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECGB) program is a new program created in late 2007 and funded for the first time through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Most EECGB funds will go directly to local governments and another portion will go to the state's energy office (California Energy Commission). Locally, San Francisco will benefit from $7,739,300 in formula funds and the California Energy Commission will receive $49,603,400. Applications must be submitted by June 26, 2009.
- New Freedom Program: The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) New Freedom Program provides grants for new capital and operational projects aimed at reducing, beyond the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), transportation barriers faced by individuals with disabilities. Funds are apportioned by formula to large urbanized areas (UAs), small UAs, and rural areas based on the population of persons with disabilities. Funds are required to be spent on projects that provide transportation services within those areas. Please click on the link above for further due date information.
Applications are due at 5pm on Friday August 7th, 2009.
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Carl Moyer Program: The Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program (Carl Moyer Program) is a voluntary program that offers grants to owners of heavy-duty vehicles and equipment. The program is a partnership between the California Air Resources Board (ARB) and the local air districts throughout the state. Locally the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (Air District) administers the Carl Moyer program. The purpose of the program is to reduce air pollution emissions from heavy-duty engines. Applications will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis and will be accepted until all program funds have been obligated to eligible projects.
Recently Closed Funding Opportunities:- FTA Section 5310 Funds: The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) provides Section 5310 grant funds to non-profits and public agencies to purchase capital equipment for providing transportation services to elderly and disabled persons. Applications were due by May 20, 2009.
- State-level Safe Routes to School Grants (Cycle 8): The concept of the SR2S program is to increase the number and safety of children who walk or bicycle to school by funding projects that remove the barriers that currently prevent them from doing so. Those barriers include lack of infrastructure, unsafe infrastructure, lack of programs that promote walking and bicycling through education/encouragement programs aimed at children, parents, and the community. Applications were due to Caltrans, either postmarked or delivered to the District 4 office in Oakland, by 5:00pm, April 15, 2009.
- IIG and TOD Grant Programs: The Department of Housing and Community Development would like to inform you that the 2009 Infill Infrastructure Grant Program (IIG) and Transit Oriented Development Grant (TOD) applications are now available. Please click on the link above for further information and requirements of these programs. Applications were due by April 1, 2009.
- FY 2009/10 Caltrans Planning Grants: Each year Caltrans awards to grants public agencies across the state to pursue planning activities that support closer placement of jobs and housing, efficient movement of goods, community involvement in planning, safe and convenient pedestrian and bicycle mobility and access, smart or strategic land use, and commute alternatives. Applications are due to Caltrans, either postmarked or delivered to the District 4 office in Oakland, by 5:00pm, April 1, 2009. Please note, for grants where MTC is the only eligible Bay Area applicant, project sponsors must notify MTC of their intent to seek MTC sponsorship for a grant application by February 2, 2009.
- Environmental Enhancement and Mitigation Program (EEMP) Fiscal Year 2008/09 Call for Projects: The EEMP was established in 1989. It offers a total of $10 million each year for grants to local, state, and federal governmental agencies and to nonprofit organizations for projects to mitigate the environmental impacts caused by new or modified public transportation facilities. Eligible projects must be directly or indirectly related to the environmental impact of the modification of an existing transportation facility or construction of a new transportation facility. Applications were due by December 22, 2008.
- FY 2008/09 Air District Call for Projects, including:
There will also be multiple workshops on the TFCA Regional Fund and Goods Movement grant application and funding process. See a list of scheduled workshops. The first one will occur on Friday, May 16 (9:30 a.m. at the Air District Offices). See a summary of upcoming funding opportunities. **UPDATED 11/13/06**
For more information or assistance with Prop K or other federal, state, or regional funding opportunities, please contact: Amber Crabbe, Senior Transportation Planner with the SFCTA, at 415-522-4801 or via email. Anna LaForte, Deputy Director for Policy & Programming with the SFCTA, at 415-522-4805 or via email. Maria Lombardo, Chief Deputy Director for Policy & Programming with the SFCTA, at 415-522-4802 or via email. |
