Public Safety · Active
Buffer Zone Protection Program · FEMA · Sparse NOFO · mid band
Buffer Zone Protection Program (CFDA 97.078) - federal assistance administered by Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), catalogued in the SAM.gov Assistance Listings.
- $200K–$2M
- Typical award range
- 2
- Indexed opportunities
- 0
- Open now
- FEMA
- Administering agency
The verdict
According to indexed Grants.gov opportunity volume among active SAM.gov programs on PlainGrants, Buffer Zone Protection Program ranks #501 of 504, #11 of 13 within FEMA, and #26 of 38 among Public Safety programs by listed funding ceiling. Across 504 active programs, 47.041 leads by opportunity count (319, funding-ceiling rank #249) ≠ 66.054 leads by funding ceiling ($7.0 billion, opportunity rank #326). CFDA 97.078 is an active Public Safety program with 2 indexed Grants.gov opportunities. Of the 2 most recent listings shown here, 0 are open for application.
- $200K–$2M
- typical award range (SAM.gov)
- -
- next application deadline
- $6.9 million
- largest award ceiling indexed
- 8%
- of the catalog is Public Safety
Buffer Zone Protection Program · lower-band quiet listing (#368/502 by ceiling)
Buffer Zone Protection Program sits below most listed ceilings (27th percentile among 502 active programs), a floor-band Assistance Listing card, not a mega solicitation.
Buffer Zone Protection Program vs programs with listed funding ceilings
Where this CFDA's SAM.gov award ceiling sits among active Assistance Listings with a reported ceiling
$2,000,000 Top 73% higher than 27% of 502 programs
Programs, banded by listed funding ceiling
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Source SAM.gov Assistance Listings · 2010-01-29
SAM.gov Assistance Listing plate
CFDA 97.078 · FEMA VOL-SPARSE · #501/504
VOL-SPARSE · LOWER-HALF · SOLO-LISTING · NOFO-CLOSED · CEIL-MILLION · ELIG-SLG · BOOK-FULL · LISTING-LIVE
- VOL-SPARSE 2 indexed
- LOWER-HALF #501/504
- SOLO-LISTING No peer gap
- NOFO-CLOSED 0 open of 2 listed
- CEIL-MILLION $200K–$2M
- ELIG-SLG State/local government
- BOOK-FULL 2 listed / 2 indexed
- LISTING-LIVE Active SAM.gov listing
Opportunity-volume neighbourhood · CFDA 97.078
VOL-SPARSE · #501/504: quiet/busy corpus poles and ±- row peers, not a SAM.gov catalog reprint.
Engineering Grants · busiestBuffer Zone Protect… · this listingPlant and Animal Di… · quiet pole
Funding posture
Few announcements, mid-scale dollars
Mid-band ceiling ($200,000 to $2.0 million) with only 2 indexed Grants.gov rows for Buffer Zone Protection Program. Competitive traffic is light relative to the printed award size, so deadlines on the sparse NOFO list matter more than catalog rank.
Assistance Listing text · FEMA
Grants to improve security around critical infrastructure facilities including water systems and chemical plants.
Public-sector applicant lane · FEMA
SAM.gov lists only government/tribal applicants for Buffer Zone Protection Program. This is a public-sector Assistance Listing corridor, not a general nonprofit or small-business open call.
Predominantly grants (G) · CFDA 97.078
100% of the 2 indexed listings under CFDA 97.078 are grants (G), the SAM.gov-coded mechanism Buffer Zone Protection Program typically uses to move money. None of the indexed listings require applicant cost-sharing.
- Estimated funding, indexed listings with a reported figure
- $96.6 million across 2 listings (avg $48.3 million)
- Expected awards, indexed listings with a reported count
- 92 across 2 listings
Figures are computed from the full indexed Grants.gov book for CFDA 97.078, not the 10 listings shown below; a listing missing a field is excluded from that field's total, not counted as zero.
Archived NOFO book · CFDA 97.078
None of the 2 indexed Grants.gov listings under CFDA 97.078 are open on the current extract. Reported award ceilings stay in a tight band ($5.2 million–$6.9 million; 1.3×). 100% of listings carry the Other (O) funding-activity code.
- Open vs archived (indexed book)
- 0 open · 2 archived
- Median reported award ceiling
- $5.2 million (2 listings with a ceiling)
- Dominant Grants.gov funding-activity code
- Other (O)
Open counts use the same posted+close_date rule as the rest of PlainGrants; funding-activity codes are the Grants.gov category_of_funding field (first code when several are joined). Ceiling median is over positive reported ceilings only.
FEMA · administering agency
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation programs for communities.
Grants.gov opportunities · CFDA 97.078
What to do next
CFDA 97.078: 2 indexed opportunities · 0 open on the recent slice.
- No open Grants.gov rows on the recent slice, watch this CFDA for the next NOFO drop. How to apply
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) administers 13 Assistance Listings in this extract. Agency catalog
- Nearest peer by listed ceiling: Alcohol Research Programs (93.171). Compare program
SAM.gov ceilings are catalog maximums, not guaranteed awards; verify every deadline on Grants.gov before submitting.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure on PlainGrants is rendered directly from SAM.gov Assistance Listings data, no number is typed in by an editor. This grant program's figures are rendered directly from SAM.gov Assistance Listings data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data issue on this page.
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| Sources | the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov |