Small Community Air Service Development Program
Posted by 69A345 Office of the Under Secretary for Policy
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement — Small Community Air Service Development Program — is cataloged under number DOT-OST-2019-0071 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 20.930, posted by 69A345 Office of the Under Secretary for Policy. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on May 6, 2019 and last updated on May 3, 2019. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a grant.
Award economics. The award range on file is Up to $12,500,000. The agency has projected $12.5 million in total estimated funding for this announcement. It expects to issue 40 awards. If the agency funds the expected 40 awards from the $12.5 million estimated pool, the average award works out to roughly $313,000. Cost sharing is not required, so applicants do not need to commit matching funds to be competitive on this opportunity. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.
Deadline and action path. This opportunity closed on July 15, 2019. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number, so monitoring the parent program page is the most reliable way to catch re-announcements. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully — federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed — it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities.
Award Range
Up to $12,500,000
Close Date
July 15, 2019
Applications of no more than 20 one-sided pages each (excluding the completed Application for Federal Domestic Assistance (SF424), Summary Information schedule, and any letters from the community or an air carrier showing support for the application), including all required information, must be submitted to www.grants.gov no later than 4:00 PM EDT on Monday, July 15, 2019.
Posted
May 6, 2019
Est. Total Funding
$12,500,000
Expected Awards
40
Instrument
Grant
Description
The Small Community Program was established by the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century (Pub. L. No. 106-181), reauthorized by the Vision 100-Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act (Pub. L. No. 108-176), and subsequently reauthorized by the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (Pub. L. No. 112-95) as amended, the Disaster Tax Relief and Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2017 (Pub. L. No. 115-63), and the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Pub. L. No. 115-254) (FAA 2018).[1] The program is designed to provide financial assistance to small communities in order to help them enhance their air service. The Department provides this assistance in the form of monetary grants that are disbursed on a reimbursable basis. Authorization for this program is codified at 49 U.S.C. § 41743. The Small Community Program is authorized to receive appropriations under 49 U.S.C. § 41743(e)(2). Appropriations are provided for this program for award selection in FY 2018 pursuant to the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Pub. L. No. 115-141). 49 U.S.C. § 41743(c) sets forth the “Criteria for Participation.” As detailed below, in implementing these statutory criteria the Department has determined that certain criteria will be considered as part of the Eligibility Review, and other criteria will be considered as part of the Technical Review. The Department’s application of these criteria has not changed, but more clarity is being provided at this time to assist applicants. B. FEDERAL AWARD INFORMATION No more than four communities or consortia of communities, or a combination thereof, from the same State may be selected to participate in the program in any fiscal year. No more than 40 communities or consortia of communities, or a combination thereof, may be selected to participate in the program in each year for which the funds are appropriated. Applications for renewal or supplementation of existing projects are not eligible to compete with applications for new Federal awards. Pursuant to the authorities described above, the Department has $12.5 million available for FY 2018 grant awards to carry out this program. There is no other limitation on the amount of individual awards, and the amounts awarded will vary depending upon the features and merits of the selected proposals. In past years, the Department’s individual grant sizes have ranged from $20,000 to nearly $1.6 million. Funding amounts made available for reimbursement may be impacted by future limitations placed on the spending authority and appropriations enacted for the Department. OST may, at its discretion, issue partial funding awards up to the level authorized and provided that the above conditions are met. [1] FAA 2018 made a number of structural and technical changes to the program which apply to grants from FY 2018 forward and which are reflected in this Order.
Eligibility
25
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Parent Grant Program
Highway Safety Improvement Program
U.S. Department of Transportation
Agency Contact
Vince Corsaro <br/>Transportation Analyst <br/>Phone 202-366-1842
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