Closed · DOT-OST-2022-0003 · CFDA 20.930 · Discretionary
Small Community Air Service Development Program
Federal grant opportunity posted by 69A345 Office of the Under Secretary for Policy, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $17M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- March 15, 2022
- Close date
- 25
- Expected awards
The verdict
Small Community Air Service Development Program is a closed discretionary listing from 69A345 Office of the Under Secretary for Policy that offered Up to $17,000,000 across 25 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 58 other opportunities from 69A345 Office of the Under Secretary for Policy.
- up to $17M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 25
- expected awards
- 20.930
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Small Community Air Service Development Progr… is closed (last close March 15, 2022). The parent program page for CFDA 20.930 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. 69A345 Office of the Under Secretary for Policy still indexes 58 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed March 15, 2022
Est. Total Funding
$17,000,000
Expected Awards
25
Instrument
Grant
Description
A. PROGRAM 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). The program is codified at 49 U.S.C. § 41743. The program is designed to provide financial assistance to small communities to help them enhance their air service. The Department provides this assistance in the form of grants that are disbursed on a reimbursable basis.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 2021 pursuant to the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Pub. L. No. 116-94), and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Pub. L. No. 116-260).B. FEDERAL AWARD INFORMATIONNo 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.Pursuant to the authorities described above, the Department has up to $17 million available for FY 2021 grant awards to carry out this program. There is no minimum or maximum individual award amount, and the amounts awarded will vary depending upon the features and merits of the selected applications. 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. The Department may, at its discretion, issue partial funding awards up to the level authorized and provided that the above conditions are met. Additional information on the budget process may be found in OMB A-11: https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/information-for-agencies/circulars/.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DOT-OST-2022-0003
Grants.gov marks Small Community Air Service Development Progr… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Transportation (T). This eligibility-code string dominates the 69A345 Office of the Under Secretary for Policy book (41 peers, 69% of 59).
- Code 25
- Others (see official listing text)
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
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 Transportation Analyst Phone 202-366-1842
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What to do next
Small Community Air Service Development Progr… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
- Parent CFDA 20.930 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
- Highway Safety Improvement Program indexes 0 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
- 69A345 Office of the Under Secretary for Policy lists 58 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog
Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.
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