Closed · FR-RRD-25-001 · CFDA 20.313 · Discretionary

FY25 Short Line Safety Institute Program

Federal grant opportunity posted by DOT - Federal Railroad Administration, cataloged on Grants.gov.

up to $2.5M
Award range
Closed
Status
August 8, 2025
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

FY25 Short Line Safety Institute Program is a closed discretionary listing from DOT - Federal Railroad Administration that offered Up to $2,500,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 418 other opportunities from DOT - Federal Railroad Administration.

up to $2.5M
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
20.313
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

FY25 Short Line Safety Institute Program is closed (last close August 8, 2025). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. DOT - Federal Railroad Administration still indexes 418 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 August 8, 2025

Posted Jul 16 Closes Aug 8

Est. Total Funding

$2,500,000

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Grant

Description

This is a Congressional appropriation to fund the Short Line Safety Institute (Institute), a 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is, "to provide the leadership to enhance the safety culture and safety performance of short line and regional railroads through voluntary, non-punitive partnerships." The Institute's Strategic goals are to enhance and improve safety practices and to increase the short line and regional railroad industry's culture of commitment to safety. The Institute will address these strategic goals through Four Pillars of activities: safety culture assessments, education and training, research, and communications.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · FR-RRD-25-001

Grants.gov marks FY25 Short Line Safety Institute Program 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 DOT - Federal Railroad Administration book (331 peers, 79% of 419).

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.

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What to do next

FY25 Short Line Safety Institute Program is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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