FY25-26 Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements Grant Program

Key facts

Summary from the notice

Who can apply

The official notice lists these applicant types as eligible:

• County governments
• Special district governments
• City or township governments
• Small businesses
• Private colleges and universities
• State governments
• Federally recognized tribal governments
• Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than colleges)
• For-profit organizations other than small businesses
• Public and state colleges and universities
• Others named in the notice (see the eligibility text)

Eligibility details from the notice

Eligible Applicants: 1. A State (including the District of Columbia). 2. A group of States. 3. An Interstate Compact. 4. A public agency or publicly chartered authority established by 1 or more States. 5. A political subdivision of a State. 6. Amtrak or another rail carrier that provides intercity rail passenger transportation (as rail carrier and intercity rail passenger transportation are defined in section 24102). 7. A Class II railroad or Class III railroad, including any holding company of a Class II railroad or Class III railroad (as those terms are defined in section 20102). 8. An association representing 1 or more railroads described in paragraph (7). 9. A federally recognized Indian Tribe. 10. Any rail carrier or rail equipment manufacturer in partnership with at least 1 of the entities described in paragraphs (1) through (5). 11. The Transportation Research Board and any entity with which it contracts in the development of rail-related research, including cooperative research programs. 12. A University transportation center engaged in rail-related research. 13. A non-profit labor organization representing a class or craft of employees of rail carriers or rail carrier contractors.

Cost sharing: this notice requires cost sharing or matching funds. Check the notice for the required share and what counts toward it.

Registrations you will likely need

Most applications submitted through Grants.gov need the following. Registration can take several weeks, so start early. The notice lists the exact requirements.

• SAM.gov registration for your organization, which also gives you a Unique Entity ID (UEI). Registration is free.
• A Login.gov account, which Grants.gov uses for sign-in.
• A Grants.gov applicant registration linked to your organization's UEI.

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