Motor Vehicle Safety Research
Department Of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
This assistance listing encompasses: (1) motor vehicle safety research, development, and testing programs and activities, including activities related to new and emerging technologies that impact or may impact motor vehicle safety; and (2) the collection of motor vehicle and highway safety data and related information to determine the relationship between motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipment performance characteristics and crashes involving motor vehicles and deaths or personal injuries r
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Helps organizations conduct research to improve vehicle safety and reduce traffic injuries. Provides funding for projects that develop new safety technologies and standards.
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What Is This Program?
What Benefits Are Offered?
Funding for state governments to conduct effective highway safety programs.
Who Is Eligible?
Region: US states
Other Criteria: state governments
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📋What Are the Application Steps & Timeline?
- 📝Steps to Apply
- Identify the safety issue related to motor vehicles.
- Prepare a detailed proposal outlining the research objectives and methodologies.
- Submit the proposal through the designated application portal.
- 🌐Application Portal
- http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov
- 📤Submission Method
- online
- 🔄Intake Type
- fixed-deadline
📄What Documents Are Required?
- ✅Required Documents
- SF-424 (Application for Federal Assistance)
- SF-424A (Budget Information - Non-Construction)
- SF-424B (Assurances)
- Project Narrative
- Budget Narrative
- Indirect cost rate agreement
- IRB approval letter
- Environmental review
- 📐Format Requirements
- PDF only, max 10MB
- ✉️Supporting Letters
- Letters of support/reference are required.
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💰What Expenses Are Eligible?
- 🧾Eligible Expenses
- research costs
- development costs
- testing costs
- safety technology implementation
- 🚫Ineligible Expenses
- costs unrelated to vehicle safety
- costs for non-compliance with safety standards
- 📏Expense Caps
- Indirect costs limited to de minimis 10% MTDC
- 💳Payment Model
- reimbursement
- ⏪Retroactive Expenses Eligible
- No
🤝Is Matching Funding Required?
📊What Are the Reporting Requirements?
- 🔍Audit Requirements
- OMB Uniform Guidance Single Audit if the recipient expends $750,000 or more in federal awards
- 🗄️Record Retention Period
- 3 years post-final-report
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