AID Demonstration | FHWA 2016 21063

Opportunity Information: Apply for FHWA 2016 21063

The Accelerated Innovation Deployment (AID) Demonstration is a discretionary grant program run by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). It sits under the Technology and Innovation Deployment Program (TIDP) that was authorized by the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. The core purpose of the program is to speed up the real-world use of proven or promising innovations in highway transportation by providing incentive funding that helps agencies adopt, implement, and mainstream new approaches more quickly than traditional processes and budgets might allow.

The funding is designed to support project activities that are eligible under Title 23 of the U.S. Code, meaning it focuses on highway-related transportation work that FHWA can legally assist. A key feature of the AID Demonstration is its flexibility across the lifecycle of a project: it can fund efforts that occur anywhere from project planning through project delivery. In practice, that can include work tied to planning and project development, financing approaches, and operational improvements, as well as more technical and field-oriented areas such as structures, materials, pavements, environmental practices, and construction methods. The common thread is that the activity should advance TIDP goals, which broadly emphasize accelerating innovation and improving how transportation projects are delivered and performed.

The opportunity is governed by a revised Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), identified as FHWA-2016-21063. That NOFO lays out what FHWA is looking for, including the selection criteria, what an application must contain, and how FHWA evaluates and selects projects during the solicitation period. The program is structured as a grant (not a loan or formula allocation), and it is categorized as discretionary funding, meaning awards are competitive and based on the merits of the application and how well it aligns with the program goals.

Eligible applicants are limited to specific government entities. State Departments of Transportation are eligible, along with Federal Land Management Agencies and tribal governments. For tribes, eligibility follows the standard FHWA approach for tribal funding: federally recognized tribes listed as "Indian Entities Recognized and Eligible to Receive Services from the Bureau of Indian Affairs" are eligible to apply. Metropolitan planning organizations and local governments are not listed as direct applicants under this opportunity, but they can participate by applying through their State DOT as subrecipients, which allows local and regional innovations to be packaged and sponsored at the state level.

From the posted opportunity details, the funding opportunity number is FHWA 2016 21063, the CFDA (assistance listing) number is 20.200, and the activity category is transportation. The award ceiling listed is $1,000,000 per award. The record shows an original closing date of 2020-09-30, and the opportunity was created on 2016-09-08.

• The DOT Federal Highway Administration in the oz, transportation sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "AID Demonstration" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 20.200.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2016-09-08.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2020-09-30. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,000,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Others.

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