Pipeline Safety Research Competitive Academic Agreement Program (CAAP) – FY 2015

Improvement Act of 2002 (P. L. 107-355, December 17, 2002). Further, the authority to enter into cooperative agreements under the CAAP initiative is codified at 49 U.S.C. §60117(k), Authority for Cooperative Agreements. All questions regarding this FOA must be emailed to Saurabh Vasudeva (saurabh.vasudeva@dot.gov) with a copy to Mr. Warren Osterberg (warren.osterberg@dot.gov). Applicants may not contact any other PHMSA personnel during the solicitation phase. All questions must be received on or before Tuesday, April 17, 2015 to be considered. Answers to all questions will be posted in Grants.gov as an amendment to the initial announcement. Complete applications must be received electronically through Grants.gov and MIS by 11:59pm Eastern Time on Thursday, May 18, 2015. Applicants will receive an automated receipt from Grants.gov of the date and time of application submission. If the timeliness of a submission comes into question, the date and time recorded in Grants.gov will take precedence over that of MIS. REFER TO THE ATTACHMENT "FOA#DTPH5615SN0003 CAAP 2015 Package" UNDER THE "FULL ANNOUNCEMENT" TAB FOR DETAILS.