2023 Work Zone Safety Grants

NOFO AMENDMENT 1 (Posted 7/13/2023): The purpose of this amendment is to extend the submission deadline. Applications are now due for submission through grants.gov by 11:59PM (Eastern) on Monday, 7/17/2023. All other terms and conditions of the NOFO remain in full force and effect.

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BASE NOFO (Posted 6/1/2023)

The FHWA hereby requests applications for assistance to result in the award of new Cooperative Agreements, entitled, “2023 Work Zone Safety Grant Program.”

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to solicit applications for the 2023 Work Zone Safety Grant Program and is expected to result in the distribution of up to $10 million in Federal funding to award up to 10 grants or cooperative agreements. The actual amount available to be awarded under this notice will be subject to the availability of funds. 

The purpose of these proposed awards is to provide funding to qualified, eligible applicants to conduct training nationally for a wide range of workers on the prevention of injuries and fatalities in highway and roadway work zones, develop guidelines on work zone safety and operational issues and best practices that will assist State and local government transportation agencies and other entities in improving work zone safety, and to provide training based on these guidelines.

PROGRAM GOALS, WORK AREAS, & SUGGESTED TOPICS

The goals of the Work Zone Safety Grant Program are to support the development of guidelines and the provision of training to enhance highway work zone safety. Areas of emphasis for this program expansion include:

• Implementation of products already completed under the program;
• Strategic extension on provision of existing training; and
• Continued identification of gaps in available training and guidance and provisions to address these gaps.

Work Zone Safety Grant Recipients shall perform tasks within the following work areas (hereafter referred to as “AREAS”), making use of, and building on, the products already developed under this program as appropriate:

AREA 1. Highway Work Zone Worker Safety Training;

AREA 2. Highway Work Zone Safety Guidelines Development; and 

AREA 3. Highway Work Zone Safety Guidelines Training. 

IMPORTANT NOTE: Please refer to the "Related Documents" tab for the full text of this NOFO.

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