Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP) (Limited Eligibility) - FY 2025
| Agency: | U.S. Department of Homeland Security |
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| CFDA: | 97.075 |
| Federal FON: | DHS-25-GPD-075-00-99 |
| Office: | Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) |
| Multipart Grant: | No |
| Next Due: | 08/15/2025 (Application) |
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| Solicitation Date: | 08/01/2025 |
| Match Required: | No |
| Actual Funds: | $83,700,000 (Estimated) |
| Number of Awards: | 25 (Estimated) |
Summary:
The purpose of this program is to protect critical surface transportation infrastructure and the traveling public from acts of terrorism, as well as to increase the resilience of the transportation infrastructure itself. The objectives of this program are to build and sustain core capabilities relevant to transit security and annual national priority areas (NPAs); address and close gaps identified in transit agency vulnerability assessments and the agency's Public Transportation Risk Assessment Methodology (PT-RAM); and continuously engage in a process of emergency related planning, exercising, and training, and using this cycle to test plans, validate capabilities, identify gaps, inform investments, and continuously update plans to reflect organizational changes, as well as findings from exercises and real world events.
Applicants are encouraged to propose innovative solutions that support the broader homeland security mission reflected in the following NPAs, as applicable:
- Enhancing the protection of soft targets and crowded places, including faith-based organizations and election sites
- Supporting homeland security task forces and fusion centers
- Enhancing and integrating cybersecurity resiliency
- Enhancing election security
- Border crisis response and enforcement support
Enduring needs include:
- Effective planning
- Training and awareness campaigns
- Equipment and capital projects
- Exercises
Refer to pages 12-15 of the NOFA file for a breakdown of the NPAs and core capabilities impacted, as well as examples of eligible project types for each area.
Specific investments made in support of the funding priorities generally fall into one of the following allowable expense categories:
- Planning
- Operational activities
- Equipment and capital projects
- Training and awareness campaigns
- Exercises
Refer to pages 37-48 of the NOFA file for details regarding allowable costs within each of these categories.
Eligibility is limited to select transit agencies. Refer to the Eligibility section for details.
Last Updated: August 11, 2025
Eligibility Notes:
Eligible applicants are the passenger rail, intra-city bus, and ferry systems listed on pages 36-37 of the NOFA file. Eligibility is determined based upon daily unlinked passenger trips and transit systems that serve historically eligible Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) urban areas.
Certain ferry systems are also eligible to participate under this program; however, any ferry system electing to participate will not be eligible to participate under the Port Security Grant Program (PSGP), known in eCivis Grants Network as US1451. Likewise, any ferry system that participates under the PSGP is not eligible to participate under this program.
Transit agencies must have developed or updated their security plan, and entities providing transit security for a public transportation agency must approve the security plan. Each public transportation agency receiving funds through this program must also participate in a Regional Transit Security Working Group (RTSWG) or develop an RTSWG if one does not already exist.
Prior to receiving an award, applicants must ensure and maintain adoption and implementation of the National Incident Management System (NIMS).
As part of the application process, applicants must develop a formal investment justification (IJ) that addresses each initiative being proposed for funding. Applicants may submit up to eight IJs, and may also submit up to five additional IJs for projects related to law enforcement providers that are not part of the public transportation agency.
Only one application may be submitted by each eligible transit agency.
Previous award recipients include:
- Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (CA)
- Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) (GA)
- New Jersey Transit (NJ)
- Denver Regional Transportation District (CO)
- Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) (IL)
Refer to the Award file for additional information regarding previous award recipients.
Eligible Applicants:
Local GovernmentState Government
Application Notes:
Applications must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. ET on August 15, 2025.
Applications must be submitted online at go.fema.gov.
Applications must include:
- SF 424
- Grants.gov lobbying form
- SF 424A and/or SF 424C
- SF 424B and/or SF 424D
- SF LLL
- IJs
- Detailed budget(s)
- Five-year security capital and operational sustainment plan (if applicable)
The following are required in order to submit an application:
- Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number
- SAM (System for Award Management) registration
- SPOC (state Single Point of Contact) notification
Applicants may obtain a UEI number and verify or renew SAM registration status at www.ecivis.com/sam. Applicants in states participating in the SPOC program must contact the relevant SPOC listed in the SPOC file before applying.
Applications will be evaluated according to the criteria detailed on pages 26-27 of the NOFA file.
Refer to the NOFA file for additional application information.
| Match Required: | No |
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| Actual Funds: | $83,700,000 (Estimated) |
| Number of Awards: | 25 (Estimated) |
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Match Notes:
Matching funds are not required for this program, and any voluntary cost share or match will not impact an application's potential for funding.
Funding Notes:
A total of $83.7 million is expected to be available to support an anticipated 25 awards through this program. Applicants will apply for the funding amount specified on pages 36-37 of the NOFA file.
The anticipated funding selection date is no later than August 23, 2025, and the anticipated award date is no later than September 30, 2025.
The project period is expected to start on September 1, 2025. For capital infrastructure projects, the project period is 48 months and is expected to end on August 31, 2029. For all other projects, the project period is 36 months and is expected to end on August 31, 2028. Extensions to the project period may be permitted.
Management and administrative (M&A) costs are limited to 5 percent of the total award amount.
In general, funds may not be used for pre-award costs, with the exception of costs resulting from pre-award grant writing services provided by an independent contractor that does not exceed $1,500 per applicant, per award.
Funds may not be used for:
- Matching or cost-sharing requirements for other federal grants and cooperative agreements
- Lobbying
- Prosecuting claims against the federal government or any other government entity
- Personnel costs, except as detailed on pages 12-15 of the NOFA file
- Activities unrelated to the completion and implementation of this program
- Other items not in accordance with the authorized equipment list (AEL) or not listed in the NOFA file as allowable costs
- Pass-through funding
- International travel
For FY 2024, a total of $83.7 million was distributed via 17 awards ranging from $95,340 to $19,809,838 through this program. For FY 2023, a total of $93 million was distributed via 15 awards ranging from $110,000 to $31,655,159. Refer to the Award file for details.
Contacts:
(See Contact Notes)
Agency Address
Federal Emergency Management Agency
P.O. Box 10055
Hyattsville, MD 20782-8055
Contact Notes:
Questions should be directed to the appropriate program contact listed on pages 4-6 of the NOFA file.
Applications must be submitted online at go.fema.gov.
The agency address provided is for reference purposes only.
Files:
Application File: US4726_Application_FY2025.zip (2.1 Mb)Award File: US4726_Award_FY2025.pdf (3.1 Mb)
NOFA File: US4726_NOFA_FY2025.pdf (700.1 Kb)
Federal Forms:
SPOC (67.7 Kb)File Notes:
The NOFA file contains the revised full solicitation for this program. The Application folder contains the required forms for submission. The Award file contains information on previous award recipients. The SPOC file contains information on the state Single Point of Contact program. Detailed guidelines for the funding agency’s application submission portal can be found online at www.fema.gov/grants/guidance-tools/fema-go.
August 11, 2025
A revised full solicitation for this program has been released and attached as the NOFA file.
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