# Developing Best Practices and Training for Driver Education

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/693jj923r000085-developing-best-practices-and-training-for-driver-education/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/346247

> National Highway Traffic Safety Administration offered grants of up to $1.8 million to any type of organization. It expected to make $1.8 million in total. Applications closed on April 5, 2023.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | 693JJ923R000085 |
| Agency | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | April 5, 2023 |
| Award ceiling | $1.8 million |
| Award floor | not stated |
| Expected awards | not stated |
| Total funding | $1.8 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 20.614 |

## Who can apply

- Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"

ELIGIBLE APPLICANTSThis cooperative agreement is available for full and open competition, all potential applicants are eligible to apply.

## What the grant funds

PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVE The purpose and objective of this Umbrella Cooperative Agreement (CA or Agreement) is to conduct research on, evaluations of, and identification of best practices related to driver education for novice drivers and to train state driver licensing authorities how to adopt such practices. Drivers between the ages of 15 to 20 years have the highest involvement in fatal crashes of any age group. In addition, there is an increasing proportion of young people over the age of 18 years delaying licensure. If an individual delays obtaining a drivers license, the individual may no longer be subject to a State’s graduated licensing procedures resulting in no classroom or behind-the-wheel training/instruction before a license is issued (Tefft et al, 2014). New traffic safety countermeasures are required to address these trends. NHTSA seeks innovative and creative projects that will focus on: · Identifying and developing innovative driver education, licensing, or training demonstration practices and countermeasures. · Developing education and training to driver licensing authorities on best practices or countermeasures. · Conduct research of issues or practices related to driver education, licensing, training, and countermeasures. The Department is committed to advancing safe, efficient transportation, including in the Developing Best Practices and Training for Driver Education project. The National Roadway Safety Strategy (NRSS), issued January 27, 2022, commits the Department to respond to the current crisis in roadway fatalities by ‘taking substantial, comprehensive action to significantly reduce serious and fatal injuries on the Nation’s roadways,’ in pursuit of the goal of achieving zero roadway deaths through a Safe System Approach. (See https://www.transportation.gov/NRSS) The outcomes that are anticipated from the projects funded by Developing Best Practices and Training for Driver Education should align with the NRSS. NHTSA seeks to issue an award that will create proportional impacts to all populations in a project area, remove transportation related disparities to all populations in a project area, and increase equitable access to project benefits, consistent with Executive Order 13985, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government (86 FR 7009).

## Questions people ask

### Is 693JJ923R000085 still open?

No. It closed on April 5, 2023. A newer notice is open: NHTSA-693JJ927R000007-FY27, closes February 4, 2027 (89 days left).

### Who can apply for Developing Best Practices and Training for Driver Education?

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration accepted applications from any type of organization. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for Developing Best Practices and Training for Driver Education?

Closed April 5, 2023. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $1.8 million each. About $1.8 million in total.

### Who has won National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Discretionary Safety Grants and Cooperative Agreements  grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Highway Patrol, California, Automotive Coalition for Traffic Safety, Inc., Governors Highway Safety Association (Ghsa). The program made 195 awards worth $353 million in that time.