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Advanced Bridge Technology Clearinghouse (ABTC) Development (20.947)

Also known as UTC Program

Advanced Bridge Technology Clearinghouse (ABTC) Development (Assistance Listing 20.947) is run by the Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation, part of the Department of Transportation. It awarded $5.0 million in 1 grant from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $5.0 million per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.

There was 1 award in five years, of $5.0 million.

Key findings

What the program funds

Rutgers University has been awarded a cooperative agreement to develop and implement for Bridge Technologies a clearing house which will act as a repository of design & technology data, best practices and be a system for disseminating the information to practitioners and general public in a suitable and easily understandable format.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

This procurement is limited to proposals from University Transportation Centers and its sub-tier team consisting of one or more individuals, entities and/or professional organizations with either Not-for-Profit or For-Profit status.

What the money can and cannot pay for

(i) Conduct literature reviews, (ii) collect data on bridge technologies, (iii) design, construct and populate with data and information a clearinghouse on bridge technologies, (iv) provide training materials, (v) formulate information dissemination strategies to provide responses to different levels of queries.

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. The awardee of this grant shall cost match to the extent of not less than 50 % of the federal award dollars. The cost can be in cash, labor or other justifiable materials.MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Deadlines

Proposals are due 2023-MM-DD Project should be completed within 60 months from the date of award.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

Obligations FY 23 (est.) FY 24 (est.) Cooperative Agreements $5,000,000 $0 Total $5,000,000 $0

Examples of funded projects

Fiscal Year2025: Develop a process to collect data and collect information on most current bridge technology innovations, including AI methods; Plan a semi-autonomous method for evaluation of the technologies based on the technological features and USDOT strategic goals alignment; Assemble a SME group for analysis, develop a website platform portal to collect technologies and transfer information.

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Funding history and past recipients

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Advanced Bridge Technology Clearinghouse (ABTC) Development (20.947) awarded $5.0 million across 1 grant award, an average of $5.0 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
Rutgers, the State UniversityNew Jersey1$5.0 million

Top states: New Jersey ($5.0 million).

Who usually wins

Almost all of the money went to colleges and universities.

Recipient typeAwardsAmountShare
Colleges and universities1$5.0 million100%

By state

Each state below has its own page for this program, with its recipients and yearly totals.

Grants by recipient's state, fiscal 2021 to 2025
StateAwardsAmount
New Jersey1$5.0 million

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.