Federal grant programs / Department of Transportation

RESEARCH INITIATIVE ON THE USE OF STEEL SLAG IN CONCRETE AND CEMENT (20.949)

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$5.0 million
• Grant awards1
• Typical award$5.0 million
• Awarded in FY 2025$5.0 million
• Size rank1,622 of 1,823
• Type of assistanceCooperative agreement

Key findings

• It is the 1622nd largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• Awards went to recipients in 1 states and territories.

What the program funds

The research study will advance the Decarbonization Research Priority and Embodied Carbon Research Priority as listed in the RD&T Strategic Plan: • Reduce carbon emissions associated with the extraction and manufacture of construction materials and the construction and maintenance of infrastructure. • Develop tools, technologies, and guidance to improve infrastructure durability, longevity, and sustainability through innovative materials and structures • Ensure research investments are fully leveraged through the demonstration and deployment of the resulting products and innovations

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

Eligible applicant must be an accredited university with capabilities in conducting advanced research, data analysis and mining, laboratory and field testing related to pavement and asphalt materials and have a good understanding of approaches and technologies and associated sciences of a scope that covers the requested services. Additionally, the incumbent must partner with a US steel manufacturer that produces steel slag materials. The recipient Eligible Entity (accredited university) will be the direct and primary recipient of the U.S. DOT funds and must perform a substantive role in carrying out the cooperative agreement activities; it may not serve primarily as a conduit for awards to another party.

What the money can and cannot pay for

U.S. DOT hereby requests applications to result in the award of a new Cooperative Agreement, that will establish research on the properties and effectiveness of steel slag for use in concrete and cement and as construction material for transportation infrastructure.

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Applicants are required to provide matching funds of at least 50% of the total eligible contract costs of the cooperative agreement. In other words, under this agreement for which DOT will provide the recipient $5 million, the recipient must provide a local non-federal matching share of, at least, $2.5 million. Cost sharing or matching means the portion of project costs not paid by Federal funds (unless otherwise authorized by Federal statute). For a more complete definition, please see the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards at 2 CFR Part 200, including section 200.306 on Cost Sharing or matching. Other Federal funds using their appropriate matching share may be leveraged for the deployment but cannot be considered as part of the recipient’s matching funds, unless otherwise supported by statute. Applicants should refer to section D.2 of this opportunity for more information about submission requirements concerning cost sharing under this program.MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

One cost- reimbursable cooperative agreement will be awarded for five years.

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

Who usually wins

Almost all of the money went to colleges and universities.

By state

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

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