Fiscal Year 2025 Intercity Passenger Rail Program | DHS 25 GPD 157 00 98

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The Fiscal Year 2025 Intercity Passenger Rail (IPR) Program - Amtrak is a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) / FEMA grant opportunity designed to strengthen transportation infrastructure security, specifically within the intercity passenger rail environment operated by Amtrak. It sits within FEMA's broader set of transportation infrastructure security grant programs and reflects Congress-authorized efforts to reduce the risk of terrorist attacks against critical surface transportation assets and the traveling public. In practical terms, the program provides federal funding to support security-related activities and capabilities that help protect Amtrak's infrastructure, operations, and passengers from acts of terrorism.

This opportunity is listed as mandatory and will be awarded as a cooperative agreement, which generally means FEMA expects ongoing involvement or oversight in how funded activities are carried out, rather than issuing a hands-off grant. The funding activity category is Disaster Prevention and Relief and Transportation, and the program is associated with CFDA number 97.157. The eligible applicant category is listed as "Others," and the description clarifies the intended recipient: Amtrak, a federally chartered corporation. As a result, the program is effectively structured as a direct federal funding vehicle to Amtrak rather than an open competition among multiple public or private entities.

For FY 2025, the opportunity anticipates a single award (ExpectedAwards: 1) with an award ceiling of $9,000,000. The opportunity was created on 2025-08-01, and the application closing date is 2025-08-15. Applications must be submitted through FEMA's Grants Outcomes (GO) system, accessible at https://go.fema.gov/. The official funding opportunity title is "Fiscal Year 2025 Intercity Passenger Rail Program," and the opportunity number is DHS 25 GPD 157 00 98.

  • The Department of Homeland Security - FEMA in the disaster prevention and relief, transportation sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year 2025 Intercity Passenger Rail Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
  • Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 97.157.
  • This funding opportunity was created on 2025-08-01.
  • Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-08-15. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
  • Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $9,000,000.00 in funding.
  • The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
  • Eligible applicants include: Others.
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