Technology Grant

We distribute funding to rural and small urban transit for the technologies needed to deliver and improve modern transit services.

Eligibility

Any Greater Minnesota rural or small urban transit agency currently receiving operating assistance from MnDOT.

Timeline

May 1, 2024: Solicitation opens
May 10, 2024: Application guidance webinar
May 15, 2024: Letter of intent due
June 28, 2024: Application due

Application process

What you'll need

Instructions

Instructions - 2024 Application for 2025 Technology Grants (PDF)

For a letter of intent

Decisions on your technology needs (hardware and/or software)
Description of:

Current technology or process are you using
The functionality, performance, or characteristics that your current process provides that would need to be preserved in a new system
How you identified and define the need for the proposed technology
Description of three to five improvements the proposed technology solution could provide and their importance for your system
How the proposed solution fits into five-year list of technology (or if not, is there a rationale for why this request has become a priority?)

Review the research requirements for an application and let us know if you need technical assistance in conducting the research and analysis.
Download a template and upload your letter of intent to BlackCat/Application by May 15, 2024.

For the application

Research from three to five peer agencies on software product evaluations, functional analysis, and procurement preparations.
Upload your application and all other supporting documents to BlackCat/Application by June 28, 2024.

Guidance

We'll hold one webinar at 11 a.m. on May 10, 2024, to go over the application requirements and demonstrate how the forms work. We'll email you an invitation to our webinar.

After you apply

We'll convene a scoring committee to review and score all applications.
We'll select the highest scoring projects until all available funds have been assigned.

Notification

Fall 2024: We'll notify applicants about our project selections.
Fall 2024: We'll notify grant awards to public transit systems.

More information

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