FY26 Railroad Rights-of-Way and Highway-Railroad Grade Crossing Safety Information and Education Program

The Railroad Rights-of-Way and Highway-Railroad Grade Crossing Safety Information and Education Program is a federal discretionary grant opportunity administered by the U.S. Department of Transportation through the Federal Railroad Administration. The opportunity is identified as FR-OLS-26-001 and is associated with Assistance Listing 20.329, Railroad Safety. The stated funding activity is categorized as Other, with Education provided as the category explanation. The Federal Railroad Administration states that the purpose of the opportunity is to provide program funding using funds designed and provided under the approved budget for the Federal Railroad Administration Office of Safety. The program is specifically intended to provide fiscal year program funding to Operation Lifesaver Inc. The source does not describe a competitive applicant pool and instead states that only Operation Lifesaver Inc is permitted to apply. The announcement anticipates one award. Estimated total program funding is 1000000, and the maximum award is 1000000. Although the Grants.gov synopsis displays an award floor of 0, this does not establish a positive minimum award amount, so no substantive minimum funding level can be identified from the supplied information. Cost sharing or matching is identified as required. However, the supplied synopsis does not state the required percentage, ratio, dollar amount, or other formula for the match. Accordingly, applicants should rely on the full announcement for the specific match obligation rather than assuming a match amount from the synopsis. The supplied information also does not identify detailed allowable cost categories, prohibited expenditures, indirect cost limitations, subaward limitations, or a defined period of performance. The stated scope is limited to providing program funding to Operation Lifesaver Inc using the Federal Railroad Administration Office of Safety approved fiscal year budget. Eligibility is exceptionally narrow. The eligible applicant classification on Grants.gov is Others, and the additional eligibility information explicitly states that only Operation Lifesaver Inc is permitted to apply. No other nonprofit organization, governmental entity, educational institution, business, individual, or other organization is identified as eligible in the supplied source. The synopsis does not impose or describe a separate state, county, city, territory, or other geographic eligibility restriction. The opportunity was posted on August 18, 2026, and the current and original application closing date is August 31, 2026. The page provides an Apply function and identifies the closing date without an additional explanation. No letter of intent, concept paper, pre-proposal, notice of intent, initial application, or other pre-application gating requirement is identified in the supplied material. The source also does not list application questions, required narrative sections, required attachments, evaluation criteria, scoring criteria, award notification timing, or a performance period. No recurring or annual application schedule is stated, so a future cycle should not be assumed. Applicants experiencing difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically are directed to the GrantSolutions Help Desk. The listed email address is help@grantsolutions.gov, and the listed telephone numbers are 1.866.577.0771 and 202.401.5282. Help Desk hours are Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. ET. The supplied Grants.gov record also provides a link to additional information through GrantSolutions. The Grants.gov archive date is September 30, 2026. No named individual program contact, award decision date, notification date, or subsequent application cycle is provided in the supplied information.