Opportunity Information: Apply for DTMASSG18
The FY 2018 Notice of Funding Available for Small Shipyard Grants (Opportunity Number DTMASSG18) is a discretionary federal grant opportunity administered by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration (MARAD). It falls under the transportation funding category and is associated with CFDA number 20.814. The program is designed specifically to support qualified small shipyards by helping them invest in capital and related improvements to their facilities, with the broader goal of strengthening the operational performance of U.S. shipyards that build, repair, or reconfigure vessels.
For FY 2018, MARAD announced that a total of $19,600,000 was available to award under the Small Shipyard Grant Program. The money is intended for projects that improve shipyard capabilities in practical ways, such as enhancing efficiency, promoting more competitive operations, and supporting higher quality ship construction, repair, and reconfiguration work. In other words, the focus is on facility and equipment upgrades or similar capital improvements that make a shipyard more productive, safer, and better able to compete for work while delivering higher-quality outcomes.
Applicants are cautioned that the competition is expected to be intense. The notice explicitly states that, based on prior years, the number of applications typically exceeds the available funding by a wide margin, and as a result only a small percentage of applicants should expect to receive awards. This is an important signal that proposals need to be well-prepared, strongly justified, and clearly aligned with the program's goals to be competitive.
A key administrative detail in this particular announcement is the submission method: applications were not accepted through Grants.gov. Instead, applicants were required to submit hard-copy application packages by mail to MARAD. The deadline was firm, requiring the mailed application to be received by 5:00 p.m. on the closing date, which was May 22, 2018. The notice directs applicants to review the full Notice of Funding Availability for precise instructions on what to include, how to format the submission, and where exactly to mail the package, because failure to follow those submission requirements could affect eligibility or consideration.
In terms of award size, the notice lists an award ceiling of $1,000,000, indicating that individual grants were not expected to exceed one million dollars. While the total funding level is specified, the number of expected awards is not provided in the summarized data, which typically means the final number would depend on the quality of applications received, the size of requested budgets, and MARAD's funding decisions within the program limits. Eligibility is framed around "eligible shipyards" and the eligible applicant type is listed broadly as "Others," which in practice generally points to shipyard entities that meet the program's definition of a qualified small shipyard as described in the full NOFA.
Overall, this opportunity is best understood as a capital-improvement grant program aimed at helping small U.S. shipyards modernize and strengthen their facilities and operations, with a relatively large total program allocation for the year but a highly competitive selection environment, and with a notable requirement for physical, mailed application submission rather than online filing.Apply for DTMASSG18
- The Maritime Administration in the transportation sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2018 Notice of Funding Available for Small Shipyard Grants" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 20.814.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2018-04-09.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2018-05-22. (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 $1,000,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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