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FFY 2025 National Summer Transportation Institute
Notice of available grant funding for educational institutions to participate as a host site
Contact
Jerris Cross
612-357-1704
Resources
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MNDOT) Office of Civil Rights are accepting applications from educational institutions to participate as a host site for the National Summer Transportation Institute (NSTI) 2025 program.
NSTI program objectives are to:
- improve STEM skills,
- provide awareness to middle and high school students about transportation careers (particularly minority, female and disadvantaged youth) and
- encourage participants to consider transportation-related fields of study in their higher education pursuits.
NSTI host sites must commit significant program time to classroom instruction. The length of the NSTI program is typically 2-4 consecutive weeks. Host sites may elect to operate a day program, virtual program, or residential program, with room and board provided by the host site. Host sites may propose more than one program. A complete application must be submitted for each program proposed.
The FHWA will fund the 2025 NSTI Program and MnDOT will administer the application process and provide program oversight to selected host sites. The proposed NSTI program would occur during the period beginning June 1, 2025 through August 31, 2025.
PLEASE NOTE: Funding for the program is contingent upon issuance of grant award by FHWA.
Eligibility
Accredited colleges, community colleges, universities, Tribal Colleges, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), and Asian American Native American Pacific Island Serving Institutions (ANAPISIs) throughout the United States, District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Pacific Island territories and the U.S. Virgin Islands are eligible to submit an NSTI application to serve as an NSTI host site.
Application Process
Academic institutions interested in serving as host sites must complete and submit their application package via email to ocrgrantinvoices.dot@state.mn.us no later than January 7, 2025, at 2:00 p.m.
Application Package
Please send your NSTI application in a Word document and the project budget in an Excel document.
Date posted: Sept. 25, 2024
SFY 2025 Certified Small Business Micro Grant Program
MnDOT seeks responses from Minnesota-based certified small businesses seeking financial assistance for eligible expenses. Eligible expenses must increase business capacity or industry knowledge to assist in the pursuit of MnDOT projects or contracts.
Date posted: Sept. 18, 2024
Due date: April 30, 2025 or until funds are exhausted
Micro Grant informational session registration
- Information sessions to be announced soon
Northern Minnesota Highway Construction Training program
MnDOT seeks responses from workforce centers, community-based organizations, training institutions, colleges, and trade associations to develop and administer a program in highway construction career development and training.
The program to be developed and delivered is:
- One adult highway construction trade training program in Northern Minnesota for up to 12 participants.
The selected entity will work with MnDOT staff and current OJT support services vendors to ensure that services are consistent throughout MnDOT OJT support services programs.
Date posted: Nov. 27, 2024
Due date: No later than 2:00 p.m. Central Standard Time on Dec. 20, 2024. Late responses will not be considered.
Questions regarding this RFP must be received by MnDOT no later than 2:00 p.m. Central Standard Time on Dec. 6, 2024.
- Submit questions by email only to: OCRGrantInvoices.DOT@state.mn.us
- MnDOT anticipates posting answers to such questions no later than 2:00 p.m. Central Standard Time on Dec. 11, 2024.
If you have questions about one of our active requests for proposals, email us at ocrgrantinvoices.dot@state.mn.us.
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