Fiscal Year 2024 Intercity Bus Security Grant Program | DHS 24 GPD 057 00 97

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The Fiscal Year 2024 Intercity Bus Security Grant Program (IBSGP) is a discretionary funding opportunity administered by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through FEMA to help intercity bus companies strengthen security and reduce terrorism-related risks across the surface transportation system. It is one of four DHS/FEMA transportation infrastructure security grant programs intended to protect critical infrastructure and the traveling public. The program is framed around the idea that intercity bus networks are an essential part of national mobility and, because they operate in open environments and serve large numbers of passengers, they can be vulnerable to a wide range of threats. Funding is aimed at practical security improvements that deter, prevent, or protect against acts of terrorism and related hazards affecting intercity bus operations and facilities.

A central theme in the FY 2024 program description is the importance of information sharing and collaboration as part of a broader national preparedness culture. DHS explicitly ties this emphasis to lessons learned from the period before September 11, 2001, when failures to share threat information across federal agencies and with state and local partners contributed to gaps in awareness and coordination. The notice also highlights how the threat landscape has evolved over the last two decades, pointing to persistent and increasingly sophisticated cyber threats, risks to soft targets and crowded places, threats to democratic election processes, and challenges posed by new and emerging technologies. In this context, DHS underscores that coordination between federal agencies and state, local, tribal, and territorial partners remains essential, and arguably more important than ever.

For FY 2024, the opportunity identifies two priority focus areas that applicants are expected to address through proposed projects: enhancing cybersecurity and enhancing protection of soft targets and crowded places. In practice, this means FEMA is signaling that proposals aligned to cyber resilience (such as improving the security of operational technology and information systems that support dispatch, ticketing, communications, or facility access) and proposals that reduce vulnerabilities in public-facing environments (such as stations, terminals, boarding areas, curbside pickup locations, and other high-traffic spaces) are especially responsive. The program also emphasizes continued partnership-building to strengthen information sharing and coordination in these priority areas, suggesting that projects that incorporate collaboration, joint planning, training, or coordination mechanisms may align well with the program direction.

From an eligibility and administrative standpoint, the listed eligible applicants are for-profit organizations other than small businesses, consistent with the program being targeted to intercity bus companies. The funding opportunity number is DHS 24 GPD 057 00 97, and it is categorized under Disaster Prevention and Relief and Transportation, with CFDA number 97.057. FEMA anticipated making around 30 awards, with an award ceiling of $1,800,000 per award. The original application closing date was June 24, 2024. Applications are submitted through FEMA Grants Outcomes (GO) at https://go.fema.gov/, which is FEMA's online system for grant application, submission, and management.

Overall, IBSGP for FY 2024 is positioned as a security-focused investment program for intercity bus operators, prioritizing real-world risk reduction measures, stronger cyber defenses, and improved protection for public-facing locations where large numbers of passengers gather. It is also explicitly shaped by DHS's ongoing push for better information sharing and intergovernmental coordination as part of a comprehensive approach to preventing and preparing for terrorism and other national security threats.

• The Department of Homeland Security - FEMA in the disaster prevention and relief, transportation sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year 2024 Intercity Bus Security Grant Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 97.057.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-04-16.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-06-24. (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 $1,800,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 30 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: For-profit organizations other than small businesses.

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