FY 2025 High Priority Program-Commercial Motor Vehicle (HP-CMV)

Background
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announces the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 High Priority-Commercial Motor Vehicle (HP-CMV) program Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), Funding Opportunity Number FM-MHP-25-001.

The HP grant program aims to support activities that enhance the safety of commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) and reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving large trucks and buses. The program is governed by 49 U.S.C. §§ 31102(l), as modified by Sections 23001(b) and 23003 through 23004 of Public Law Number 117-58 (2021), and 49 CFR § 350.

Grant Details
The HP-CMV program's objectives include: supporting CMV safety programs, targeting unsafe driving in high-risk crash corridors, promoting safe movement of hazardous materials, improving transportation safety for goods and passengers in foreign commerce, demonstrating new technologies for CMV safety, supporting participation in the Performance Registration Information Systems Management (PRISM) program, enhancing safety data projects, and increasing public awareness on CMV safety.

FMCSA anticipates awarding approximately $46,626,614 combined under the HP-CMV and HP-Innovative Technology Deployment programs for FY 2025. The funding will support innovative projects that advance FMCSA's mission to improve safety compliance at state and local levels.

Eligibility Requirements
Eligible entities include state agencies, local governments, and other organizations that can demonstrate capacity to implement projects that align with the objectives of the HP-CMV program. Applicants must show how their projects address national priorities such as safety improvements, equity in transportation access, climate sustainability, and workforce development.

Period of Performance
The period of performance for awarded grants will span from the fiscal year in which the award is made plus two additional fiscal years.

Grant Value
FMCSA anticipates making approximately 30 awards with a total funding amount of around $46.6 million for FY 2025. Individual awards may not exceed $2 million.

Place of Performance
The specific geographic locations where grant activities will be performed are expected to align with areas identified as high-risk crash corridors.