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Rail Safety IDEA and Transit IDEA Proposal Portal

Rail Safety IDEA and Transit IDEA Proposal

The Rail Safety and Transit IDEA program will be accepting proposals through Survey Gizmo. We ask that you do not submit duplicate proposals. Acquire all necessary proposal information and then submit. If you get stuck or have any questions when preparing your proposal, please refer to the IDEA Program Announcement found on the IDEA Webpage.

You can also find the Program Announcement by clicking here

1. Click on the program for your proposal *This question is required.

2. Title of Proposal *This question is required.

3. Is this proposal a resubmission? *This question is required.

4. Enter resubmittal proposal number (Example: RS-000 or T-000) *This question is required.

Stop your submission and return to the Proposal Portal to enter your resubmission proposal number

4. Please select the proposal innovation type *This question is required.

Concept Exploration (Type 1)
Product Application (Type 2)

5. Proposed project duration in months *This question is required. This question requires a valid number format.

6. Business type *This question is required.

7. IDEA Budget: (Example: 100,000 or 98,765) *This question is required. This question requires a valid number format.

8. Cost Sharing Budget: (Example: 100,000 or 98,765) *This question is required. This question requires a valid number format.

9. Signed, unaltered, NRC liability certification enclosed with the proposal *This question is required.

Stop your submission and return to the Proposal Portal once the signed, unaltered, NRC liability certification is enclosed with the proposal.