Competitive Academic Agreement Program (CAAP)

The CAAP initiative is intended to spur innovation by enabling an academic research focus on pipeline safety challenges. It will help deliver solutions that can be transitioned to PHMSA’s core research program of demonstration and deployment in many respects. For instance, the goal...

Research and Development Awards

PHMSA's Pipeline Safety Research & Development awards sponsor projects focused on providing solutions that will improve pipeline safety, reduce the environmental impact of failures, and enhance the reliability of the nation's 2.8 million...

One Call Grants

PHMSA's One Call Grant Program is designed to provide funding to state agencies in promoting damage prevention, including changes with their state underground damage prevention laws, related compliance activities, training and public education. This grant program is for states that...

Pipeline Safety Base Grants

Pipeline safety base grants are authorized by Title 49 of the United States Code (49 U.S.C.) Chapter 601 §60107 – State Pipeline Safety Grants. 

To qualify for federal grant funds a state agency must participate in the pipeline safety program...

Technical Assistance Grants (TAG)

The Technical Assistance Grants (TAG) program provides funding to local communities and groups of individuals (not including for-profit entities) for technical assistance relating to pipeline safety. Technical assistance is defined as engineering or other scientific analysis of...

Office of Pipeline Safety Grant Programs

The Office of Pipeline Safety Grants Program is comprised of the following grants:

Office of Pipeline Safety (PHP) Grants