Innovative Traffic Safety Enforcement (ITSE) Grant Program
This program funds development and demonstration of innovative traffic safety enforcement programs that reduce crashes from risky driving behaviors and can be repeated and scaled by law enforcement nationwide.
⚑ Eligibility text was not provided in the notice excerpt; verify applicant classes and any required lead applicant type in the full NOFO. · Primary focus is enforcement program development/demonstration, not basic research. · Scale-up/repeatability for law enforcement is part of the funded activity.
This is a transportation enforcement/applied policing program focused on crash reduction and scalable law-enforcement operations, which is outside IPPRA’s core lines. The team could potentially contribute survey or evaluation methods, but none of the named researchers’ published programs center on traffic safety enforcement.
JUDGED AGAINST THE ROSTER'S PUBLICATION DOSSIER · GPT-5.4-MINI · 2026-08-04
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| IPPRA | 65 good | peripheral portfolio topic: public_health; signature methods: community engaged, policy analysis; social/behavioral work is substantial; funds applied research; capped at 65 (limited social-science role) |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 65 good | technical depth: minor; funds applied research |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 20 weak | funds applied research |
Description
The primary intent of this of the ITSE Grant Program is to 1) develop innovative traffic safety enforcement programs that demonstrate effectiveness by reducing the number of motor vehicle crashes due to one or more of the subject risky driving behaviors; and 2) ensure the traffic safety enforcement programs are repeatable and scalable for use by law enforcement throughout the United States. In addition to those goals, the Department seeks to fund projects that advance the priorities of this Administration as described in DOT’s mission statement and across executive orders.
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View on Grants.gov → CONTACT: Anoko A Zankli Grantor <anoko.zankli.ctr@dot.gov>
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