Application Period Now Open for Operation Lifesaver, Inc. Rail Transit Safety Education Grants

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 3, 2026 – The application period is now open for Operation Lifesaver, Inc.'s (OLI) competitive Rail Transit Safety Education Grants. The grants offer $140,000 in total funding for rail transit safety education and public awareness initiatives.

OLI is grateful to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for the agency’s support. The FTA helps make these grants available and supports OLI’s ongoing rail safety education and outreach efforts.
 
Eligible recipients of these grants include transit agencies and governmental entities that provide transit service. The grants are capped at $20,000 each and require non-federal matching funds of at least 25% of project costs. Projects must be focused on safety education or public awareness initiatives in communities with operating or planned rail transit systems such as commuter rail, light rail, subways and streetcars. 

OLI must approve all materials created as part of the grant and all grants must be developed in consultation with the state Operation Lifesaver program. Click here to view contact information for State Coordinators throughout the U.S.
 
For more details, deadlines, information and grant requirements click here.
 
All applications must be submitted via the Common Grant Application online grant processing program by Aug. 1, 2026. Grant awards will be announced no later than Sept. 30, 2026.

• First-time Common Grant Application users click here to register.
• Returning Common Grant Application users click here. 

Potential applicants seeking further details should contact Wende Corcoran at [email protected].

About Operation Lifesaver  

Operation Lifesaver, Inc. (OLI) is a national #RailSafetyEducation nonprofit dedicated to stopping track tragedies through public awareness and education campaigns as well as a national volunteer network that gives free presentations encouraging safe behavior near tracks and trains. OLI supports the efforts of 47 state programs and the District of Columbia in sharing the rail safety education message. Explore OLI's virtual library of rail safety materials on the oli.org website. Visit oli.org to learn more, take a rail safety pledge, request free presentations and volunteer. Follow OLI on social media via Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Twitter/X and YouTube.