Under SAFETEA-LU, FTA's primary source of funding for new fixed-guideway capital projects or extensions to existing fixed-guideway-transit systems was the Capital Investment Grant program. Within the Capital Investment Grant program, project sponsors typically applied for funding as either a New Starts or Small Starts project. FTA's New Starts projects under SAFETEA-LU were defined as new fixed guideway or extensions to existing fixed guideway capital projects with a total capital cost of $250 million or more or a Capital Investment Grant program contribution of $75 million or more.