Opportunity Information: Apply for TREAS CERTS 2021
The CERTS Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services program is a federal grant opportunity created under Division N, Title IV, Section 421 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260, enacted December 27, 2020). It set aside $2 billion to provide financial relief to certain transportation-related businesses that were hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. The program is administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and is structured as a discretionary grant program (CFDA 21.028), with Treasury projecting roughly 5,000 awards.
CERTS is aimed specifically at eligible motorcoach companies, school bus companies, passenger vessel companies, and pilotage companies. To qualify, applicants must be able to show they experienced annual revenue losses of at least 25 percent due to COVID-19, whether those impacts were direct or indirect. In other words, the program is designed for transportation service providers whose business dropped significantly because of pandemic-related shutdowns, reduced travel demand, contract disruptions, or similar COVID-era effects.
Grant funds come with a clear spending priority: payroll costs are the primary intended use. Treasury emphasizes that recipients should first apply the money to keep workers paid and maintain employment. At the same time, the program also allows funds to be used for certain broader business needs, including operating expenses and repayment of debt that was taken on specifically to maintain payroll. That framing matters because it signals the program goal is job retention and business continuity, not general expansion or unrelated capital projects.
Treasury published detailed program guidelines on its CERTS webpage (on treasury.gov) covering how the program works end-to-end. Those guidelines address the main points applicants typically need to understand in advance, including eligibility standards, how grant amounts are calculated and paid, what spending categories are permitted, and how to get ready to submit an application. The application itself is handled through a web-based portal linked from the same Treasury CERTS webpage.
Timing is important for this opportunity because the application window is limited. Treasury indicated that once the online application portal opens, it will remain open for four weeks, and the opportunity closes at the end of that four-week period. Because the opening date is tied to the portal launch rather than a fixed calendar deadline, interested companies are expected to monitor the Treasury CERTS page to confirm when the portal opens and when it will close, then submit within that window.
Key opportunity identifiers include the funding opportunity number TREAS CERTS 2021, the agency listed as the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and an initial posting/creation date of May 6, 2021. The listing also shows an award ceiling of $0, which typically indicates the public synopsis does not state a maximum award amount in that field and that applicants should rely on Treasury program guidance for how awards are determined.Apply for TREAS CERTS 2021
- The US Department of the Treasury in the transportation sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "CERTS Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 21.028.
- This funding opportunity was created on May 06, 2021.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Opportunity will close 4 weeks after the application is released through an on-line portal.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5,000 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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