Closed · TREAS-CERTS-2021 · CFDA 21.028 · Discretionary

CERTS Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services

Federal grant opportunity posted by Department of the Treasury, cataloged on Grants.gov.

Varies
Award range
Closed
Status
-
Close date
5000
Expected awards

The verdict

CERTS Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services is a closed discretionary listing from Department of the Treasury that offered Varies by applicant across 5000 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 1 other opportunity from Department of the Treasury.

Varies
award range
Closed
application status
5000
expected awards
21.028
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

CERTS Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transpo… is closed. Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Department of the Treasury still indexes 1 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

This listing is no longer accepting applications

Posted May 6 Closed

Est. Total Funding

$2,000,000,000

Expected Awards

5000

Instrument

Grant

Description

Division N, Title IV, Section 421 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “Act”), Pub. L. No. 116-260 (December 27, 2020) authorized the $2 billion Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services (CERTS) program to provide grants to eligible motorcoach companies, school bus companies, passenger vessel companies, and pilotage companies that have experienced annual revenue losses of 25 percent or more as result of COVID-19 directly or indirectly. The priority use of grant funds must be for payroll costs, though grants may be used for operating expenses and the repayment of debt accrued to maintain payroll. The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) has posted program guidelines on the CERTS webpage on treasury.gov: https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/coronavirus/assistance-for-american-industry/coronavirus-economic-relief-for-transportation-services The guidelines address the overall CERTS grant process, eligibility standards, grant amounts and payments, eligible uses of grant funds, and how to prepare for the grant application. Treasury will open a web-based application portal accessible through the CERTS webpage on treasury.gov. Once the application portal is made available, it will be open for 4 weeks. Interested companies should check the web page to see when the application portal opens and closes.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · TREAS-CERTS-2021

Grants.gov marks CERTS Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transpo… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Transportation (T). Inside Department of the Treasury's indexed book this exact eligibility-code string is unique to this listing.

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Agency Contact

CERTS@treasury.gov

What to do next

CERTS Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transpo… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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