Opportunity Information: Apply for FTA 2020 015 TRI
The Public Transportation COVID-19 Research Demonstration Grant Program (Funding Opportunity Number FTA 2020 015 TRI) is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) focused on applied research and demonstration projects tied to COVID-19 recovery. Backed by a total of $10 million, the program is designed to help communities reopen local economies by strengthening access to public transportation that riders and employees can use with greater confidence in its safety. Rather than funding routine operations, the emphasis is on generating practical, innovative solutions that can be tested in real transit settings and then shared broadly so other agencies can replicate what works.
At the core of the program is the idea of turning pandemic response needs into structured research and demonstration efforts, especially those that improve protection for frontline transit workers and reduce risk for passengers. The NOFO highlights several target areas, including improved sanitation and decontamination methods, exposure mitigation strategies (for example, approaches that reduce close contact or improve ventilation and protective practices), techniques to rebuild customer confidence in using transit during and after major public health disruptions, and the deployment or evaluation of contactless payment and related technologies that can reduce touchpoints. The expectation is that funded projects will not only explore these solutions but also produce lessons learned, data, or guidance that can be disseminated to the broader transit industry.
Eligibility is broad across public-sector and certain other entities. Applicants may include state governments, county governments, and city or township governments, as well as federally recognized Native American tribal governments. The listing also includes "Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification)," which signals that additional applicant types may be eligible depending on the detailed eligibility language in the full notice. The program is associated with CFDA number 20.530 and is categorized under Transportation as the funding activity area, with the instrument type being a grant.
In terms of scale and timing, FTA anticipated making about 20 awards under this opportunity, suggesting relatively modest, targeted project sizes spread across multiple recipients to cover a range of approaches and geographic contexts. The posted award ceiling is shown as 0, which typically indicates that the maximum per-award amount is not specified in the summary record and would need to be confirmed in the full NOFO. The opportunity record was created on October 5, 2020, and the original application closing date was November 2, 2020, placing it in the early period when agencies were formalizing COVID-era transit safety practices into research-backed demonstrations.
Overall, this grant program is best understood as a rapid, transit-focused research and demonstration initiative aimed at practical pandemic recovery outcomes: keeping essential transit service viable, protecting workers and riders, and developing proven methods (and shareable results) that help transit systems operate safely during a public health emergency and through phased economic reopening.Apply for FTA 2020 015 TRI
- The Department of Transportation, DOT/Federal Transit Administration in the transportation sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "The Public Transportation COVID-19 Research Demonstration Grant Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 20.530.
- This funding opportunity was created on Oct 05, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Nov 02, 2020. (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 20 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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