The Transit Award Management System (TrAMS)
TrAMS Overview
The Transit Award Management System (TrAMS) is FTA’s web-based grant management tool that allows recipients to apply for federal funds, manage their programs in accordance with federal requirements, and enable FTA to review, approve, control, and oversee how funds are used.
Operating Status: Open.
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What’s New
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TrAMS is scheduled to close for FTA’s 2025 fiscal year-end financial reconciliation at 8 pm (EDT) on Thursday, September 25, 2025.
Financial activity includes but is not limited to obligations, de-obligations, scope transfers, and funding adjustments. Please note that grants and cooperative agreements that have been awarded prior to Thursday, September 25, 2025, may still be “executed” by recipients during the year-end close period (after September 25, 2025). TrAMS will remain closed for new financial activities until late October or early November. Once the system reopens, recipients will be able to obligate prior year funds carried forward into FY 2026. The availability of new FY 2026 funding apportionments will be contingent upon enactment of appropriations by Congress. In the event Congress enacts a Continuing Resolution (CR) in lieu of a full-year 2026 appropriation, you will be notified as to the availability of new budget authority.
The deadline for transmitting applications to DOL is Wednesday, August 20, 2025, to ensure certification can be completed prior to year-end close and FTA can make awards. DOL will make every effort to certify grants submitted after that date, but keep in mind that the minimum processing time required under normal circumstances is 24 days (15 days for referral to unions and 5 days on each side for DOL processing) and can take as long as 60 days after DOL's referral if objections are raised.
After Tuesday, September 9, 2025, DOL will focus on those with lapsing funds. Regardless, anything submitted to DOL after Tuesday, September 9, 2025, will continue through the review process for award in the next fiscal year.
- June 13, 2025, TrAMS introduced warning banners that provide recipients notice if a Period of Performance end date (PoP) is within 30 days of expiring or has already expired. This correspondence informs recipients about the system enhancement and asks them to update their PoP end date.
Apportionments
View the reference tables that list the apportionment amounts loaded into TrAMS for award and obligation.
Certifications & Assurances
Contact the TrAMS Help Desk with any questions.