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FTA Recipient Award Toolkit

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FTA-Recipient-Toolkit-01-16-2025_1.pdf (435.55 KB)

This toolkit may be consulted to help with decisions on developing applications for award in the Transit Award Management System (TrAMS). It includes information for recipients on application development, consistent with FTA Circulars and other information materials, including:

  • preliminary work for application development 
  • considerations for application planning
  • key elements of an application
    • information on developing the executive summary
    • projects within the application
    • budget descriptions
Last updated: Friday, January 17, 2025
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