Opportunity Information: Apply for FTA 2025 007 TPM BUS
The Fiscal Year 2025 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Buses and Bus Facilities Program is a discretionary grant competition run by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA). It makes roughly $398 million available nationwide to help public transportation providers fund capital projects tied to bus service. The program is focused on improving and modernizing bus fleets and the facilities that support them, with funding intended to strengthen reliability, safety, and the overall condition of transit assets.
Eligible projects generally fall into two big categories: bus rolling stock and bus-related facilities. On the fleet side, funds can be used to replace older buses, rehabilitate existing vehicles, or purchase or lease buses and related equipment. On the facilities side, the program supports rehabilitating, purchasing, constructing, or leasing bus-related facilities, which can include items like maintenance buildings, storage yards, and other infrastructure needed to operate and maintain bus service. The emphasis is on capital improvements rather than day-to-day operating costs.
The primary eligible applicants include designated recipients that distribute transit funds to fixed-route bus operators, states (including U.S. territories and Washington, D.C.), and local government entities that operate fixed-route bus service. Federally recognized Indian tribes are also eligible to apply. In addition to these direct applicants, the opportunity allows for eligible subrecipients, which include the same types of entities that can apply directly as well as private nonprofit organizations that are engaged in public transportation.
There is an important rule for rural projects (non-urbanized areas). With the exception of projects proposed by Indian tribes, any proposal for a rural-area project must be submitted by a state. That can be done as a single stand-alone state submission or bundled into a broader statewide application, but the key point is that rural applicants generally flow through the state rather than applying independently.
Applications must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov under opportunity number FTA-2025-007-TPM-BUS (also listed as Funding Opportunity Number: FTA 2025 007 TPM BUS). The deadline is 11:59 PM Eastern Time on July 14, 2025. The FTA indicated that synopses and the full announcement materials will be posted on Grants.gov under that opportunity number, which is where applicants should look for detailed eligibility rules, selection criteria, required attachments, and any specific formatting or compliance instructions.
From the source details provided, the opportunity is categorized as a discretionary transportation grant under CFDA 20.526. The agency anticipates making about 50 awards. The listing includes an award ceiling figure (shown as 39,810,323), while the overall program availability is described as approximately $398 million, suggesting individual award sizes may vary significantly depending on project scope and FTA selections. The opportunity record was created on May 14, 2025, with the closing date of July 14, 2025, giving applicants a defined window to prepare and submit competitive proposals.Apply for FTA 2025 007 TPM BUS
- The DOT/Federal Transit Administration in the transportation sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year 2025 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Buses and Bus Facilities Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 20.526.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2025-05-14.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-07-14. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $39,810,323.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 50 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Others.
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