Open Funding Opportunities
Are you looking for open apprenticeship funding opportunity announcements? Open opportunities include grants and contracts issued by the U.S. Department of Labor designed to support apprenticeship expansion. Here you can find these opportunities to help you get started.
This information provided is summary information only. Official information is provided via dol.gov/agencies/eta/grants, grants.gov, and sam.gov as appropriate.
The U.S. Department of Labor is not the only federal agency providing Registered Apprenticeship and non-registered grants and contract opportunities. Please visit grants.gov and/or sam.gov to view all federally funded opportunities, and all amendments and frequently asked questions pertaining to a specific opportunity.
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Pay-For-Performance Incentive Payments Forecast Notice
The U.S. Department of Labor has issued a forecast notice announcing the upcoming availability of $145 million in funding to support a Pay-for-Performance Incentive Payments Program as a vehicle for generating further expansion of the National Apprenticeship System. The Department plans to award up to five cooperative agreements with a four-year period of performance focused on rapidly scaling and expanding newly developed Registered Apprenticeship programs and substantially growing existing Registered Apprenticeship programs across industries by offering incentive payments to program sponsors. The Pay-for-Performance Incentive Payments Program will focus on incentivizing the expansion and growth of high-quality Registered Apprenticeship programs on a national scale, specifically in industries with a firmly established Registered Apprenticeship program infrastructure.
The designated industries (which may be amended subject to agency discretion) include:
- AI/Semiconductor/Nuclear Energy Infrastructure Buildout
- Shipbuilding and Defense Industrial Base
- Information Technology
- Healthcare
- Transportation
- Telecommunication
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