Explore organizations with currently active, DOL-funded Registered Apprenticeship grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements. Click below to learn more about how these grantees, contractors, and cooperative agreement partners are supporting Registered Apprenticeship expansion through direct incentive payments to sponsors, program development technical assistance, and promotional activities via their respective projects. The information below includes the geographic area or industry the grant or contract currently services as well as relevant press releases and abstracts.
Registered Apprenticeship Incentive Funds
As of November 2, 2026, Registered Apprenticeship sponsors can apply for direct payments of up to $6,000 per apprentice through Pay-for-Performance Incentive Payments Program. The funding will help employers hire and retain new apprentices, reduce barriers that limit employer participation, and fill in-demand jobs in these industries. To date, the department has invested nearly $200 million in pay-for-performance Registered Apprenticeship incentive funds.
In July 2026, the Department awarded $162 million to five organizations for the Pay-for-Performance Incentive Payments Program to lead nationwide efforts to train thousands of Americans for jobs in priority industry sectors that include shipbuilding and defense industrial base; super intelligence (SI); semiconductor, and nuclear energy infrastructure; telecommunications; information technology; and transportation.
The Pay-for-Performance Incentive Payments Program builds on the American Manufacturing Apprenticeship Incentive Fund (AMAIF), a $35.8 million cooperative agreement established to expand Registered Apprenticeship programs in advanced manufacturing nationwide.
Click below to learn how each active incentive fund is supporting training and employment opportunities. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until all available funds have been obligated.