Open Funding Opportunities
Are you looking for open apprenticeship funding opportunity announcements (FOAs)? 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.
2026
Pay-for-Performance Incentive Payments Program
The U.S. Department of Labor announces the availability of up to $145 million to support a Pay-for-Performance Incentive Payments Program as a vehicle for expanding the National Apprenticeship System. The Department will 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 prioritize 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 targeted industries include:
- Shipbuilding and Defense Industrial Base
- Artificial Intelligence (AI), Semiconductor, and Nuclear Energy Infrastructure
- Information Technology
- Healthcare
- Transportation
- Telecommunication
Additional information about the industries above is contained in the FOA. Applicants are strongly encouraged to review the FOA in its entirety.
Applications are now being accepted. Refer to the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for full details, including eligibility, application instructions, performance requirements, incentive payment structure, and scoring criteria.
For more information, please refer to the following resources: