Active Awards

Explore organizations with existing DOL-funded grants and contracts. Below you can learn more about these awardees and their projects, including the geographic area or industry the grant or contract is currently servicing. View the press release to learn about each award specifically or select an awardee's abstract (if available) to learn more about how the organization is contributing to apprenticeship expansion and innovation and how you can get involved. On Tuesday, July 7 the Department of Labor announced the award of nearly $162 million through five cooperative agreements to expand Registered Apprenticeship in the occupations critical for the administration’s reindustrialization agenda. This Pay-for-Performance Incentive Payments Program will lead nationwide efforts to train thousands of Americans for jobs in the shipbuilding, defense industrial base, and emerging technology sectors, including Artificial Intelligence (AI), Semiconductor, and Nuclear Energy Infrastructure and Information Technology. Registered Apprenticeship is an earn while you learn model of training, culminating in increased pay, a postsecondary credential, and skills that will drive both personal and American economic prosperity. The PfP Incentive Payments Program prioritizes incentivizing the expansion and growth of high-quality Registered Apprenticeship programs on a national scale by offering incentive payments to program sponsors as apprentices reach verified retention and progression milestones. This performance-based model directly links federal funding to measurable outcomes, putting taxpayer dollars to work where they matter most, creating real jobs, real skills, and real opportunities in the industries that will define America's future economic competitiveness.