Pay-for-Performance (PfP) Incentive Payments Program
Status: Forecasted
Posted date: February 13, 2026
Close date: April 3, 2026
Opportunity ID: 361087
Opportunity number: FOA-ETA-26-19
Opportunity category: Discretionary
Agency name: Employment and Training Administration
Agency code: DOL-ETA
Award floor: $10,000,000
Award ceiling: $40,000,000
Cost sharing required: No
Funding Instrument Types
- Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity
- Employment, Labor and Training
Eligible Applicants
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
- Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Others
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Small businesses
- State governments
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
- agency_code:dol_eta
- category_of_funding_activity:employment_labor_and_training
- cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:false
- eligible_applicants:for_profit_organizations_other_than_small_businesses
- eligible_applicants:nonprofits_having_a_501_c_3_status_with_the_irs_other_than_institutions_of_higher_education
- eligible_applicants:nonprofits_that_do_not_have_a_501_c_3_status_with_the_irs_other_than_institutions_of_higher_education
- eligible_applicants:others
- eligible_applicants:private_institutions_of_higher_education
- eligible_applicants:public_and_state_controlled_institutions_of_higher_education
- eligible_applicants:small_businesses
- eligible_applicants:state_governments
- funding_instrument_type:cooperative_agreement
- opportunity_category:discretionary
- status:forecasted
The Pay-for-Performance Incentive Payments Program will focus on incentivizing the expansion and growth of the National Apprenticeship System, specifically in industries with a firmly established program infrastructure that will make a significant contribution to the Administration's goal of exceeding 1 million active apprentices. The Department plans to award up to five (5) cooperative agreements with a four-year period of performance (PoP) focused on rapidly scaling and expanding newly developed Registered Apprenticeship programs and substantially growing existing programs across industries by offering incentive payments to program sponsors. The Department will award up to four (4) cooperative agreements with a focus on rapid expansion of Registered Apprenticeship in targeted industries by offering incentive payments to program sponsors on a per apprentice basis for all new apprentices enrolled during the term of the cooperative agreement. The designated industries are Shipbuilding and Defense Industrial Base; Artificial Intelligence (AI), Semiconductor, and Nuclear Energy Infrastructure; Information Technology; Healthcare; Transportation; and Telecommunication. The Department is particularly interested in expanding Registered Apprenticeship in Shipbuilding and Defense Industrial Base and intends to make an award for this industry, contingent on receiving a quality application. In addition, the Department plans to award one (1) cooperative agreement that will focus on rapid scaling of the Registered Apprenticeship system by providing incentive funding to program sponsors tied to achieving substantial increases based on the number of cohort apprentices. This cooperative agreement will support expansion of Registered Apprenticeship programs across industries not covered under the specific industries noted above. Questions regarding this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) may be emailed to [email protected]. We encourage prospective applicants and interested parties to use the Grants.gov subscription option to register for future updates provided for this particular FOA.