Educational Opportunity Centers Program (EOC)

Key Facts

Status: Forecasted

Posted date: March 30, 2026

Archive date: June 13, 2026

Close date: May 14, 2026

Opportunity ID: 361715

Opportunity number: ED-GRANT-26-024

Opportunity category: Discretionary

Agency name: Office of Postsecondary Education

Agency code: DOL-OPE

Award floor: $238,000

Award ceiling: $3,000,000

Cost sharing required: No

Funding Instrument Types
  • Grant
Category of Funding Activity
  • Employment, Labor and Training
Eligible Applicants
  • Independent school districts
  • Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
  • Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
  • Nonprofits having 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
  • State governments
Tools
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
  • agency_code:dol_ope
  • category_of_funding_activity:employment_labor_and_training
  • cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:false
  • eligible_applicants:independent_school_districts
  • eligible_applicants:native_american_tribal_governments_federally_recognized
  • eligible_applicants:native_american_tribal_organizations_other_than_federally_recognized_tribal_governments
  • eligible_applicants:nonprofits_having_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:state_governments
  • funding_instrument_type:grant
  • opportunity_category:discretionary
  • status:forecasted
Description

The Employment and Training Administration at the U.S. Department of Labor (Labor), is soliciting applications in support of the administration of the Educational Opportunity Centers Program (EOC) on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education (ED). The purposes of the EOC Program are to: provide information regarding financial and academic assistance available for qualified individuals who want to enter or continue to pursue a program of postsecondary education; provide assistance to those individuals in applying for admission to institutions that offer programs of postsecondary education, and improve the financial and economic literacy of program participants.

Educational Opportunity Centers Program (EOC)
The Employment and Training Administration at the U.S. Department of Labor (Labor), is soliciting applications in support of the administration of the Educational Opportunity Centers Program (EOC) on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education (ED). The purposes of the EOC Program are to: provide information regarding financial and academic assistance available for qualified individuals who want to enter or continue to pursue a program of postsecondary education; provide assistance to those individuals in applying for admission to institutions that offer programs of postsecondary education, and improve the financial and economic literacy of program participants.
[Forecasted] Educational Opportunity Centers Program (EOC)
Forecasted
Office of Postsecondary Education
Employment, Labor and Training
Grant
State governments
Independent school districts
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
Others
2026-03-30