Tech-Prep Demonstration Grants

The Department of Education's Tech-Prep Demonstration Grants program (CFDA 84.353) has not disbursed awards since February 2006, making it inactive for pursuit. The most recent grant award was made over twenty years ago; no recent grant opportunities have been posted.

The program historically funded tech-prep demonstration projects through Project Grants exclusively. Representative awards from the 2002–2006 active period ranged from approximately $380 thousand to $2.2 million in federal obligation, with the 2005 cohort clustering around $410 thousand per award. The program obligated a combined $19.5 million in federal dollars across 36 total awards, with an additional $7 million in non-federal cost-share contributions from recipients, bringing total obligation to $26.5 million.

Funding activity was concentrated in three years: 2002 (9 awards), 2003 (14 awards), and 2005 (12 awards), followed by a single award in 2006. The Department of Education was the sole funding agency for all 36 awards. Award completion dates through the 2005 and 2006 cohorts extended into 2008 and 2010 respectively, but no grant awards have been obligated in the subsequent two decades.

This program is not currently accepting applications and should not be pursued without confirmation of resumed solicitation from the Department of Education.