Who funds workforce development research?

We count 55 funded workforce development projects, active between 2026 and 2036, from 7 funders. The most came from NSF · EDU (11 projects), USDA (10 projects) and NSF · Office of the Director (4 projects). The median award is $599K, across the 55 of 55 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

55

Funders

7

Median award

$599K

Open calls now

7

Top funders of workforce development research

Projects whose title or summary mentions workforce development. Median award: of the projects that list an amount, in US dollars; “—” when fewer than 3 do.

Open workforce development funding calls

7 open calls mention workforce development today.

• Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Education and Workforce Development
  National Institute of Food and Agriculture$10,000 – $650,000Deadline: December 31, 2026 ·
• Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure
  U.S. National Science FoundationUp to $1,000,000Deadline: January 21, 2027 ·
• National Science Foundation Fostering Interdisciplinary Networks to Develop Emergent and Responsive Solutions Foundry (NSF FINDERS FOUNDRY)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: November 18, 2026 ·
• Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity Education Innovation and Scholarship for Service (CyberAI SFS)
  U.S. National Science Foundation$300,000 – $2,500,000Deadline: April 5, 2027 ·
• 2026 Alaska Marine Education and Training Mini-Grant Program
  DOC NOAA - ERA Production$15,000 – $75,000Deadline: May 1, 2028 ·
• NIAMS P30 Centers Program (P30 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  National Institutes of HealthUp to $500,000Deadline: March 1, 2029 ·
• National Center for Narrative Intelligence (NCNI)
  Washington Headquarters ServicesUp to $6,000,000Deadline: Rolling (no fixed deadline listed)

Forecast: announced, not open yet

1 forecast call on workforce development. Funders publish forecasts before a call opens; you can't apply to these yet, and dates can change.

• ForecastLimited Competition: Resources and Workforce Development for the Regional Biocontainment Laboratories
  National Institutes of HealthNot specifiedExpected to open July 2, 2027

Funded workforce development projects

A sample, latest start first, at most three per program.

• NSF Quantum Technologies Engine in Connecticut (QuantumCT)
  NSF · TIP · $15,000,000 · ends 2036
• Collaborative Research: Advancing Pathways through a Multi-Institutional Consortium for Engineering Education and Workforce Development
  NSF · EDU · $4,619,389 · ends 2032
• The congolese integration network (cin) will implement a five-year digital literacy and coding workforce development initiative to expand…
  NASA · $1,031,000 · ends 2031
• Nevada IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence
  NIH · NIGMS · $4,346,469 · ends 2031
• Consortium for Translational and Precision Health
  NIH · NCATS · $5,711,388 · ends 2031
• PR INBRE: Advancing Competitive Biomedical Research in Puerto Rico
  NIH · NIGMS · $4,367,777 · ends 2031
• ART Track 2: GROW: Innovation and Commercialization Ecosystem Acceleration at Portland State University
  NSF · TIP · $5,973,981 · ends 2030
• The pawnee nation, in partnership with oklahoma state university cooperative extension and pawnee nation college, proposes a comprehensive…
  USDA · $102,000 · ends 2030
• The federally recognized tribal extension program (frtep) serves the mississippi band of choctaw indians (mbci) by addressing…
  USDA · $102,000 · ends 2030
• Worc ii is designed to expand the high demand workforce talent pipeline that supports nnsa missions, particularly in the two-state region…
  DOE · $2,200,000 · ends 2030

How we count

Funded projects come from public award records (NIH RePORTER, NSF, EU CORDIS, UKRI Gateway to Research, Wellcome, the Gates Foundation, DOE, NASA and USDA NIFA) whose title or summary matches “workforce development or workforce training”. NIH lists each budget year separately; one project counts once. Amounts are as the funder lists them; medians use only projects that list one, in US dollars. Open calls and forecasts are from our listings of October 28, 2026. A project can mention a topic without being mainly about it, so treat the counts as a guide to who funds the area.