Opportunity Information: Apply for FOA ETA 22 16
The DOL Nursing Expansion Grant Program (FOA ETA 22 16) is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA) designed to ease major bottlenecks in nursing education and training and, in turn, grow and diversify the nation s nursing workforce. The overall aim is to increase the supply of qualified nursing professionals by tackling two related problems at once: not enough nursing faculty and clinical instructors to train new nurses, and not enough structured, supported pathways that help current frontline healthcare workers move up into higher skilled nursing roles. In practical terms, the program funds projects that expand training capacity, speed up progression into in demand nursing occupations, and strengthen the partnerships needed to provide real clinical learning experiences, including residencies and specialty rotations.
The FOA is organized around two training tracks. The first, the Nurse Education Professional Track, focuses on increasing the number of clinical and vocational nursing instructors and educators. Many nursing programs cannot admit more students because they lack enough qualified faculty and clinical instructors, so this track targets that constraint directly. Funded projects under this track are expected to train new instructors or upskill experienced nurses, including current nurses, former nurses, and even retired nurses, so they can obtain the advanced postsecondary credentials required to serve as clinical and vocational nursing educators. Applicants are expected to propose approaches that strengthen recruitment into educator roles, improve preparation and professional development, and support retention so that newly credentialed instructors actually remain in the teaching pipeline.
The second track, the Nursing Career Pathway Track, is aimed at helping frontline healthcare workers and paraprofessionals advance along a defined career pathway into middle to high skilled nursing occupations. The FOA specifically calls out frontline healthcare professionals, direct care workers, and other paraprofessionals as target populations, reflecting the idea that many people already working in healthcare could become nurses if they had affordable, structured training and the right supports to navigate education requirements, clinical placements, and credential attainment. Under this track, projects are expected to deliver training that leads to postsecondary credentials during the grant period, meaning participants should complete recognized credentials that qualify them for advancement rather than only receiving short term exposure or preparatory courses.
A central feature of the Nursing Career Pathway Track is the emphasis on partnerships between clinical settings and education and training providers. The FOA highlights accelerated learning models and expanded access to clinical residencies and specialty care rotations, which signals that applicants should not rely solely on classroom instruction. Instead, they should build formal relationships with hospitals, long term care providers, community health organizations, and other clinical sites that can host trainees for supervised clinical practice. By strengthening these training partnerships, the program aims to increase the availability and quality of clinical placements, which are often a limiting factor in nursing program throughput.
Across both tracks, applicants are expected to propose strategies that improve recruitment, preparation, development, training, and retention for nursing professionals as well as for clinical instructors and educators. In other words, the Department of Labor is not only looking for training activities, but also for thoughtful plans that address the real world barriers that prevent people from entering, completing, and staying in nursing education and nursing jobs. While the FOA summary does not list every allowable activity, the framing suggests projects should align education credentials with workforce needs, reduce points where trainees drop out, and build sustainable systems that continue expanding capacity after the grant ends.
From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity was published on October 3, 2022, with an original application deadline of January 6, 2023, and applications were required to be submitted electronically by 11:59 pm Eastern Time. The award ceiling is $6,000,000 per grant, and ETA anticipated making about 25 awards. The program is listed under CFDA 17.268 (Employment, Labor and Training), reflecting its workforce development orientation even though the training focus is healthcare. Eligible applicants include public and state controlled institutions of higher education, federally recognized Native American tribal governments, nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status, nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status, and other entities as described in the FOA s additional eligibility information, which typically includes certain public agencies or workforce system partners depending on the full text.
Overall, the DOL Nursing Expansion Grant Program is meant to increase nursing workforce supply by expanding training capacity and strengthening the career ladder into nursing. One track grows the educator workforce so nursing schools can train more students, and the other helps people already working in healthcare move into higher skilled nursing roles through structured training, credentials, and clinical experiences. The common thread is building durable training pipelines, grounded in partnerships, that produce credentialed workers and increase the system s ability to educate and retain the next generation of nurses and nurse educators.Apply for FOA ETA 22 16
- The Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration in the employment, labor and training sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "DOL Nursing Expansion Grant Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 17.268.
- This funding opportunity was created on Oct 03, 2022.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 06, 2023 Applications must be submitted electronically no later than 1159 pm Eastern Time.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $6,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 25 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), 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 (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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