Opportunity Information: Apply for HQ003423NFOEASD19
The OSD ManTech Program, Manufacturing Education and Workforce Development opportunity is a Department of Defense funding call aimed at strengthening the defense industrial base by improving how the advanced manufacturing workforce is defined, trained, and sustained. Issued by the Department of Defense, Washington Headquarters Services under Funding Opportunity Number HQ003423NFOEASD19 (CFDA 12.333), this notice of funding opportunity is designed to advance the Office of the Secretary of Defense Manufacturing Technology (OSD ManTech) mission by generating clear public benefit through education, training, and workforce development efforts focused specifically on defense-relevant advanced manufacturing.
At its core, the opportunity is looking for practical, scalable ways to identify and categorize the advanced manufacturing workforce and to build the organizational mechanisms needed to support that work over time. This includes developing or improving frameworks that map key manufacturing roles, competencies, and career pathways in areas tied to defense manufacturing priorities. The intent is not only to create definitions or taxonomies, but to make them useful for real-world workforce planning, training design, and employer adoption across the defense manufacturing ecosystem.
In addition to workforce identification and structuring, the Department is seeking efforts that implement advanced manufacturing education and training programs and, importantly, research and evaluate how effective those programs and methods are. That emphasis on testing and measuring outcomes suggests a preference for evidence-based approaches, such as piloting training models, collecting performance data, comparing instructional methods, and documenting what actually improves skill attainment, job readiness, and retention in defense manufacturing contexts.
The scope also explicitly includes STEM education, outreach, and broader workforce development initiatives when they are clearly tied to defense advanced manufacturing needs. This can cover activities that build the pipeline of future workers, connect students and communities to defense manufacturing careers, and strengthen the education-to-employment pathway through partnerships with industry, training providers, and other stakeholders. Overall, the themes point toward building both near-term capability (through training and upskilling) and long-term capacity (through pipeline and outreach), while producing insights that the DoD and industry partners can reuse.
This is a discretionary opportunity using a cooperative agreement, which typically means the government expects substantial involvement during the project rather than simply issuing a grant with minimal interaction. The program anticipates one award, with an award ceiling of $18,000,000, indicating a single, large, potentially national or multi-regional effort rather than multiple smaller projects. The eligibility field is listed as "Others" with additional clarification referenced in the full announcement, which often signals that a wide range of entities may be considered, potentially including nonprofits, academic institutions, consortia, industry-led partnerships, or other qualified organizations suited to workforce and training system development.
Key dates in the posted summary show the opportunity was created on October 6, 2023, with an original closing date of November 6, 2023. The overall message of the funding call is that OSD ManTech wants an organization (or structured partnership) capable of building durable workforce development mechanisms for defense advanced manufacturing, delivering training and outreach activities, and producing credible evaluation results that help the Department understand what works and how to scale it.Apply for HQ003423NFOEASD19
- The Department of Defense, Washington Headquarters Services in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OSD ManTech Program, Manufacturing Education and Workforce Development" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 12.333.
- This funding opportunity was created on Oct 06, 2023.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Nov 06, 2023. (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 $18,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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