ExpiredAtlas Opportunity Score 89/100
Pennsylvania PennDOT Career and Technical Education Grant — 2026
PennDOT's 2026 Career and Technical Education Grant closed September 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM ET. The program offered $12 million in direct reimbursement funding, with awards up to $500,000 per eligible applicant, plus a separate $3 million supportive-services pool. Atlas now retains this page as award-monitoring and successor-round intelligence rather than an actionable application.
Funding$12 million direct reimbursement pool; up to $500,000 per eligible applicant. An additional $3 million is available for supportive services, up to $10,000 per student.
DeadlineSeptember 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM ET
Last verifiedSeptember 1, 2026
Required next actionDo not initiate applicant outreach or present this as an open application. Monitor PennDOT for award announcements and for any successor Career and Technical Education funding round; retain the verified 2026 funding structure, eligibility and supportive-services information as planning context only.
Broad Eligibility
Eligible Pennsylvania educational institutions include public, private and cyber schools, Career and Technical Centers, Youth Development Centers, and institutions of higher learning. Brick-and-mortar applicants must be located in Pennsylvania; cyber schools must serve Pennsylvania students. Projects must develop or expand technical training curriculum or delivery relevant to the heavy highway industry.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score 89/100. N9+ Direct Vendor Fit 0/100. The 2026 application window closed September 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM ET. Atlas retains the page as award-monitoring and successor-round intelligence because the $12 million direct pool, $500,000 applicant ceiling and separate $3 million supportive-services structure may inform future PennDOT CTE planning, but the opportunity is no longer actionable for 2026 submission.
2026 Application Window Closed
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) 2026 Career and Technical Education (CTE) competitive grant reimbursement program closed September 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM ET. Atlas has moved this record to Expired so users are not directed toward a submission window that has already ended.
What the 2026 Program Funded
PennDOT made $12 million in direct grant reimbursement funding available to eligible Pennsylvania educational institutions, with individual awards of up to $500,000. A separate $3 million supportive-services pool was available through PennDOT’s Supportive Services Center, up to $10,000 per student.
Eligible applicants included Pennsylvania public, private and cyber schools, Career and Technical Centers, Youth Development Centers, and institutions of higher learning. Projects had to develop or expand technical training curriculum or delivery relevant to the heavy-highway industry.
Atlas Successor-Round Intelligence
This page remains published because the 2026 structure provides useful planning intelligence for any future PennDOT CTE round. Pennsylvania educational institutions interested in transportation-construction workforce funding should preserve project concepts, employer partnerships, curriculum-development plans and supportive-service needs, then watch PennDOT for a successor Notice of Funding Opportunity rather than attempting a late 2026 submission.
Atlas Opportunity Score: 89/100. The program was a substantial statewide education/workforce opportunity with a broad eligible school universe.
N9+ Direct Vendor Fit: 0/100. The verified scope is heavy-highway technical training and does not create a defensible N9+, telehealth, RPM, clinical-service or QC Healthcare pathway.
Official source: PennDOT Career and Technical Education Grant.
Source verificationOfficial government source · www.pa.govAtlas last verified this record September 1, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗
