Closed · ED-GRANT-26-022 · CFDA 84.044 · Discretionary

Talent Search Program

Federal grant opportunity posted by Office of Postsecondary Education, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$250K-$10M
Award range
Closed
Status
July 9, 2026
Close date
175
Expected awards

The verdict

Talent Search Program is a closed discretionary listing from Office of Postsecondary Education that offered $250,000 -- $10,000,000 across 175 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 10 other opportunities from Office of Postsecondary Education.

$250K-$10M
award range
Closed
application status
175
expected awards
84.044
CFDA program

Recently closed NOFO

This listing closed on July 9, 2026. Watch CFDA 84.044 (TRIO — Talent Search) for the next funding cycle. Historical award band was $250,000 -- $10,000,000.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed July 9, 2026

Posted Mar 17 Closes Jul 9

Est. Total Funding

$175,152,359

Expected Awards

175

Instrument

Grant

Description

The Employment and Training Administration at the U.S. Department of Labor (Labor), is soliciting applications in support of the administration of the Talent Search Program (TS) on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education (ED). The purpose of the Talent Search Program is to identify qualified individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds with potential for education at the postsecondary level and encourage them to complete secondary school and undertake postsecondary education. Talent Search projects publicize the availability of, and facilitate the application for, student financial assistance for persons who seek to pursue postsecondary education, and encourage persons who have not completed programs at the secondary or postsecondary level to enter or reenter and complete these programs.We encourage prospective applicants and interested parties to use the Grants.gov subscription option to register for future updates provided for this particular Announcement Notification and Instructions.

Campus–civic applicant bridge · 8 doors

Talent Search Program bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (8 doors: State governments; Independent school districts; Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Federally recognized tribal governments; +4 more). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Employment, Labor and Training (ELT). 1 other Office of Postsecondary Education listings share this eligibility-code string (9% of 11).

Code 00
State governments
Code 05
Independent school districts
Code 06
Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
Code 07
Federally recognized tribal governments
Code 11
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Code 12
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 20
Private institutions of higher education
Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 84.044

TRIO — Talent Search

U.S. Department of Education

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Agency Contact

ReShone Moore, Ben Witthoefft reshone.moore@ed.gov; ben.witthoefft@ed.gov

What to do next

Talent Search Program is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 84.044 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • TRIO — Talent Search indexes 0 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • Office of Postsecondary Education lists 10 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from Grants.gov and SAM.gov and is for informational purposes only. Opportunity details, deadlines, and eligibility requirements change frequently. Always verify current information directly on Grants.gov before applying. PlainGrants is not affiliated with any federal agency.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainGrants