Grant Wire — Federal Grant Rules & Funding Policy https://burns-media.com/grants-wire/rules/ Federal Register rules, funding competitions, and policy changes that affect grant seekers — Education, HHS, NSF, USDA, DOE, EPA, HUD, DOL, the arts & humanities endowments, and OMB's 2 CFR Uniform Guidance. Refreshed daily. en-us Fri, 22 May 2026 13:42:30 +0000 Final Priority and Definitions-Secretary's Supplemental Priority and Definitions on Promoting Patriotic Education https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/22/2026-10347/final-priority-and-definitions-secretarys-supplemental-priority-and-definitions-on-promoting https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/22/2026-10347/final-priority-and-definitions-secretarys-supplemental-priority-and-definitions-on-promoting Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION · Notice · Published 2026-05-22

The Department of Education (Department) announces a final priority and definitions for use in currently authorized discretionary grant programs or programs that may be authorized in the future. The Secretary may choose to use the entire priority for a grant program or a particular competition or use one or more of the priority's component parts. The final priority and definitions augment the initial set of three Secretary's Supplemental Priorities on Evidence-Based Literacy, Educational Choice,

]]> UL LLC: Application for Expansion of Recognition and Proposed Modification to the NRTL Program's List of Appropriate Test Standards https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/22/2026-10275/ul-llc-application-for-expansion-of-recognition-and-proposed-modification-to-the-nrtl-programs-list https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/22/2026-10275/ul-llc-application-for-expansion-of-recognition-and-proposed-modification-to-the-nrtl-programs-list Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR · Notice · Published 2026-05-22

In this notice, OSHA announces the application of UL LLC for expansion of the scope of recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) and presents the agency's preliminary finding to grant the application. Additionally, OSHA proposes to add one test standard to the NRTL Program's List of Appropriate Test Standards.

]]> UL LLC: Grant of Expansion of Recognition https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/22/2026-10274/ul-llc-grant-of-expansion-of-recognition https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/22/2026-10274/ul-llc-grant-of-expansion-of-recognition Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR · Notice · Published 2026-05-22

In this notice, OSHA announces the final decision to expand the scope of recognition for UL LLC as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL).

]]> Intertek Testing Services NA, Inc.: Application for Expansion of Recognition https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/22/2026-10273/intertek-testing-services-na-inc-application-for-expansion-of-recognition https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/22/2026-10273/intertek-testing-services-na-inc-application-for-expansion-of-recognition Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR · Notice · Published 2026-05-22

In this notice, OSHA announces the application of Intertek Testing Services NA, Inc. for expansion of the scope of recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) and presents the agency's preliminary finding to grant the application.

]]> Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Section 313A Guarantees for Bonds and Notes Issued for Utility Infrastructure Purposes for Fiscal Year 2026 https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/22/2026-10247/notice-of-funding-opportunity-for-the-section-313a-guarantees-for-bonds-and-notes-issued-for-utility https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/22/2026-10247/notice-of-funding-opportunity-for-the-section-313a-guarantees-for-bonds-and-notes-issued-for-utility Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE · Notice · Published 2026-05-22

The Rural Utilities Service (RUS or the Agency), a Rural Development (RD) agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is announcing the acceptance of applications under the Guarantees for Bonds and Notes Issued for Utility Infrastructure Purposes Program (the 313A Program) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026. In future years this funding opportunity will only be announced on the Agency website, without a Federal Register notice. Therefore, in future years, neither the funding opportunity

]]> Notice Announcing National Professional Development Program Competition https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/20/2026-10058/notice-announcing-national-professional-development-program-competition https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/20/2026-10058/notice-announcing-national-professional-development-program-competition Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION · Notice · Published 2026-05-20

The Employment and Training Administration at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is soliciting applications in support of the administration of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 National Professional Development (NPD) program, Assistance Listing Number 84.365Z, on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education (ED).

]]> Accountability in Higher Education and Access Through Demand-Driven Workforce Pell: Pell Grant Exclusion Relating to Other Grant Aid; and Workforce Pell Grants https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/19/2026-10013/accountability-in-higher-education-and-access-through-demand-driven-workforce-pell-pell-grant https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/19/2026-10013/accountability-in-higher-education-and-access-through-demand-driven-workforce-pell-pell-grant Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION · Rule · Published 2026-05-19

The Secretary of Education (Secretary) amends the regulations governing institutional eligibility, general provisions, and the Federal Pell Grant (Pell Grant) Program under title IV of the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, as amended (the title IV, HEA programs). The final regulations implement statutory changes to the title IV, HEA programs included in the Working Families Tax Cuts Act (WFTCA), signed into law by President Trump on July 4, 2025. In the NPRM, we referenced the WFTCA as the "On

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