Dual Training Grant recipients can use the funds to help cover costs related to instruction towards attaining an industry-recognized certificate or credential for their employees through a dual-training program.  

Who is Eligible? An eligible applicant must meet all the following: Be an employer or organization of employers who have employees located in the State of Minnesota

This program is open to any one of these business types:     

  • Any Business Entity
  • Nonprofit Organization
  • Political Subdivision
  • State of Minnesota or
  • Tribal Sovereign Nation

Each spring, approximately $5 million in Dual Training Grant funds are available. A grantee/company can receive up to $150,000 for related instruction costs, of which a single employee can benefit up to $6,000.  This is an incredible opportunity that very few companies take advantage of.  

Types of Training: 

  • Application developer
  • Business intelligence developer/architect
  • Cloud architect
  • Computer user support specialist
  • Data science/artificial intelligence machine learning specialist
  • New Ai Prompt Engineer
  • Database administrator
  • Information security analyst/specialist
  • Information technology project planner/manager
  • Network engineer
  • Software engineer/developer
  • Testing and quality assurance analyst
  • Web developer – back end
  • Web developer – front end

Contact Knowledge Transfer NOW and let us help you figure out how to leverage this funding for your employees!