Opportunity Information: Apply for SHTG FY 24 02
The Training and Educational Materials Development opportunity is part of OSHA's Susan Harwood Training Grant Program, a long-running discretionary grant effort authorized under Section 21 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. OSHA created this grant program in 1978 and later renamed it in 1997 to honor Susan Harwood, a former director in OSHA's Office of Risk Assessment. The core purpose of the program is to fund nonprofit organizations so they can build training and educational resources that help workers and small business employers recognize workplace hazards, prevent injuries and illnesses, and better understand both worker rights and employer responsibilities under the OSH Act. A major emphasis is reaching people who are often missed by traditional safety training, especially workers who face higher risk on the job or have had limited access to occupational safety and health education.
For this specific grant type, applicants are expected to create new training materials tied to one of OSHA's specified training topics. The deliverables are fairly concrete and comprehensive: the package must include learning objectives, a course matrix, full presentation or training materials (videos can be included), instructor and participant guides, student handouts, training evaluations, and learning assessments. Beyond creating the materials, grantees also have to validate what they built by running a pilot instructor-led classroom training session. In other words, this award is not just for drafting content on paper; it is aimed at producing usable training products and demonstrating that they work in a real training setting.
OSHA is prioritizing projects that serve workers and employers in high-hazard industries, industries with high fatality rates, and communities that have historically been disadvantaged in access to safety and health training. The announcement highlights young workers, temporary workers, minority workers, individuals with low literacy, and people with limited English proficiency, along with other underserved or hard-to-reach worker groups. Consistent with that focus, OSHA strongly encourages grantees to expand access by offering training in languages other than English, with the broader goal of making life-saving information more reachable for workers who may not benefit from English-only materials.
The program is competitive and performance-focused. Applicants are expected to show they have the capability to meet OSHA's expectations, including having access to subject matter expertise, experience delivering adult education, the ability to recruit and serve the intended training population, and the administrative capacity to manage a federal grant. After awards are made, OSHA actively monitors performance through orientation meetings, reviews of training materials, observations of training, program and financial monitoring visits, and required quarterly and year-end reporting. Grantees also agree to participate in data collection and training impact evaluation activities described in the funding announcement, which is meant to document whether the training is reaching the right audiences and making a measurable difference.
For FY 2024, OSHA announced a total of $12,787,000 available across new Susan Harwood grants, with an expectation of multiple awards under this funding opportunity. The maximum award amount (ceiling) for a Training and Educational Materials Development grant is $75,000, and the opportunity listing anticipates up to 90 awards. Funding is structured around a 12-month project period that must begin no later than September 30, 2024, and end on September 30, 2025. Like many federal announcements, the notice clarifies that the FOA itself does not obligate federal funds; funds are formally obligated only after an applicant receives award documents and accepts them.
Eligibility is limited to certain types of organizations. Eligible applicants include qualifying labor unions; community-based, faith-based, and grassroots organizations; and employer associations, as long as they are not agencies of state or local government. Public or state-controlled institutions of higher education are also eligible under federal grants rules (including OMB 2 CFR 200 and DOL exceptions at 2 CFR 2900). In addition, consistent with Executive Order 13175, eligible applicants include Native American tribes and tribal organizations, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian organizations, and other native-controlled organizations, provided they are not state or local government agencies. Ineligible applicants include individuals, for-profit entities, 501(c)(4) organizations, and federal, state, or local government agencies. The announcement also excludes certain recent Harwood grantees, specifically FY 2023 Targeted Topic Training or Training and Educational Materials Development grantees that received more than a 90-day time extension.
There are also practical submission and limitation rules that matter for applicants. An organization may receive only one Susan Harwood award in a fiscal year across the Targeted Topic Training, Training and Educational Materials Development, or Capacity Building categories. If an organization submits multiple applications across these opportunities, OSHA will only review the last complete and viable application submitted. Applications cannot be edited after submission; if changes are needed, the organization has to submit an entirely new application package. The closing deadline for this FOA was July 26, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern, and applications had to be submitted and validated through Grants.gov by that time to be eligible for consideration.
Key listing details include: Funding Opportunity Number SHTG FY 24 02; agency OSHA (U.S. Department of Labor); assistance listing/CFDA number 17.502; activity category Employment, Labor and Training; instrument type Grant; award ceiling $75,000; and an anticipated 90 awards. Additional applicant guidance and technical assistance is referenced through OSHA's FY 2024 Susan Harwood Training Grant Funding Opportunity Overview posted on OSHA's Harwood grants webpage.Apply for SHTG FY 24 02
- The Occupational Safety and Health Administration in the employment, labor and training sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Training and Educational Materials Development" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 17.502.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2024-06-26.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-07-26. (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 $75,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 90 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1) What is the Training and Educational Materials Development opportunity?
This opportunity is a grant type under OSHA's Susan Harwood Training Grant Program. It funds nonprofit organizations to develop training and educational resources that help workers and small business employers recognize workplace hazards, prevent injuries and illnesses, and understand worker rights and employer responsibilities under the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act.
2) What is the Susan Harwood Training Grant Program and why is it called that?
The Susan Harwood Training Grant Program is a long-running discretionary OSHA grant program authorized under Section 21 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. OSHA created the program in 1978 and renamed it in 1997 to honor Susan Harwood, a former director in OSHA's Office of Risk Assessment.
3) What is the main purpose of this grant type (Training and Educational Materials Development)?
The purpose is to create new, usable training materials aligned to one of OSHA's specified training topics and then validate those materials by delivering a pilot instructor-led classroom training session. It is not only about drafting content; it is about producing complete training products and demonstrating they work in a real training setting.
4) Who is this program intended to help?
The program is intended to help workers and small business employers, with a major emphasis on reaching people often missed by traditional safety training. The announcement highlights workers who face higher risk on the job or have had limited access to occupational safety and health education.
5) What populations does OSHA emphasize for outreach and impact?
OSHA prioritizes projects serving workers and employers in high-hazard industries, industries with high fatality rates, and communities that have historically been disadvantaged in access to safety and health training. Specific groups mentioned include young workers, temporary workers, minority workers, individuals with low literacy, and people with limited English proficiency, as well as other underserved or hard-to-reach worker groups.
6) Are applicants required to create new training materials?
Yes. For this grant type, applicants are expected to create new training materials tied to one of OSHA's specified training topics.
7) What deliverables must be included in the training package?
The deliverables are described as concrete and comprehensive. The package must include learning objectives, a course matrix, full presentation or training materials (videos can be included), instructor and participant guides, student handouts, training evaluations, and learning assessments.
8) Are videos allowed as part of the training materials?
Yes. Full presentation or training materials may include videos as part of the overall package.
9) Is a pilot training required, or can the project be completed without delivering training?
A pilot instructor-led classroom training session is required to validate the materials. The grant is aimed at producing usable training products and demonstrating that they work in a real training setting.
10) Does OSHA encourage training materials in languages other than English?
Yes. OSHA strongly encourages grantees to expand access by offering training in languages other than English, with the goal of making critical safety and health information more reachable for workers who may not benefit from English-only materials.
11) How competitive is this grant program, and what capabilities are applicants expected to show?
The program is described as competitive and performance-focused. Applicants are expected to demonstrate capability to meet OSHA expectations, including access to subject matter expertise, experience delivering adult education, ability to recruit and serve the intended training population, and administrative capacity to manage a federal grant.
12) How does OSHA monitor grantee performance after awards are made?
OSHA actively monitors performance through orientation meetings, reviews of training materials, observations of training, program and financial monitoring visits, and required quarterly and year-end reporting.
13) Are grantees required to participate in evaluation or data collection?
Yes. Grantees agree to participate in data collection and training impact evaluation activities described in the funding announcement. This is intended to document whether training reaches the right audiences and makes a measurable difference.
14) How much funding is available overall for FY 2024 Susan Harwood grants?
For FY 2024, OSHA announced a total of $12,787,000 available across new Susan Harwood grants, with an expectation of multiple awards under this funding opportunity.
15) What is the maximum award amount for a Training and Educational Materials Development grant?
The award ceiling for this grant type is $75,000.
16) How many awards does the opportunity anticipate?
The listing anticipates up to 90 awards.
17) What is the project period for this grant?
Funding is structured around a 12-month project period. It must begin no later than September 30, 2024, and end on September 30, 2025.
18) Does the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) itself obligate federal funds?
No. The notice clarifies that the FOA does not obligate federal funds. Funds are formally obligated only after an applicant receives award documents and accepts them.
19) Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is limited to certain types of organizations. Eligible applicants include qualifying labor unions; community-based, faith-based, and grassroots organizations; and employer associations, as long as they are not agencies of state or local government. Public or state-controlled institutions of higher education are also eligible under federal grants rules (including OMB 2 CFR 200 and DOL exceptions at 2 CFR 2900).
20) Are Native American tribes and native-controlled organizations eligible?
Yes. Consistent with Executive Order 13175, eligible applicants include Native American tribes and tribal organizations, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian organizations, and other native-controlled organizations, provided they are not state or local government agencies.
21) Who is not eligible to apply?
Ineligible applicants include individuals, for-profit entities, 501(c)(4) organizations, and federal, state, or local government agencies.
22) Are any recent Susan Harwood grantees excluded from applying?
Yes. The announcement excludes certain recent Harwood grantees, specifically FY 2023 Targeted Topic Training or Training and Educational Materials Development grantees that received more than a 90-day time extension.
23) Can an organization receive more than one Susan Harwood award in the same fiscal year?
No. An organization may receive only one Susan Harwood award in a fiscal year across the Targeted Topic Training, Training and Educational Materials Development, or Capacity Building categories.
24) What happens if an organization submits multiple applications across Susan Harwood opportunities?
If an organization submits multiple applications across these opportunities, OSHA will only review the last complete and viable application submitted.
25) Can an application be edited after it is submitted?
No. Applications cannot be edited after submission. If changes are needed, the organization must submit an entirely new application package.
26) What was the application deadline for this FOA?
The closing deadline was July 26, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern.
27) How did applicants have to submit their applications?
Applications had to be submitted and validated through Grants.gov by the deadline to be eligible for consideration.
28) What is the Funding Opportunity Number for this listing?
The Funding Opportunity Number is SHTG FY 24 02.
29) What is the assistance listing/CFDA number?
The assistance listing/CFDA number is 17.502.
30) What federal agency administers this grant?
The agency is OSHA (U.S. Department of Labor).
31) What is the activity category and award instrument type?
The activity category is Employment, Labor and Training, and the instrument type is a Grant.
32) Where is additional applicant guidance referenced?
Additional applicant guidance and technical assistance is referenced through OSHA's FY 2024 Susan Harwood Training Grant Funding Opportunity Overview posted on OSHA's Harwood grants webpage.
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