# MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY STATE GRANTS

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/msha-2023-1-mine-health-and-safety-state-grants/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/347519

> Mine Safety and Health Administration offered grants of up to $800,000 to colleges and universities, state and local governments and tribes. It expected to make about 56 awards worth $10.5 million in total. Applications closed on August 14, 2023.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | MSHA-2023-1 |
| Agency | Mine Safety and Health Administration |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | August 14, 2023 |
| Award ceiling | $800,000 |
| Award floor | not stated |
| Expected awards | 56 |
| Total funding | $10.5 million |
| Cost sharing | required |
| Assistance Listings | 17.600 |

## Who can apply

- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Minority Serving Institution, such as African American-serving institution, predominantly Black, or Historically Black College and University; Hispanic-serving institution; American Indian and Alaska Native-serving institution; Tribal College and University; and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institution.

## What the grant funds

The Department of Labor is committed to expanding job quality and creating equitable pathways to safe, stable, good-paying jobs that allow workers the right to organize. One of the Secretary of Labor's goals for the U.S. workforce is to build a modern, inclusive workforce. As outlined in the Department's FY 2022-2026 Strategic Plan, strategic goal 2 is to “Ensure Safe Jobs, Essential Protections, and Fair Workplaces.” MSHA’s role in accomplishing this objective is to “prevent fatalities, disease, and injury from mining, and secure safe and healthful working conditions for America’s miners.” The Secretary of Labor, through MSHA, may award grants to state, tribal, and territorial governments (including the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands) to assist them in developing and enforcing state mining laws and regulations, improve state workers’ compensation and mining occupational disease laws and programs, and improve safety and health conditions in the nation’s mines through Federal-State coordination and cooperation. MSHA recognizes that state training programs are a key source of mine safety and health training and education for individuals who work or will work at mines. MSHA encourages state training programs to prioritize health and safety training for small mining operations and underserved mines and miners within the mining industry, and to prioritize diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. MSHA is also interested in supporting programs that emphasize training on miners’ statutory rights, including the right to be provided a safe and healthy working environment, to refuse an unsafe task, and to have a voice in the safety and health conditions at the mine. The Agency encourages grantees to address, in their training and education programs, occupational health hazards cause by exposures to respirable dust and crystalline silica, powered haulage and mobile equipment safety, mine emergency preparedness, mine rescue, electrical safety, contract and customer truck drivers, improving training for new and inexperienced miners, managers and supervisors performing mining tasks, pillar safety for underground mines, and falls from heights.

## Questions people ask

### Is MSHA-2023-1 still open?

No. It closed on August 14, 2023.

### Who can apply for MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY STATE GRANTS?

Mine Safety and Health Administration accepted applications from colleges and universities, state and local governments and tribes. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY STATE GRANTS?

Closed August 14, 2023. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $800,000 each. About $10.5 million in total across about 56 awards.

### Who has won Mine Health and Safety Grants grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were University of Texas at Austin, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, WV Ofc of Miners Health Safety. The program made 240 awards worth $49.7 million in that time.