FY 2026 Susan Harwood Training Grant Program - Targeted Topic Training
This grant funds eligible organizations to develop and conduct instructor-led occupational safety and health training for small business employers and workers on up to two OSHA-specified target topics.
RESTRICTED TO: NONPROFITS · STATE LOCAL GOV
⚑ One grant award per organization per fiscal year; if multiple applications are submitted, OSHA reviews the last viable package submitted. · Targeted Topic Training applications may cover no more than two OSHA-specified topics. · 12-month performance period; award ceiling $215,000. · Faith-based organizations are eligible if they meet program requirements.
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| IPPRA | 40 partial | portfolio topic: public_health (primary); signature methods: community engaged; social/behavioral work is none; funds training education, not research (capped); capped at 40 (non-research funding) |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 25 weak | technical depth: minor; funds training education (capped) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 5 none | no commercialization signal |
Description
Under the authority of Section 21 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act), the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) established its discretionary grant program in 1978. In 1997, OSHA renamed the program in honor of the late Susan Harwood, former director of the OSHA Office of Risk Assessment. The grant program offers eligible organizations the opportunity to compete annually for funding so they may develop and conduct training and educational programs for small business employers and workers. The Susan Harwood Training Grant Program supports eligible organizations' efforts to provide occupational safety and health training. These organizations train eligible workers and employers about workplace hazards, hazard avoidance, controls, worker rights, and employer responsibilities under the OSH Act.
The FY 2026 federal appropriations authorize OSHA to announce the availability of $12,787,000 in funding for new Susan Harwood Training Program grants. Applications submitted in response to this NOFO compete for a Targeted Topic Training grant. Applicants must propose developing and conducting instructor-led training addressing no more than two of the OSHA-specified training topics. This grant program restricts organizations to one grant award per fiscal year. If an organization submits multiple applications for this or other Harwood funding opportunities, OSHA will review the last viable application package submitted.
Funding is for a 12-month performance period beginning on September 30, 2026, and ending on September 30, 2027. The maximum for a Targeted Topic Training grant award is $215,000. OSHA expects to award multiple grants under this competitive NOFO. This NOFO does not establish any funding obligations. Selected applicants will receive a notice of award. Funds are obligated when a grant recipient acknowledges receipt and accepts the notice of award documents.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants are: nonprofit organizations including institutions of higher education; OSHA-approved State Plans that receive grants under section 23(g) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act); entities that operate On-Site Consultation programs that receive grants under Section 21(d) of the OSH Act: and OSHA Training Institute (OTI) Education Centers authorized by OSHA under Section 21(c) of the OSH Act.Entities are eligible to receive only one Susan Harwood Training Grant award regardless of the number of qualifying roles they fulfill. For example, an OTI Education Center that also serves as an On-site Consultation program is only eligible to receive a single Susan Harwood Training Grant award. Faith-based organizations are encouraged to apply, as are any eligible organizations. Those that meet the eligibility requirements may receive awards under this funding opportunity. DOL will not, in the selection of recipients and administration of the grant, discriminate on the basis of an organization's religious character, affiliation, exercise, or lack thereof, or on the basis of conduct that would not be considered grounds to favor or disfavor a similarly situated secular organization. Please see Section A under the Grant Application and Submission heading of the Funding Opportunity Announcement for all eligibility requirements.
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View on Grants.gov → CONTACT: Aleksandr Krivitskiy Grant Specialist <HarwoodGrants@dol.gov>
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