Deadline: 19-Sep-2025
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has announced the availability of up to $250,000 in grant funds under the Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety Grants to support education and training programs that help the mining community identify, avoid, and prevent unsafe and unhealthy working conditions in and around mines.
The focus for these grants include safety initiatives such as powered haulage and mobile equipment safety, mine emergency preparedness, mine rescue, electrical safety, contract, and customer truck drivers, lack of training for new and inexperienced miners (including managers and supervisors performing mining tasks), pillar safety for underground mines, lack of personal protective equipment (including falls from heights), and other programs to ensure the safety of miners. Similarly, these grants may also include health initiatives such as respirable dust or other environmental hazards. MSHA is interested in programs that focus on training miners on workplace safety. Special attention will be given to programs that target miners at new or newly opened mines and smaller mines, including training miners and employers about new MSHA standards, high risk activities, or hazards identified by MSHA. MSHA will give priority to applications that support the President’s goals. The President has declared a National Energy Emergency to discover and mine critical minerals. In response, the mining industry may experience increases in the reopening of idled mines and developing new mines in the search for these critical minerals. With these increases, new and innovative programs to train new miners or retrain miners for extracting specific critical minerals are vital. MSHA is also recommending that grantees develop or create training and compliance assistance programs to assist operators extracting critical minerals. MSHA will also prioritize programs and materials that train miners and mine operators on new MSHA standards, high-risk activities, or hazards identified by MSHA. The Department of Labor’s goal is to fund education and training programs to better identify, avoid, and prevent unsafe working conditions in and around mines.
MSHA expects to make up to five awards under this opportunity, with an award ceiling of $250,000 and a floor of $50,000. Applications will close on September 19, 2025. Eligible applicants include state governments, county governments, city or township governments, special district governments, Native American tribal governments, Native American tribal organizations, nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status, and public and state-controlled institutions of higher education.
Applicants may apply independently or in partnership with other eligible organizations, but partnerships must identify a lead entity. MSHA has emphasized that multiple applications from a single applicant may be submitted, with selections based on their contribution toward achieving the program’s goals.
This funding initiative aligns with national priorities to strengthen safety, protect miners, and adapt to the changing needs of the mining sector in response to increased demand for critical minerals and coal.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
