The U.S. Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), is accepting applications for its 2025 Mine Health and Safety State Grants.
Donor Name: Mine Safety and Health Administration
State: All States
County: All Counties
Territory: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/09/2025
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
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 encourages grantees to address, in their training and education programs, 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. MSHA also encourages state training programs to prioritize health and safety training for new mines and small mining operations. MSHA is interested in supporting programs that emphasize training on miners’ statutory rights, including the right to a safe working environment and the right to refuse an unsafe task.
Funding Information
- MSHA will award grants totaling $10,537,000.
- Award Ceiling: $800,000.
Grand Period
12 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- County governments
- State governments
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized).
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
