The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is soliciting competitive applications from eligible national nonprofit fire service organizations for Supplemental Public Sector Training (SPST) grant funds.
Donor Name: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline:04/05/2024
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
For award consideration, national nonprofit fire service organizations must demonstrate expertise in conducting “train-the-trainer” model programs for HAZMAT instructors; and training individuals with the responsibility to respond to accidents and incidents involving HAZMAT. Properly planned and maintained training programs are essential to ensuring that emergency responders who receive training under the grant will be able to protect nearby persons, property, and the environment from the effects of accidents or incidents involving the transportation of hazardous material—in accordance with existing regulations or National Fire Protection standards for responders to HAZMAT accidents and incidents.
PHMSA requires that applicants comply with all applicable federal financial assistance regulations and maintain an auditable accounting system that includes a detailed accounting and description of each grant expenditure. PHMSA measures performance based on the projects included in the approved financial assistance application and whether those projects fulfilled the needs outlined in the statement of need.
Funding Information
- PHMSA anticipates $1,000,000.
- Award Ceiling: $1,000,000
- Award Floor: $500,000.
Project Period
The period of performance is a minimum of 12 months from the effective date of the award. An applicant may request a period of performance up to 24 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- The FY 2024 SPST grant program is open to national nonprofit fire service organizations to train instructors to conduct HAZMAT response training programs for individuals with statutory responsibility to respond to HAZMAT accidents and incidents; and to train individuals with the responsibility to respond to accidents and incidents involving hazardous materials.
- For the purposes of the SPST grants program, a nonprofit organization is a business that has been granted tax-exempt status by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) because it furthers a social cause and provides a public benefit.
- Nonprofit organizations described in Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code that engage in lobbying activities defined in Section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 are not eligible applicants. “For-profit” organizations are not eligible applicants for the SPST grant program.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
