employment_labor_and_training · DOL-OSHA

FY 2026 Susan Harwood Training Grant Program - Targeted Topic Training

Occupational Safety and Health Administration · SHTG-FY-26-01

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Award Range

$0 – $215K

Total Program Funding

$12.8M

Expected Awards

100

Deadline

July 31, 2026

GRANTQUICK SUMMARYPlain-English Overview

OSHA's Susan Harwood Training Grant Program is giving out 100 grants (up to $215K each) for workplace safety training on targeted topics. These are 1-year grants for nonprofits and educational institutions to develop and deliver occupational safety training to workers in hazardous industries. $12.8M total. Topics change yearly — you'll train workers and employers on specific OSHA priority areas like fall prevention, chemical exposure, heat illness, or emerging hazards.

Who Should Apply

Nonprofits, universities, OSHA-approved State Plan agencies, or On-Site Consultation programs. Must have capacity to develop occupational safety curricula and deliver hands-on training to workers in hazardous industries.

Who Should NOT Apply

For-profit training companies, individual consultants, employers wanting to train their own workers, or organizations without occupational safety/health expertise.

Key Requirements (Plain English)

•Must be a nonprofit, educational institution, or OSHA-designated program
•Must focus on one of OSHA's targeted priority topics for this fiscal year
•Must develop training materials and deliver training to workers/employers
•Must target hard-to-reach, underserved, or high-hazard workers
•Must train a minimum number of workers (specified per topic)
•No cost-sharing required

💡 GrantQuick Tip

100 awards makes this very accessible. The secret to winning Susan Harwood grants: (1) pick a topic where you can show specific worker death/injury data in your region, (2) partner with employers who'll give you access to train their workers, and (3) target workers with language barriers or limited access to safety training (construction day laborers, immigrant agricultural workers, temp workers). OSHA loves seeing you reach the workers that traditional training misses.

Competitiveness: Low-moderate — 100 awards distributed across many topics. Strong track record organizations win repeatedly, but new applicants with clear plans for reaching underserved workers can break in.

What This Grant Funds

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.

Attachments

PDF

Grants Instructions

OSHA_SH_FY_2026_TT_NOFO.pdf

Who Can Apply

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.

Eligible Applicant Types

Other (see NOFO for details)

Funding Details

Maximum Award: $215K
Total Program Funding: $12.8M
Expected Number of Awards: 100
Cost Sharing Required?: No
Funding Instrument: grant

Key Dates

Posted: July 1, 2026

Application Deadline: July 31, 2026 (0 days remaining)

This NOFO closes on July 31, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time. Applications not validated by Grants.gov or submitted after this deadline are ineligible for consideration.

Agency Contact

Email questions about this NOFO to HarwoodGrants@dol.gov or call 847-725-7805 on weekdays between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Eastern time, excluding federal holidays.

HarwoodGrants@dol.gov

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View the full NOFO and submit your application on Grants.gov

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