Susan Harwood Training Grant Program
Training Grants Program Overview

For fiscal year 2025, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is awarding Targeted Topics Training Susan Harwood Grants to OSHA On-Site Consultation Programs, OSHA State Plans, and OSHA Training Institute (OTI) Education Centers. This ensures appropriated funds are allocated efficiently and effectively by the end of the fiscal year. Grantees were chosen noncompetitively based on their established training capabilities, expertise, and existing relationships with OSHA. Training and Educational Materials Development Grants and Capacity Building Grants are not being awarded in FY 2025.

These entities may elect to receive Susan Harwood funding and will submit their technical plans prior to the award date of September 30, 2025. Grantees will conduct training in FY 2026.

The grantees will recruit trainees. Organizations and employers interested in arranging Targeted Topic training can contact the nearest grant recipient. The training focuses on workplace hazard recognition, implementing abatement strategies, and preventing occupational safety and health injuries and illnesses on various OSHA-specified topics. Grantees may collaborate with organizations and employers to deliver training. This approach aims to provide safety and health training to workers and employers in a cost-efficient manner. Training provided by the Susan Harwood Training Grant Program does not fulfill employers’ training obligations established by the Occupational Safety and Health Act and applicable OSHA standards.

The grant recipients will provide Targeted Topic training on one or more of the OSHA-specified topics, emphasizing:

  • Training workers and employers in small businesses
  • Training workers and employers on identifying and preventing serious occupational safety and health hazards identified by OSHA through the DOL’s Strategic Plan, as part of an OSHA special emphasis program, or other OSHA priorities

The target audience for this funding includes:

  • Workers and employers in high-hazard industries
  • Workers and employers in industries with high fatality rates
  • Workers facing barriers to occupational safety and health training