Project Grant R43ES020135

This $294,660 project grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, under the NIEHS Hazardous Waste Worker Health and Safety Training program (CFDA 93.142), will support Radiation Emergency Services LLC to develop a prototype simulation game and training platform. The RadTeamSim-ROUTE simulation aims to address gaps in hands-on radiological field survey training by blending radiological dose modeling with gaming software. This will create...

This $150,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration (CFDA 20.301 - Railroad Safety) funds training programs and initiatives to enhance emergency preparedness and response capabilities for railroad-related incidents. The primary activities supported by this grant include training sessions, exercises and drills, and the production of training videos for emergency responders, emergency medical technicians, police, and fire personnel. The...

This $4,000,000 Project Grant was awarded on September 25, 2024 by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Homeland Security National Training Program (CFDA 97.005) Continuing Training Grants (CTG). The grant supports the delivery of training programs focused on emergency response, hazardous materials management, and community preparedness across state, local, tribal, and territorial jurisdictions. The prime awardee, The Center for Rural Development, Inc., will develop a new...

The Center For Rural Development, Inc. was awarded a $3 million Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the State and Local Homeland Security National Training Program (CFDA 97.005) to deliver training and certification courses to first responders. The three-year award, made on September 1, 2021, will support the delivery of 199 first responder training courses and three course recertification programs by five sub-awardees. North Carolina Central University will...

This $500,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Brownfields Job Training Program (CFDA 66.815) will fund Alaska Forum Inc. to recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed residents of Alaska in careers addressing emergency and disaster response capacity. The project will implement a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training program to educate volunteers on disaster preparedness and basic response skills, and will also...

The federal Project Grant award R43ES037510 was provided by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Hazardous Waste Worker Health and Safety Training program (CFDA 93.142). This $100,000 grant, awarded on June 4, 2025, supports the development of an AI-driven "Health and Safety Training Copilot" platform to provide personalized pre-training materials for low-literacy and limited-English proficiency workers. The platform aims to enhance comprehension...

This $202,958 project grant from the Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) through the Pipeline Emergency Response Grant (PERG) program will fund training for emergency responders in New York to safely respond to pipeline incidents through September 2024. Administered by the New York Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, the funding is critical to ensuring emergency responders can protect persons, property, and the...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant under the State and Local Homeland Security National Training Program (CFDA 97.005) to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York. The grant aims to support the development and delivery of specialized training and education for state, local, tribal, and territorial emergency responders on a wide range of homeland security and emergency management topics, including cybersecurity, counterterrorism,...

This $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) under the Interagency Hazardous Materials Public Sector Training and Planning Grants program (CFDA 20.703) will fund enhanced training and safety initiatives for local emergency responders. The key deliverables include improved first responder training, with a focus on safety when transporting hazardous materials like crude oil, ethanol, and other...

This $798,529 Project Grant awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 16.738) will enable Louisiana State University's National Center for Biomedical Research and Training Academy of Counter Terrorist Education (NCBRT) to customize and validate its existing DHS-certified de-escalation training course for delivery via a large-scale immersive virtual reality system. The project aims to improve NCBRT's capacity to...