Mine Health and Safety Education and Training

The Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) administers the Mine Health and Safety Education and Training program (CFDA 17.602), which funds initial and advanced mine safety and health training for Federal Mine Inspectors, mine operators, miners, states, labor organizations, and their agents, with the most recent grant award dated October 1, 2002.

No grant awards have been disbursed under this program in the past 24 years. The program's recorded portfolio consists of two Formula Grants totaling $63 thousand in federal obligations, both awarded in fiscal 2002. One grant provided $8,927 in support for mine safety and health training; the second provided $54,487 for the same purpose. These awards carried one-year performance periods ending September 30, 2003. No grant opportunities have been posted recently, and no activity pattern suggests active solicitation.

The program's scope encompasses provision of technical training materials—written, audio-visual, and instructor-led—addressing mining safety and health technical subjects. Training is available to any mine operator, miner, their agent, organization, or individual upon request; MSHA accommodates inquiries by telephone or written request. The program historically supplied both initial and advanced instruction to federal inspectors and industry participants.

MSHA is the sole funder under this Assistance Listing; both awards in the portfolio came from MSHA. The assistance type is exclusively Formula Grants. Award magnitudes in the recorded history ranged from under $9 thousand to approximately $54 thousand per grant, though the age of this data and minimal award count limit applicability to current funding expectations.

Pursuit of funding under this program carries significant risk. The absence of grant awards for over two decades, combined with no recent solicitations, suggests the program is dormant or has transitioned to a delivery model outside the federal grant instrument. Prospective applicants should contact MSHA directly to confirm whether this Assistance Listing remains active and whether new solicitations are planned.