Commercial Fishing Occupational Safety Training Project Grants (T03)
OpenCenters for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA
Deadline: Jan 31, 2028federal
Updated: Oct 30, 2025
Summary
The grant aims to enhance the quality and availability of safety training for U.S. commercial fishermen by supporting the development and implementation of effective training programs. Eligible applicants include government entities, nonprofits, small businesses, educational institutions, and other organizations. To apply, interested parties should submit their applications via Grants.gov, ensuring to include any necessary documentation if applying as a bona fide agent of a state or local government.
Full Description
Description
The goal of the training grant program is to enhance the quality and availability of safety training for United States commercial fishermen. Availability includes the frequency, geographic considerations, channels or partners of dissemination, culturally and/or educational appropriate training material, and other characteristics of a successful training program. As a result, the Coast Guard and NIOSH invite applications to support the development and implementation of training
and education programs that:
develop and deliver training which addresses the needs of commercial fishermen in the United...
States
provide qualified marine safety instructors, or otherwise accepted by the National Maritime Center instructors and faculty to conduct the training
evaluate the effectiveness and impact of the training program on reducing injuries among fishermen
coordinate with existing training programs and partnerships with industry fishermen, and agencies
conform to 46 U.S.C. § 4502 (i) Safety Standards for commercial fishing safety training
In order to support and administer the grant program, the Coast Guard and NIOSH signed a Memorandum of Understanding on May 17, 2018. While the Coast Guard, along with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), provides regulatory oversight for safety and health matters within the commercial fishing industry, NIOSH is an agency operating under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with the mission of generating new knowledge in occupational safety and health and transferring that knowledge into practice to prevent worker injury, illness and death. NIOSH conducts and funds scientific research, develops methods to prevent occupational hazards, develops guidance and authoritative recommendations, translates scientific knowledge into products and services, disseminates information, identifies factors underlying work-related disease and injury and responds to requests for workplace health hazard evaluations.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants
Government
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Public and Indian housing authorities
- Special district governments
- State governments
- Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
Nonprofit
- Other Native American tribal organizations
- Nonprofits non-higher education without 501(c)(3)
- Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)
Business
- Small businesses
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
Miscellaneous
- Other
Education
- Independent school districts
- Public and state institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
Additional information
Independent School Districts
Public Housing Authorities/Indian Housing Authorities
Native American Tribal Organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Faith-based or Community-based Organizations
Regional Organizations
Bona Fide Agents: a Bona Fide Agent is an agency/organization identified by the state as eligible to submit an application under the state eligibility in lieu of a state application. If applying as a bona fide agent of a state or local government, a legal, binding agreement from the state or local government as documentation of the status is required. Attach with "Other Attachment Forms" when submitting via Grants.gov (https://www.grants.gov/ )
Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs): FFRDCs are operated, managed, and/or administered by a university or consortium of universities, other not-for-profit or nonprofit organization, or an industrial firm, as an autonomous organization or as an identifiable separate operating unit of a parent organization. A FFRDC meets some special long-term research or development need which cannot be met as effectively by an agency's existing in-house or contractor resources. FFRDC's enable agencies to use private sector resources to accomplish tasks that are integral to the mission and operation of the sponsoring agency. For more information on FFRDCs, go to https://gov.ecfr.io/cgi-bin/searchECFR.
Grantor contact information
Description
Bridgette Garrett
bgarrett@cdc.gov
bgarrett@cdc.gov
Apply on official siteUpdated Oct 30, 2025
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