FY 2024 Hazardous Material Instructor Training (HMIT) Grant | 693JK324NF0009

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The FY 2024 Hazardous Material Instructor Training (HMIT) Grant is a discretionary federal grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number 693JK324NF0009) offered by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). The program is designed to strengthen hazardous materials (hazmat) training capacity at the state level by funding "train-the-trainer" style instruction. In practical terms, the grant focuses on preparing qualified instructors who can then deliver consistent, up-to-date training on Hazardous Materials Regulations to the broader workforce and stakeholder community in their state. This makes the program less about one-time classes for end users and more about building a sustainable instructional pipeline so that regulatory knowledge can be taught repeatedly, locally, and at scale.

The funding instrument is a grant, and the opportunity falls under the broader activity areas of Employment, Labor and Training and Transportation. The associated CFDA (now commonly referred to under Assistance Listings) number is 20.703, which is tied to PHMSA hazardous materials safety and training-related assistance. PHMSA published this opportunity with a creation date of February 20, 2024, and set an application closing deadline of April 5, 2024, meaning applicants needed to prepare proposals within a relatively short federal application window.

Eligible applicants include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, as well as nonprofit organizations. Both 501(c)(3) nonprofits and nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status are listed as eligible, as long as they are not institutions of higher education in the latter case. This eligibility structure indicates PHMSA is open to partnering with a range of training-capable organizations, including universities and specialized training nonprofits, to deliver instructor development that ultimately benefits state-level hazmat training efforts.

Financially, the opportunity lists an award ceiling of $900,000 and anticipates making about 10 awards. The ceiling indicates the maximum federal amount that may be awarded per selected application (subject to PHMSA decisions and final budgets), while the expected number of awards gives a general sense of competitiveness and the scale of the program nationally. Because the core purpose is instructor training, applicants would typically be expected to propose a plan that credibly produces instructors who can teach Hazardous Materials Regulations effectively, including how the training will be organized, how instructor competence will be ensured, and how the resulting instructional capability will be sustained or leveraged within the state after the grant-funded period.

Overall, the HMIT grant is aimed at improving compliance, consistency, and safety in the transportation and handling of hazardous materials by investing in the people who teach the rules. By emphasizing train-the-trainer programs for Hazardous Materials Regulations, PHMSA is essentially supporting states and training partners in building durable training capacity, so that regulatory updates and best practices can be disseminated efficiently across industries and agencies that interact with hazardous materials.

• The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Admin in the employment, labor and training, transportation sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2024 Hazardous Material Instructor Training (HMIT) Grant" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 20.703.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-02-20.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-04-05. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $900,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.

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