WASHINGTON – IACLEA (International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators) has been asked to post this announcement on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education:
Emergency Management for Higher Education Grant Competition
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools (OSDFS), in partnership with its colleagues at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), is pleased to announce the availability of funds to support emergency preparedness planning for higher education institutions.
This new grant competition is called the Emergency Management for Higher Education (EMHE) grant program, and it is listed under CFDA #84.184T. Specifically, this grant program is designed to fund higher education institution projects to develop, or review and improve, and fully integrate, campus-based all-hazards emergency management planning efforts within the framework of the four phases of emergency management [prevention-mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery].
The Notice Inviting Applications for the EMHE grant program was published in the Federal Register on April 24, 2008, and the application package can be downloaded from either of the following web sites:
- OSDFS’s web page: www.ed.gov/programs/emergencyhighed/applicant.html
- Grants/gov web site: www.grants.gov/
Applications for this competition are due no later than May 27, 2008. OSDFS anticipated making approximately 18 awards under this grant program in fiscal year 2008 and award announcements will be made no later than September 30, 2008.
For more information about this funding opportunity, please contact Tara Hill in OSDFS at [email protected].