Webinar Chat: How to Prepare a Competitive Susan Harwood Grant Application-2023-05-25 

0 BQuestion: I have an idea for a topic, but a past grant (funded in 2014) sounds similar. However, 

those materials aren't on the Harwood website. How do I get more details about this?

1 BAnswer: If the topic is listed in the FOA, you may apply to training on that topic. You do not 

have to have a unique training or topic from prior grantees. Training location, training audience, 

and years between the trainings are considerations.

2 BQuestion on the contractors - our nonprofit is managed by an association management firm - all 

of our employees are actually their employees, and they bill us for their time staffing our 

organization and so they become a contractor/subaward for all salaries, etc. Are we excluded 

from this opportunity?

3 BAnswer: We would need more information – please contact the Harwood staff.

4 BQuestion: Can you pick more than one OSHA training topic?

5 BAnswer: For Targeted Topic and for Training and Educational Materials grants, you may select 

only one of the topics from the list in the FOAs.

6 BQuestion: What types of supplies are allowed?

7 BAnswer: Limited office and occupational supplies needed to conduct the training.

8 BQuestion: Under Programs Costs - can you please further explain what are the acceptable 

Personnel Costs? Is there a salary cap?

9 BAnswer: There is not a salary cap, but we request that you pay them no less than minimum 

wages. This type of grant program has high personnel cost because they needed to provide the 

training.

10BQuestion: Are we allowed to have more than one trainer under the grant?

11BAnswer: You may use as many trainers as you need. Ensure that has the staff to provide training

as well.

12BQuestion: For example: If we want to apply for a targeted training grant for first aid training and 

CPR training, is that under one grant topic for "required orientation training" or two individual 

topic grant requests?

13BAnswer: Neither first aid training nor CPR training are funded under this grant. Please refer to 

the list of OSHA-selected grant topics listed in the FOA.

14BQuestion: Were there any previous recipients from university too?

15BAnswer: State and local sponsored institution of higher education are eligible for a grant.

16BQuestion: Will we get a recording of this session?

17BAnswer: Yes
Webinar Chat: How to Prepare a Competitive Susan Harwood Grant Application-2023-05-25 

18BQuestion: Please expand on excluded training.

19BAnswer: Training must be on OSHA workplace safety and health. The FOAs provide a list of 

prohibited topics that Harwood grants funds may not support. For more specific guidance please 

call the Harwood program staff

20BQuestion: If you use an accounting service does this go in contractual or personnel?

21BAnswer: Unless they are employees of the organization, they would be considered having a 

contract with your organization.

22BQuestion: Can we contact these people talking?

23BGrantee Presenters:

24BChad Scott - chad@shastabe.com

25B Stephanie Gfeller - Stephanie@leadingagekansas.org

26BContact the Harwood grants team at HarwoodGrants@dol.gov , or 847-725-7805

27BMore information about the Susan Harwood Training Grant program can be found at 

https://www.osha.gov/harwoodgrants.