FY 2025 Assistance for Local Emergency Response Training (ALERT) Grant | 693JK325NF0010

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The FY 2025 Assistance for Local Emergency Response Training (ALERT) Grant is a competitive, discretionary grant program offered by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). The central purpose of the program is to strengthen local emergency response capability by funding high-quality training that prepares responders to deal safely and effectively with accidents or incidents involving the transportation of hazardous materials. In practical terms, the grant is aimed at ensuring responders have the knowledge and skills to protect people, property, and the environment when hazardous materials are involved, with training designed to align with existing regulatory requirements and/or National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards for hazardous materials incident competence.

This opportunity is identified as Funding Opportunity Number 693JK325NF0010 and is categorized as a grant (Funding Instrument Type: Grant). It falls under the broader activity areas of Employment, Labor and Training and Transportation, and it is associated with CFDA/Assistance Listing number 20.703. PHMSA is seeking applications from a defined set of eligible organizations that are positioned to deliver training programs at scale and with appropriate instructional capacity. Eligible applicants include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status, and nonprofit organizations without 501(c)(3) status (in both nonprofit cases, eligibility is specified as other than institutions of higher education). This eligibility mix signals that PHMSA expects applicants to have either an academic training infrastructure, a nonprofit training mission, or both, and to be capable of developing and maintaining structured training offerings for emergency response personnel.

From a funding standpoint, the program sets an award ceiling of up to $1,000,000 per award. PHMSA indicates it expects to make approximately 8 awards under this funding opportunity, suggesting a competitive process where applicants should clearly demonstrate both need and the ability to deliver measurable training outcomes. The original closing date for applications is January 23, 2025, and the opportunity was created on January 15, 2025, meaning the application window is relatively short and likely requires applicants to have a well-developed training concept, partnerships, and implementation plan ready to submit.

The program's emphasis is not just on delivering training sessions, but on ensuring those training programs are properly planned and maintained over time. That language typically points to proposals that go beyond one-off classes and instead show thoughtful program design, qualified instructors, appropriate curricula tied to recognized standards, and a plan for consistent delivery and quality control. PHMSA also frames the need in terms of real-world readiness: emergency responders trained under ALERT funding should be equipped to operate competently during hazardous materials transportation incidents, which can include releases, fires, explosions, or other events involving regulated hazardous materials moving by pipeline or other transportation modes. Overall, the ALERT grant is best understood as a capacity-building investment that supports organizations capable of improving hazardous materials response competence at the local level through standards-based training.

• The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Admin in the employment, labor and training, transportation sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2025 Assistance for Local Emergency Response Training (ALERT) 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 2025-01-15.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-01-23. (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 $1,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 8 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, Private institutions of higher education.

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