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Helpful Tips for Improving Your Susan Harwood Grant Application

Helpful Tips for Improving Your Susan Harwood Grant Application. Susan Harwood Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGA). Read the entire Susan Harwood SGA Know what is required Address a single topic Review and understand the evaluation criteria. Work Plan.

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Helpful Tips for Improving Your Susan Harwood Grant Application

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  1. Helpful Tips for Improving Your Susan Harwood Grant Application

  2. Susan Harwood Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGA) Read the entire Susan Harwood SGA Know what is required Address a single topic Review and understand the evaluation criteria

  3. Work Plan • Should be organized and logical • Cover key aspects: • Personnel • Materials • Resources • Include realistic timelines

  4. Target Your Audience • Target one or more of OSHA’s emphasis populations • Serve multiple employers and employees • Only individuals covered by the OSH Act are eligible to receive grant-funded services • Develop the program at the audience’s level

  5. Recruiting • Is the recruiting plan feasible? • Can you show previous experience working with the target training audience? • Do you have support from intended audience? • Describe your advertising plan • Describe your Public Relations plan

  6. Course Content & Materials • Course should address all hazards (e.g., Construction Industry Focus Four hazards) • How will course content be developed? • Who will be involved? • Qualifications of involved personnel? • Plan for OSHA approval?

  7. Train-The-Trainer Plans • Include trainer and trainee plan • Describe the content of both types of training • Provide a reporting plan for conducting and documenting second-tier training • Be realistic regarding projections

  8. Tell Us How? • Quarterly training projections • Length of training sessions • Training locations • Evaluations

  9. Budget • Include detailed project budget backup document; break out program and administrative costs • Detailed budget should match the amounts on the SF 424A Form • 25% cap on administrative costs • Maximum open and free competition for all procurements/contracts

  10. Qualifications • Organization • Experience • Performance • Staff • Professional • Academic • Specialized experience

  11. General Guidance • Be specific, be concise • “Copy and Paste” applications for multiple topics are not recommended • Use the application document checklist • Avoid last minute applications • Proofread before submitting

  12. For Further Information Contact: Kimberly Mason, Program Analyst Occupational Safety and Health Administration Office of Training and Educational Programs HarwoodGrants@dol.gov 847-759-7700 (This is not a toll-free number)

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