Established by the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006, the Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety Grants program honors 25 miners who perished in disasters in 2001.
That was when 13 men died in the disaster at the Jim Walter Resources Inc.’s No. 5 Mine in Brookwood, Alabama, in 2001 and 12 men who died after an explosion at Wolf Run Mining Company’s Sago Mine in Tallmansville, West Virginia in 2006.
This competitive grant program provides funding for education and training programs. This way organizations can better identify, avoid, and prevent unsafe working conditions in and around mines. Moreover, grantees will use these funds to establish and implement education and training programs. Additionally, they can create training materials and programs on MSHA-identified safety priorities.
Administered by the Labor Department’s Mine Safety and Health Administration, the grants will fund education and training programs focused on effective emergency response and recovery training in various types of mining conditions.
Organizations must submit applications by August 31, 2026. MSHA will award grants on or before September 30.
Click here to learn more or submit a grant application.
The 2025 recipients of the Brookwood-Sago Grant Awards were: University of Arizona, Pennsylvania State University, and South Dakota School of Mines & Technology.