The Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006 established the Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety Grants Program. It was named in remembrance of 13 men who 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 to better identify, avoid, and prevent unsafe working conditions in and around mines. Grantees will use these funds to establish and implement education and training programs or to create training materials and programs on MSHA-identified safety priorities.
2023 Recipients of the Brookwood-Sago Grant Awards
- Marshall University Research Corp.
- Nevada System of Higher Education
- Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College
- Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy
- UMWA Career Centers Inc.
- University of Alabama
- University of Arizona
- University of Kentucky Research Foundation
- West Virginia University Research Corp.
2022 Recipients of the Brookwood-Sago Grant Awards
- University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa
- Arizona Board of Regents at the University of Arizona
- Hutchinson Community College
- Southeast Community and Technical College
- United Mine Workers of America Career Centers Inc.
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
- Western Dakota Technical College
- The University of Texas at Arlington
- Virginia Department of Energy
- West Virginia Research Corp
2021 Recipients of the Brookwood-Sago Grant Awards
- University of Arizona
- Colorado Department of Natural Resources
- Colorado School of Mines
- Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy
- Indiana University
- Minnesota International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 49
- West Virginia Marshall University
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
- Southeast Kentucky Community and Technology College
- University of Texas (4408)
- University of Texas (4607)
- Pennsylvania United Mine Workers of America (UMWA)
- West Virginia Research Corporation
2020 Recipients of the Brookwood-Sago Grant Awards
- University of Arizona
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
- United Mine Workers of America Career Centers, Inc.
- Colorado Department of Natural Resources
- Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy
- West Virginia University Research Corporation
2019 Recipients of the Brookwood-Sago Grant Awards
- Hutchinson Community College
- Penn State University
- United Mine Workers of America Career Centers, Inc.
- University of Arizona
- West Virginia University Research Corporation
2018 Recipients of the Brookwood-Sago Grant Awards
- United Mine Workers of America Career Centers, Inc.
- Pennsylvania State University
- West Virginia University Research Corporation
- Rend Lake College
2017 Recipients of the Brookwood-Sago Grant Awards
- Colorado Department of Natural Resources
- Illinois Eastern Community College
- Oconee Fall Line Technical College
- Pennsylvania State University
- Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy
2016 Recipients of the Brookwood-Sago Grant Awards
- University of Arizona
- West Virginia University
- Colorado Department of Natural Resources
- Virginia Department of Mines Minerals and Energy
- Colorado School of Mines
- Rend Lake College
2015 Recipients of the Brookwood-Sago Grant Awards
- Colorado School of Mines
- Colorado Department of Natural Resource
- University of Alaska
- University of Arizona
- Pennsylvania State University
- Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy
- Mine Workers of America Career Centers Inc.
Attention Applicants: For coordination with States, please visit MSHA’s State Grants Program page.