Public Safety Management Scholarships
Earn a Career as a First Responder or a High-level Safety Professional
Public Safety and Emergency Management have taken center stage in many areas of national and local governments. Between terrorist threats, natural disasters and school shootings, new emphasis has been placed on being prepared.
Students and professionals will find college programs, continuing education workshops and courses, as well as conferences that deliver cutting-edge information for specialists in all related fields.
Professionals in Public Safety Management may work as administrators in law enforcement, public health administration, private business and industry, as firefighters and first responders, and in high-level security jobs. The field is being modified and there is a renewed demand for highly trained professionals with college degrees.
Scholarship Programs
Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs offers a degree in Public Safety Management. The program makes sense of disparate public administration departments relative to health, law enforcement, and finance by pulling together aspects of each that figure prominently in any well-designed emergency management program. Besides general scholarships from IU, students in the major are most suited for the New SPEA Student Scholarship. Freshmen and transfer students declaring a major in the department, including the Public Safety Management degree, may qualify for $500. Applicants must be in the top tier of their class to qualify.
The Hoosier Safety Scholarship is sponsored by the Indiana Department of Homeland Security and is awarded to students pursuing a program of study that prepares them for careers in public safety and emergency management. Applicants must be enrolled in a college or university in Indiana. Awards are up to $2,000.
The Public Risk Management Association (PRIMA) sponsors student scholarships that offer travel expenses to the annual PRIMA conference. The PRIMA Student Scholarship Awards are competitive and provide for four students at the conference. Professional conferences are an integral part of student education and offer a collegial arena in which to meet industry professionals as well as keep up-to-date with the latest industry education and information.
The Mary Fran Myers Scholarship is open to students and professionals in natural disasters careers who require financial support for the Hazards Research and Applications Workshop. The program is funded through the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado-Boulder. Past recipients have been from highly specialized studies and careers such as public safety for the disabled and natural disaster preparedness in relation to physical structures.
Rhode Island Interlocal Risk Management Trust is dedicated to encouraging and supporting the profession of public safety and risk management. Students and professionals may apply for up the organization's $2,000 scholarships that offer aid to attend industry conferences, continuing education courses or that can be put toward college tuition. Applicants must be members and able to describe their need for the scholarship in an articulate essay.
The ASIS Scholarship is specifically awarded to a student enrolled at the University of Houston Downtown's department of Criminal Justice. Applicants must be outstanding masters level students majoring in Security Management.
The Association of Public Safety Communications Officials-International (APCO) supports the mission of public safety personnel who work in the area of communications. Communications is a critical link in the PS sector where an array of cooperating, but disparate departments must be able to have full technical contact, especially during emergencies.
- The Silent Key Scholarship provides continuing education monies to professionals who work it the field of communications. $500 awards are to be used for professional conferences and seminars and must be approved by APCO.
- The CAC Scholarships are funded by corporate partners and are available for industry professionals pursuing courses in Public Safety especially the area of communications.
The Beechgrove Professional Firefighter's Association in Indiana supports local students who are pursuing college degrees in public safety, management, law enforcement and related programs. Recipients are awarded $500 for the Public Safety Scholarships. Applicants must be academically outstanding and committed to a career in a public safety field.
