EMS Workforce Grant Scholarship Program
Funding Amount
Up to $350,000 (total program funding from 2023)
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
Program Type: Workforce development and training scholarship
Funding Source: Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) - $350,000 awarded in 2023
Geographic Scope: Michigan (statewide focus, addressing rural paramedic shortage)
Purpose:
- Address critical shortage of paramedics statewide
- Increase accessibility to EMS education programming
- Specifically support paramedic training programs
- Develop EMS workforce in rural Michigan
Target Audience: Individuals training in emergency medical services; paramedic students
Focus Areas:
- Paramedic training and certification
- EMS workforce development
- Rural EMS accessibility
Contact:
- Alli Burke, EMS Programs Manager
- Email: allison.burke@affiliate.msu.edu
- Phone: 269-380-6696
- Or Andrea Abbas, EMS Programs Manager
- Email: andrea.abbas@affiliate.msu.edu
- Phone: (517) 355-7757
How to Apply
Application Process
Specific application procedures and requirements not detailed in provided website content. Contact EMS Programs Manager for current details on:
- Eligibility requirements
- Application timeline and deadlines
- Required materials
- Award amounts and terms
What Michigan Center for Rural Health actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 82
- Total given
- $2.21M
- Median grant
- $12K
- Range
- $7,713–$250K
- By dollars: Michigan 100%. Top recipient cities: Escanaba, MI; Allegan, MI; Coldwater, MI.
- 4% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Beaver Island RHC · Beaver Island, MI
$250K
Mackinac Island Medical Center · Mackinac Island, MI
$250K
Drummond Island Medical Center · Drummond Island, MI
$173K
Medic 1 Community Emergency Service · Benton Harbor, MI
$152K
Thornapple Township Fire Department · Middleville, MI
$74K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Workforce development
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