FY 2008 Competitive Training Grant Program (CTGP) 

Overview 
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal 
Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) The Fiscal Year 2008 Competitive 
Competitive Training Grant Program (CTGP) is an Training Grant Program will 
important component of the Administration’s larger, provide approximately $27.2 
coordinated effort to strengthen homeland security million to address high priority 
preparedness. The CTGP awards funds to national homeland security 
competitively selected applicants to develop and deliver training needs to prevent, protect 
innovative training programs addressing high priority against, respond to, and recover 
national homeland security training needs. The CTGP from acts of terrorism and/or 
demonstrates FEMA’s commitment to work closely catastrophic events. 
with the nation’s homeland security stakeholders in a 
unified national effort to continuously expand training 

opportunities that address the evolving national risk environment. The CTGP supports 
objectives addressed in a series of post 9/11 laws, such as Section 648(a) of the Post Katrina 
Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006, and other strategy documents, such as the 
National Preparedness Guidelines and Homeland Security Presidential Directives (HSPDs). 

Purpose 

The purpose of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 CTGP awards is to fund competitively selected 
applicants who will develop and deliver innovative training programs addressing high priority 
national homeland security training needs. 

Funding 

The FY 2008 CTGP will provide approximately $27.2 million. 

Eligibility 

Entities eligible to receive FY 2008 CTGP funding include: state, local, tribal, and territorial 
governments; national associations, non-profit organizations, higher education institutions and 
private sector businesses as part of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 Competitive Training Grant 
Program (CTGP). This organizations and for-profits with a demonstrable expertise relevant to 
the focus area for which grant funding is being requested; non-profit higher education 
institutions with existing programs which address the focus area for which grant funding is 
requested; and nonprofits, including community and faith-based organizations, with a 
demonstrable expertise relevant to focus area for which grant funding is requested. 

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How to Apply 

Beginning May 19, 2008, eligible entities may apply for funding through the Grants.gov portal, 
accessible on the Internet at http://www.grants.gov. Applications can be received no later than 

8:00 p.m. EST June 9, 2008. Registering with Grants.gov is a one-time process; however, if you 
are a first time registrant, it could take three-five business days to have your registration 
validated and confirmed, and to receive your user name and password. It is highly recommended 
that you start the registration process as early as possible. 
Program Highlights 

This year, five important focus areas have been identified for applicants to use in the 
development of their application and concept paper: 

• 
Intelligence / Information Sharing and Dissemination; 
• 
Critical Infrastructure Protection; 
• 
Regional Collaboration; 
• 
Citizen Preparedness and Participation; and 
• 
Citizen Evacuation and/or Shelter-In-Place. 
Interested applicants will propose a national-scope training program for one of the focus areas 
and submit applications through the http://www.grants.gov website. Training should be designed 
for, and delivered to, appropriate state and local personnel with Homeland Security related 
responsibilities. The audience for training should be identified by applicants in their proposals. 
Awards will have a funding period not to exceed 36 months. 

Peer Review Process and Evaluation Criteria 

DHS has established a two-step application process for CTGP. The first step involves the 
submission of an application on Grants.gov that includes a 9-page national training concept 
paper. Applicants competitively selected during this step will be invited to submit a more 
detailed national training proposal (step two). 

Concept papers will be reviewed and evaluated for adherence to content and format requirements 
as established in the Fiscal Year 2008 CTGP Program Guidance and Application Kit. Awardees 
will be determined following an independent subject matter expert evaluation and panel review 
of full proposals consisting of representatives from academia, industry, or federal government 
organizations, along with practitioners from Federal, State, and local criminal justice and public 
safety agencies. 

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