Funder: Ohio Department of Higher Education
Due Dates (Anticipated): July 2027 (Proposal submission)
Funding Amounts: FY2027: up to $950,000 total; $50,000 per institution proposal or $75,000 for two eligible institutions
Summary: Supports Ohio higher-education institutions in enhancing campus security and preventing or mitigating threats to students and student organizations.
Key Information: Physical-security requests require a separate Security Vulnerability Assessment submission to the Ohio School Safety Center, not ODHE.
Description
The Ohio Department of Higher Education (ODHE) administers the Campus Student Safety Grant Program to help Ohio institutions of higher education foster safe and respectful educational environments. The program supports campus security improvements and initiatives that prevent or mitigate violent crime, terror attacks, hate crimes, and harassment affecting students and student organizations. Funding priority goes to institutions demonstrating increased threats.
Supported approaches include de-escalation and mediation training for campus-affiliated law enforcement or security, expanded threat-reporting and communication software, collaborative student-safety programs, physical-security improvements, and additional security for events, programs, or speakers. Institutions may partner with institutionally sanctioned student organizations, nonprofits, and other higher-education institutions. The FY2027 funding terms and requirements below describe the published cycle.
