Hazardous Materials Instructors and Commanders

HMIC Scholarships

US HEAT provides two HMIC scholarships each year.  Each scholarship covers the full cost of conference registration, hotel lodging for 3 nights (check in on the day before the conference and check out on the last day of the conference) and a $500 travel stipend (to be provided in the form of a check to the scholarship recipient’s organization after they attend, and return home from, the conference).  HMIC conference registration includes several networking sessions at no cost during the conference, and lunches on both training days.

Applications must be received between May 1st and June 30th in the same calendar year of the conference the applicants wish to attend.  The scholarships will be awarded, and the recipients notified, no later than July 31st of the same calendar year, their application packet is submitted in.

Eligibility requirements to apply for, and receive, a US HEAT HMIC Scholarship are:

• Must be a member of a public safety HazMat Team within a local, county, or state public safety or emergency management agency in the United States of America and be legally organized under state law.

• Must be currently serving as a HazMat Officer, Team Leader, Program Manager, Instructor, or Logistics Officer.

• Must demonstrate in the application essay section how you will use the information and knowledge gained at the conference to benefit your HazMat Team.

Request an application and additional information here or  via email here

 The application submission period is May 1st to June 30th each year and applications are only considered for a scholarship for the conference occurring in the year that they are submitted.  All applications are reviewed, assessed and scored by the US HEAT Scholarship Fund committee and the two applicants with the highest scores will be awarded a scholarship.  The scholarships will be awarded, and the recipients notified, no later than July 31st of the year their application packet is submitted in.  Scholarship awardees will be notified by phone and email that they have been awarded a US HEAT HMIC Scholarship.

After the initial notification, scholarship recipients will receive an email with a link and a code to allow them to register for the conference for free.  Once registered, room reservations at the host hotel will automatically be made for them by the conference staff.  Scholarship recipients will receive additional emails confirming their registration and room reservations.  Scholarship recipients are required to present a credit card to cover incidentals when they check-in at the hotel and upon check-out will be responsible for any costs or charges they incur during their stay other than the room cost.

Scholarship recipients agree that their name, department name, details from their application and all photos taken during the conference may be used by Safeware, Hazard 3 and/or US-HEAT for the purposes of promoting the scholarship program.