The New Jersey Emergency Preparedness Association (NJEPA) is once again excited to partner with the New Jersey Emergency Management Association (NJEMA) to further both organization’s missions to effect positive change in the emergency management community within the State of New Jersey.
As part of NJEPA’s specific mission, to provide professional level training and collaboration, we are pleased to announce that NJEPA will provide scholarships to New Jersey’s emergency managers or emergency management staff members to offset the cost of initial certification as a New Jersey Certified Emergency Manager (NJCEM), administered by NJEMA. As emergency management professionals, we realize the importance of keeping up to date on training and exercising as well as enhancing necessary skills to support the members of our communities during times of disaster or emergency. We also realize that budgets are tight to support the minimum needs of an emergency management office.
This scholarship program is designed to ease the financial commitment of emergency managers, or emergency management staff members, around the State in obtaining the NJCEM. This will hopefully free up funding to support other community objectives.
This Scholarship has been developed in Partnership with the New Jersey Emergency Management Association
Click here for more information or to submit an application for 2026.
Scholarship Application Requirements:
- Serve as an emergency manager, or emergency management staff member, of your municipal, county, or State agency office in good standing.
- Complete the Standard or Experience NJCEM application within ten (10) months prior to the closing date of the scholarship application. The inclusive dates to submit an NJCEM application to NJEMA will be May 1st through March 31st, ending prior to the NJEPA Conference. Note: The NJCEM is a commitment to your community in time as well as money. This scholarship can serve as a reimbursement for those who have completed the application and received certification prior to the application or be used to pay for a pending certification. If the scholarship is not used within six months of award, it will be forfeited.
- Attend the New Jersey Emergency Preparedness Conference at least twice in the past five (5) years. Applicants should plan on attending this year’s conference as one of the two.
- Scholarships will be limited to ten (10) per year.
- This scholarship does not guarantee certification as a NJCEM, it is intended only to provide some financial support to those applicants selected by NJEMA.
- This scholarship is only available to individuals completing the NJCEM process without financial support from their jurisdiction or agency. Agencies will not be reimbursed.
The link above provides full details for the NJCEM Scholarship Program.
This includes: the overview of the program, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) as well as the portal to submit your application.
We look forward to seeing your application!
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