The New Jersey Emergency Preparedness Association (NJEPA) is 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 municipal emergency managers or municipal 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, particularly local, are tight to support the minimum needs of the local emergency management office.
This scholarship program is designed to ease the financial commitment of the local emergency manager, or local emergency management staff member, in obtaining the NJCEM. This will hopefully free up funding to support other local community objectives.
This Scholarship has been developed in Partnership with the New Jersey Emergency Management Association
2026 NJCEM Scholarship Applications will open Janurary 1st.
Scholarship Application Requirements:
- Serve as the local emergency manager, or emergency management staff member, of your municipality in good standing.
- Complete the Standard or Experience NJCEM application within the six (6) months prior to the closing date of the scholarship application. 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. If the scholarship is not used within the six months, 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 local jurisdiction. 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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