Grant & Scholarship Opportunities

Don’t miss out on Public Entity Partners’ current and upcoming grant & scholarship opportunities!

2025 Risk & Insurance Symposium Scholarship

Public Entity Partners is proud to introduce a new scholarship opportunity for members to attend the 2025 Risk & Insurance Symposium.

We recognize that travel and budget constraints can make professional development difficult for many local government employees. To help ease that burden, we are awarding 20 scholarships of $500 each to qualifying members to support attendance at this year’s annual conference.

Eligible reimbursable expenses include:

• Hotel accommodations
• Mileage

Please note: This is a reimbursement-based program. Selected recipients must submit paid receipts, invoices or other proof of expenses before funds will be disbursed.

As a condition of accepting the scholarship, each recipient will serve as the official voting delegate for their entity during the PEP Board of Directors election on Thursday, Oct. 2.

Applications will be accepted through Aug. 1, 2025.

To learn more about this scholarship opportunity, please click here.   

Judy Housley Safety Partners Grant

The Judy Housley Safety Partners Grant opened on Tuesday, July 1, and will accept applications through Friday, Aug. 15.

The goal of this grant is to keep member employees injury-free by providing them with the proper safety equipment and training. Please note that this grant is only available to members with workers’ compensation coverage.

PRIMA Institute Scholarship

PE Partners’ PRIMA Institute Scholarship will be accepting applications starting Monday, July 14, through Friday, Aug. 1.

PRIMA Institute (PI25) is an educational program for new and seasoned risk professionals who seek to learn more about emerging trends and best practices, and gain insight into current management techniques.

PE Partners will reimburse three selected recipients up to $2,000 each to attend the PI25 in Columbus, Ohio, on Oct. 20-24. To learn more about PI25, please click here.

Property Conservation Grant

The Property Conservation Grant opens on Monday, July 28, and will close on Friday, Sept. 19.

This grant provides funding for property loss prevention and control items, such as lightning protection, security fencing, sprinkler head cages and more. To be eligible to receive this grant, your organization must carry its property insurance through PE Partners.

TnPRIMA State Conference Scholarship

The TnPRIMA State Conference Scholarship opens on Friday, Aug. 1, and will close on Friday, Aug. 29.

This scholarship provides support for members to attend TnPRIMA and aims to promote professional public risk management by providing greater education, training and peer networking opportunities to risk managers, safety directors and other staff with risk management responsibilities. 

PE Partners will award six scholarships, reimbursing up to $600 in financial assistance each for qualified individuals to attend the 22025 Tennessee Public Risk Management Association (TnPRIMA) State Conference.

Our grants and scholarships programs are designed to provide financial assistance to our members, enabling them to acquire safety and loss prevention tools, equipment and services to reduce claims.

For more details on our grant program, click here. To explore our scholarship opportunities, click here. You can also visit our website for additional information on all grants and scholarships.

If you have any questions about any of the grants or scholarships we offer, please contact Tahtia Mitchell at TMitchell@PEpartners.org.