ANNAPOLIS, MD - Governor Wes Moore today announced that the Maryland Higher Education Commission has awarded $18.75 million in campus safety grants to Maryland’s colleges and universities. The grants will help facilitate on-campus public safety infrastructure improvements.

“Public safety is our administration’s number one priority,” said Gov. Moore. “These grants will enable our institutions of higher education to invest further in infrastructure that will help make our campuses safer for students, faculty, and staff.”

Administered through the Maryland Higher Education Commission’s Campus Safety Grant program, projects or initiatives eligible for the funds include campus security assessments and recommendations; implementation of enhanced security operations and mechanisms; and emergency management planning. Awardees are required to track and measure program outputs and outcomes via quarterly performance measure and financial reports, submitted to the Maryland Higher Education Commission. 

“The Maryland Higher Education Commission is a diligent partner in meeting the public safety needs of Maryland’s institutions,” said Maryland Higher Education Commission Secretary Dr. Sanjay Rai. “We must continue to uplift our institutions of higher education to ensure our students, faculty, and staff have ideal learning and working environments.”

Institutions that received funding include:

- Anne Arundel Community College
- Bowie State University
- Carroll Community College
- Chesapeake College
- College of Southern Maryland
- Community College of Baltimore County
- Coppin State University
- Frostburg State University
- Goucher College
- Hagerstown Community College
- Harford Community College
- Hood College
- Johns Hopkins University
- Loyola University of Maryland
- Maryland Institute College of Art
- McDaniel University
- Montgomery College
- Morgan State University
- Mount St. Mary's University
- Notre Dame University of Maryland
- Prince George's Community College
- Salisbury University
- St. John's College
- St. Mary's College of Maryland
- Stevenson University
- Towson University
- University of Baltimore
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
- University of Maryland Baltimore County
- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
- University of Maryland College Park
- University of Maryland Eastern Shore
- University of Maryland Global Campus
- Washington College 
- Washington Adventist University
- Wor-Wic Community College

For more information about the Maryland Higher Education Commission’s institutional and organizational funding opportunities, visit mhec.maryland.gov.