# UW-Stout M.S. Risk Control and Safety Management Program Enhancement

> **NIH ALLCDC T03** · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STOUT · 2022 · $111,574

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
Curricular and Instructional Enhancement of the M.S. in Risk Control and Safety Management Program
 PI/Program Director: Brian Finder, DIT, CIH
finderb@uwstout.edu
Program Characteristics and Grant Purpose
This reapplication is for a training program grant which will support the University of Wisconsin-Stout’s
M.S. Risk Control and Safety Management program. This graduate program was initiated in 1974 as a
M.S. Safety degree and was changed to M.S. Risk Control in 1990 to reflect the needs, expectations and
challenges of individuals who work the field of worker safety/health, property and environmental
protection. The program’s total asset protection perspective requires students to be competent beyond
simply understanding safety practices and regulatory compliance. The philosophy of risk control attempts
to elevate and integrate the technical areas of safety engineering, industrial hygiene and environmental
protection from lower operations issues to being upper management-level concerns. In 2020, the program
name was further modified to M.S. Risk Control and Safety Management to clarify its strong employee
protection focus. The program’s mission is to preserve tomorrow's workforce and their communities by
instilling risk control and safety management-based principles, knowledge, and skills into the students to
promote the protection of employee, property and environmental-based assets. The program has produced
559 graduates since its inception and recent annual enrollments range between 25 and 30 students. The
program offers traditional face-to-face on-campus weekday evening classes which are augmented with an
online instructional teleconferencing system to deliver live lectures to distance-based students.
The purpose of this grant is to enhance the curriculum and instruction of the Master of Science Degree in
Risk Control and Safety Management program at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. The specific focus
of the enhancement effort involves financial assistance in recruitment of qualified students, faculty
teaching flexibility and development, and instructional support.
Trainees
Individuals with undergraduate degrees in engineering, technology, chemistry, and biological sciences as
well as management and business backgrounds are recruited into the M.S. in Risk Control and Safety
Management program. A significant emphasis is placed on recruiting individuals from underrepresented
and underserved groups.
Training Facilities
The primary training facility is the University of Wisconsin-Stout campus consists of classrooms and
laboratories. Local industrial facilities are also used for application exercises.
Summary of How Funds Were Appropriated
Since 7/1/2016, the grant funds which were provided to UW-Stout by NIOSH were used to operationally
enhance the M.S. in Risk Control and Safety Management. Scholarships, stipends and professional
development opportunities were provided to 21 different graduate trainees. Funding for a one-third time
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## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10458446
- **Project number:** 5T03OH008402-17
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STOUT
- **Principal Investigator:** Brian James Finder
- **Activity code:** T03 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** ALLCDC
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $111,574
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2021-07-01 → 2026-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10458446

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10458446, UW-Stout M.S. Risk Control and Safety Management Program Enhancement (5T03OH008402-17). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10458446. Licensed CC0.

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