Grants / Department of Health and Human Services / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA

RFA-OH-22-001: Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Centers (T42)

Closed Closed October 21, 2023 Opportunity RFA-OH-22-001 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Centers (T42) (RFA-OH-25-002). Status: Closes October 26, 2028 (719 days left). It is in our archive of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA notices from 2021.

• Award ceiling$1.8 million
• Total funding$32.4 million
• Expected awards18
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments, tribes, small businesses and businesses.

U.S. Territory or Possessions Public Housing Authorities / Indian Housing Authorities Native American Tribal Organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) Faith-based or Community-based Organizations Regional Organizations

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Occupational Safety and Health Program awards averaged $1.9 million; this notice allows up to $1.8 million per award.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The purpose of this program is to support National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Education and Research Centers (ERCS) to address the burden of occupational safety and health (OSH) in the United States by providing state-of-the-art interdisciplinary training for the next generation of OSH practitioners and researchers. ERCs play a significant role in preparing the future OSH workforce to respond to new challenges posed by the changing nature of work. These changes are the result of technological advances, globalization, new and emerging risks, occupational health disparities associated with the changing demographics of the United State's workforce, and a myriad of other factors. NIOSH’s network of ERCs across the United States helps address these challenges and provide the next generation of OSH leadership to protect workers and ensure a healthier national workforce. The ERCs provide well-trained graduates to meet the demand for a professional OSH workforce for federal, state, and local government agencies; not-for-profit agencies; industry; academia; business; healthcare; and labor organizations. ERCs help meet our nation’s need for skilled, knowledgeable practitioners and researchers in OSH and enhance the diversity of the safety and health workforce. NIOSH ERCs help translate scientific discoveries into practice through effective education, training, and outreach. ERC trainees and key personnel collaborate with stakeholders to develop innovative approaches to improving workplace safety and health, by the translation of research to practice and prevention through design. Approach ERCs are located in accredited academic institutions across the country and provide graduate, post-graduate degree and academic certificate training in core and allied disciplines of OSH. ERCs also provide interdisciplinary research training to identify, assess, address, and improve OSH. ERCs conduct outreach to help improve knowledge and awareness of work-related safety and health issues, and they provide continuing education for OSH professionals. Through comprehensive, integrated programs, ERCs improve the safety and health of our nation’s workforce. Diversity and Inclusion. In June 2019, NIOSH began an initiative designed to help NIOSH take substantive action to create greater diversity and inclusion in its workforce, the workplace and in its service to the public.

Category: Health.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, RFA-OH-25-002, which is open now.

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