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RFA-OH-26-016: Extension of the World Trade Center Health Registry (U50)

Closed Closed February 20, 2026 Opportunity RFA-OH-26-016 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: Exploratory/Developmental Grants Related to the World Trade Center Health Program (R21) (RFA-OH-26-015). Status: Closes December 8, 2026 (31 days left). It is in our archive of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA notices from 2025.

• Award ceiling$9.5 million
• Total funding$47.4 million
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to any type of organization.

Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) are not eligible to apply. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply. Foreign components, as defined in the HHS Grants Policy Statement, are not allowed.

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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 $9.5 million per award.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

In 2002, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the New York City Health Department established the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Registry with the goal of monitoring the health of people directly exposed to the 9/11 WTC disaster. The purpose of this announcement is to solicit meritorious and scientifically rigorous research applications that address the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act mandate to extend the Registry developed and managed by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This will ensure ongoing data collection for victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the WTC. The WTC Health Registry will continue to provide a central, unified database to assess long-term health and well-being effects among persons exposed to the 9/11 WTC disaster. The Registry identifies long-term physical and mental health effects of the 9/11 WTC disaster; disseminates findings and recommendations to enrollees and others exposed, the public, and the scientific community; shares information about 9/11 related resources and services; and informs healthcare policy and disaster response planning.

Category: Health.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, RFA-OH-26-015, which is open now.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.