The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded a $430,394 firm-fixed-price contract to The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) to characterize submicron- and nano-scale coal dusts and their effects on miners' pneumoconiosis and lung cancer. The contract has an ultimate completion date of August 26, 2022. Penn State, a public research university and one of the nation's first land-grant institutions, regularly serves as a prime contractor, subcontractor, and grant recipient for federal agencies across areas like defense, space, agriculture, health, and education. In addition to this coal dust research contract, Penn State holds other federal awards, including a $155 million delivery order from the Navy for R&D services and an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for electronic-grade diamond substrates. The contract does not use a set-aside designation.
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