Commercial Fishing Occupational Safety Research Cooperative Agreement (U01)
Open Posted
- Opportunity number
- RFA-OH-22-005
- Agency
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Department of Health and Human Services
- Applications due
- Award size
- $150,000 to $975,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Health
- Eligible applicants
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- County Governments
- State Governments
- Special District Governments
- Public or Indian Housing Auth.
- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Tribal Organizations (Not Federally Recognized)
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Independent School Districts
- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- City/Township Governments
- For Profit Organizations
- Other
- Small Businesses
- Points of contact
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- Bridgette Garrett bgarrett@cdc.gov (770) 488-5715
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is soliciting applications for the Commercial Fishing Occupational Safety Research Cooperative Agreement with an application deadline of January 31, 2028. Each award requires a mandatory 25% non-Federal cost match calculated as a percentage of total proposed costs.
Eligible applicants include state and local governments, federally recognized Native American tribal governments and organizations, public and private institutions of higher education (including HBCUs and Hispanic-serving institutions), nonprofits with and without 501(c)(3) status, for-profit organizations, small businesses, federal agencies, and U.S. territories. Foreign organizations and foreign components of U.S. organizations are ineligible.
NIOSH anticipates funding approximately 20 awards totaling $19.5 million, with individual awards up to $975,000 per 36-month project period. Research must address occupational safety for workers in the commercial fishing industry, including vessel and deck equipment design improvements, emergency and protective equipment development, fishing process optimization, vessel monitoring systems, and communication and weather detection technologies. Applicants must demonstrate how their research addresses the research-to-practice approach, NORA Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing objectives, and safety standards under 46 U.S.C. 4502(j).
The program is authorized under the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-281) and amended by the Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-281). NIOSH administers the program under a Memorandum of Understanding with the U.S. Coast Guard, signed May 17, 2018. Applications must use FORMS-H packages and be submitted electronically through Grants.gov by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on January 31, 2028. Letters of Intent are due December 28, 2022. The Research Strategy is limited to 12 pages with supporting appendices not exceeding 10 PDF files totaling 100 pages. The estimated award start date is September 1, 2023. This opportunity is assigned to CFDA 93.262, Occupational Safety and Health Program.
Synopsis
The Fishing Safety Research Grant Program established by The Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-281), as amended by the Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-281), is intended to provide funding to individuals in academia, members of non-profit organizations and businesses involved in fishing and maritime matters, and other persons with expertise in commercial fishing safety. The funding will be used to support research on improving the occupational safety of workers in the commercial fishing industry. This includes: improving vessel design; developing and improving emergency and survival equipment; enhancing vessel monitoring systems; improving communication devices, de-icing technology, and severe weather detection. In order to support and administer the grant program, the Coast Guard and NIOSH signed a Memorandum of Understanding on May 17, 2018. While the Coast Guard, along with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), provides regulatory oversight for safety and health matters within the commercial fishing industry, NIOSH is an agency operating under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with the mission of generating new knowledge in occupational safety and health and transferring that knowledge into practice to prevent worker injury, illness and death. NIOSH conducts and funds scientific research, develops methods to prevent occupational hazards, develops guidance and authoritative recommendations, translates scientific knowledge into products and services, disseminates information, identifies factors underlying work-related disease and injury and responds to requests for workplace health hazard evaluations. NIOSH has an extensive history of conducting research to understand and to reduce hazards in the commercial fishing industry. This research has largely been conducted in close collaboration with crews, industry and the US Coast Guard. To learn more about NIOSH's work in commercial fishing safety and health, visit https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/fishing/default.html. Research objectives supported by NIOSH include, but are not limited to, the following: identification and investigation of the relationships between hazardous working conditions and associated occupational injuries and fatalities; development of more sensitive means of evaluating hazards at work sites; development of methods for measuring early markers of injuries and fatalities; development of new protective equipment and engineering control technology to reduce work-related injuries and fatalities; development of work practices that reduce the risks of occupational hazards; and evaluation of the technical feasibility or application of a new or improved occupational safety procedure, method, technique, or system, including assessment of economic and other factors that influence their diffusion and successful adoption in workplaces.
Eligibility
Entities involved in fishing and maritime matters, and those with expertise in commercial fishing safety.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| PKG00278821.pdf | ||
| Foa_Content_of_RFA-OH-22-005.pdf |
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