Cooperative Research Agreements Related to the World Trade Center Health Program (U01)
Open Posted
- Opportunity number
- RFA-OH-26-001
- Agency
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Department of Health and Human Services
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $550,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Health
- Eligible applicants
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- County Governments
- Independent School Districts
- Small Businesses
- For Profit Organizations
- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- City/Township Governments
- Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Public or Indian Housing Auth.
- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Special District Governments
- Tribal Organizations (Not Federally Recognized)
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Unrestricted
- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- State Governments
- Points of contact
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- James Yiin jcy5@cdc.gov (513) 841-4271
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is soliciting cooperative agreement applications for research addressing physical and mental health conditions related to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, with applications due December 8, 2026, and two additional rolling deadlines on June 23, 2026, and October 26, 2027.
Eligible applicants include state and local governments, institutions of higher education (public and private), nonprofits with and without 501(c)(3) status, for-profit organizations, and faith-based organizations. Non-domestic entities and non-U.S. components of U.S. organizations are not eligible.
NIOSH expects to award approximately 30 cooperative agreements over three years, totaling $16.5 million ($5.5 million per budget period). Individual awards provide up to $550,000 per budget period in direct costs for projects lasting up to three years. Award start dates align with application cycles: September 1, 2026; July 1, 2027; or July 1, 2028.
Research must address at least one of four core objectives: improving diagnosis and treatment activities of the World Trade Center Health Program, expanding knowledge about 9/11-related health effects, answering critical questions about physical and mental health conditions, or applying lessons learned to improve public health response in future disasters. Eligible focus populations include enrolled FDNY responders, general responders, certified-eligible survivors under treatment, and less-exposed WTC populations. Proposed research areas include screening, diagnostic, treatment, prevention, quality-of-life, omics, and epidemiological research.
Applications require a PHS 398 Research Plan with an 8-page research strategy limit, budget justification, human subjects documentation, and letters of support. Merit review occurs at two levels, evaluating significance, investigator qualifications, innovation, strategy, and environment, followed by secondary review considering program priorities and portfolio balance.
The cooperative agreement involves substantial CDC programmatic involvement including protocol review, analysis oversight, and project monitoring through conference calls, site visits, and grantee meetings. Awards comply with 2 CFR 200 and the HHS Grants Policy Statement.
Assistance Listing: 93.262.
Synopsis
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) supports research projects that address: (1) physical and mental health conditions related to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks; (2) diagnosing conditions for which there has been diagnostic uncertainty; and (3) treating conditions for which there has been treatment uncertainty. Conditions may have emerged since the treatment program began or since the WTC Health Program was established. This announcement solicits meritorious and scientifically rigorous applications that will: 1) improve diagnosis and treatment activities of the WTC Health Program; 2) expand knowledge about health effects related to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks; 3) answer critical questions about WTC-related physical and mental health conditions; and 4) apply lessons learned to improve response to future disasters. Potential projects may include, but are not limited to: (a) Screening research to evaluate current methods or facilitate the development of new or improved methods to detect disorders or health conditions; (b) Diagnostic research to evaluate current methods or facilitate the development of new or improved methods to identify diseases, disorders, or conditions; (c) Treatment research to evaluate or identify improved treatment interventions or methods, or to promote development of new or novel approaches; (d) Prevention research to identify or evaluate methods and interventions that prevent or mitigate the development or recurrence of diseases or disorders; (e) Quality of life research to identify, develop, or evaluate methods or interventions that improve comfort and quality of life for individuals with chronic illness or multimorbidity; (f) Omics research to improve methods for predicting disorders by identifying and understanding relationships between genes and illness (e.g., phenotypes and biomarkers), including how genetic factors influence disease development or response to treatment; (g) Epidemiologic or clinical research to identify patterns, causes, and control of adverse health effects among the 9/11-exposed population; (h) Health services research to examine access to care, cost of care, and outcomes associated with care delivery; (i) Implementation research to evaluate how research findings are disseminated, adopted, implemented, sustained, and scaled in real-world settings; and (j) Epidemiologic research to investigate emerging conditions where preliminary data suggest, but do not confirm, a causal relationship between 9/11 exposure and the condition. Examples can be found at https://www.cdc.gov/wtc/received.html.
Eligibility
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.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
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| rfa-oh-26-001_rev7.pdf | ||
| PKG00292742.pdf |
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