Environmental Health Specialists Network (EHS-Net) Practice-based Research to Improve Food Safety
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- RFA-EH-25-011
- Agency
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Department of Health and Human Services
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $200,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Health
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
- State Governments
- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Tribal Organizations (Not Federally Recognized)
- Public or Indian Housing Auth.
- For Profit Organizations
- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- County Governments
- City/Township Governments
- Unrestricted
- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- Special District Governments
- Small Businesses
- Independent School Districts
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is seeking applicants for the Environmental Health Specialists Network (EHS-Net) Practice-based Research to Improve Food Safety program under the Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response grant (CFDA 93.070). The program aims to develop and sustain a network of environmental health program staff, epidemiologists, and other public health professionals to conduct research identifying foodborne illness risk factors in retail food establishments and ways to reduce those risks. Applicants must propose to develop and conduct at least one individual site retail food safety project, manage and analyze the data, and disseminate findings. They must also plan to conduct environmental assessments during foodborne outbreak investigations and report the data to CDC's National Environmental Assessment Reporting System (NEARS). The application deadline is December 2, 2024.
The total program funding is up to $10 million, with up to 10 cooperative agreement awards expected to be issued by August 29, 2025. The maximum funding per applicant per budget period is $200,000. Eligible applicants include state, local, and tribal government organizations, higher education institutions, and non-profit organizations. The funded activities would be performed at the recipients' locations across the United States.
Synopsis
2 versions
Update #2 · Latest ·
The Environmental Health Specialists Network (EHS-Net) supports programs in public health departments to: (1) As a funded member of EHS-Net, collaborate with other EHS-Net recipients and partners to develop and conduct multisite research projects focused on improving retail food safety; (2) Develop and conduct individual research projects focused on improving retail food safety. These projects will be unique to each recipient's needs; and (3) Include an environmental health component in foodborne outbreak investigations and report data from outbreak investigations to CDC's National Environmental Assessment Reporting System (NEARS). You must be able to collaborate with epidemiology and laboratory staff in your health departments or in other agencies that conduct foodborne outbreak investigations. Environmental health programs are typically responsible for retail food safety in their jurisdictions; foodborne outbreaks commonly occur in retail food establishments such as restaurants, delis, and caterers. Thus, the focus of these research and investigation efforts is retail food safety. We will award recipients for the first 12 months. We expect to award four more separate 12-month budget periods after that. Those separate budget period awards depend on whether funds are available and whether the recipient's progress is satisfactory. Key activities include: 1) Practice-based research with a focus on retail food establishments; 2) Foodborne outbreak investigation; and 3) Collaboration with other EHS-Net recipients. Topics of interest include: a) Food safety management systems; b) Foodborne illness risk factors and practices that contribute to outbreaks, such as sick workers, inadequate temperature control of food, and cleaning and sanitizing; c) Interventions to reduce foodborne illness risk factors; d) Norovirus prevention and investigation; e) Cottage food and food freedom regulations; and f) Restaurant inspection and outbreak investigation practices.
Update #1 ·
The Environmental Health Specialists Network (EHS-Net) supports programs in public health departments to: (1) As a funded member of EHS-Net, collaborate with other EHS-Net recipients and partners to develop and conduct multisite research projects focused on improving retail food safety; (2) Develop and conduct individual research projects focused on improving retail food safety. These projects will be unique to each recipient's needs; and (3) Include an environmental health component in foodborne outbreak investigations and report data from outbreak investigations to CDC's National Environmental Assessment Reporting System (NEARS). You must be able to collaborate with epidemiology and laboratory staff in your health departments or in other agencies that conduct foodborne outbreak investigations. Environmental health programs are typically responsible for retail food safety in their jurisdictions; foodborne outbreaks commonly occur in retail food establishments such as restaurants, delis, and caterers. Thus, the focus of these research and investigation efforts is retail food safety. We will award recipients for the first 12 months. We expect to award 4 more separate 12-month budget periods after that. Those separate budget period awards depend on whether funds are available and whether the recipient's progress is satisfactory. Key activities include: 1) Practice-based research with a focus on retail food establishments; 2) Foodborne outbreak investigation; and 3) Collaboration with other EHS-Net recipients. Topics of interest include: a) Food safety management systems; b) Foodborne illness risk factors and practices that contribute to outbreaks, such as sick workers, inadequate temperature control of food, and cleaning and sanitizing; c) Interventions to reduce foodborne illness risk factors; d) Norovirus prevention and investigation; e) Cottage food and food freedom regulations; and f) Restaurant inspection and outbreak investigation practices.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
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| rfa-eh-25-011_v5_20241114.pdf | ||
| RFA EH-25-011 Questions and Answers FINAL.pdf | ||
| rfa-eh-25-011_v5.pdf |
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