Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for NIEHS Worker Training Program's Hazardous Materials Worker Health and Safety Training (U45 - Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
Past Federal grant forecast Posted
- Opportunity number
- TEMP-31337
- Agency
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National Institutes of Health
Department of Health and Human Services
- Applications expected due
- Award size
- Not on record
Opportunity facts
- Expected posting
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Health
- Eligible applicants
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- Tribal Organizations (Not Federally Recognized)
- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Points of contact
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- Sharon Beard beard1@niehs.nih.gov (984) 287-3237
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is forecasting a Notice of Funding Opportunity for cooperative agreements to support the Hazardous Materials Worker Health and Safety Training Program under the Worker Training Program mandate (SARA Section 126(g)), with a formal NOFO publication date to be announced. The program funds classroom, online, and practical health and safety training for workers and supervisors engaged in hazardous waste generation, treatment, storage, disposal, removal, containment, transportation, or emergency response.
Eligible applicants are public or private 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations (excluding 501(c)(4)), higher education institutions (public and private), tribal governments (federally recognized), and tribal organizations (not federally recognized), that provide worker health and safety education and training. Clinical trials are not allowed under this activity code (U45).
The funding opportunity encompasses three distinct program areas: the core Hazardous Waste Worker Training Program (HWWTP), which is required, plus two optional programs — the Environmental Career Worker Training Program (ECWTP) and the Hazmat Disaster Preparedness Training Program (HDPTP). Collaborative applications combining expertise in industrial hygiene and environmental exposures are encouraged.
Review criteria emphasize target worker population identification and program impact; organizational performance history in worker health and safety training; detailed curricula development and instructor training plans; technical expertise of program staff; evaluation methods; facility and equipment adequacy for hands-on instruction; likelihood of program continuation beyond the grant period; reasonableness of activities; and multi-region impact.
The Assistance Listing is 93.142. Recent cooperative agreements in this program have ranged from $1.26 million to $4.05 million over five-year terms, supporting training of 17,500 to 30,000 workers annually across multiple sites.
Forecast synopsis
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) intends to publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to solicit applications for the NIEHS Worker Training Program's Hazardous Materials Worker Health and Safety Training Program (U45 Clinical Trials Not Allowed).
The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), Section126(g), authorizes an assistance program for training and education of workers engaged in activities related to hazardous waste generation, removal, containment or emergency response and hazardous materials transportation and emergency response. The United States Congress assigned responsibility for administering this program to the NIEHS, an Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the US Department of Health and Human Services (US DHHS).
This funding opportunity will utilize the U45 activity code to provide support for the development of health and safety training of workers exposed to hazardous materials. This consists of classroom, online, and practical health and safety training for workers and their supervisors, who are engaged in activities related to hazardous materials, hazardous waste generation, treatment, storage, disposal, removal, containment, transportation, or emergency response. This NOFO lists three distinct program areas: Hazardous Waste Worker Training Program (HWWTP), the Environmental Career Worker Training Program (ECWTP), and the Hazmat Disaster Preparedness Training Program (HDPTP). The core program is the HWWTP and is required in order to add the other two optional programs. Investigators with expertise and insights into this area of occupational health and safety education and training are encouraged to begin to consider applying for this new NOFO. In addition, collaborative investigations combining expertise in industrial hygiene and environmental exposures will be encouraged and these investigators should also begin considering applying for this application.
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