Hazardous Waste Worker Health and Safety Training Program – SBIR

The National Institutes of Health administers the Hazardous Waste Worker Health and Safety Training Program–SBIR (CFDA 93.WTS), a congressionally mandated Small Business Innovation Research program under the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 that funds development, dissemination, and commercialization of health and safety training products for workers exposed to hazardous materials.

The program funds novel approaches and tools that build worker capacity and improve understanding of environmental health topics, with emphasis on e-Learning innovation in occupational health and safety training. All funded products must directly support health and safety training for hazardous waste workers, skilled support personnel, emergency responders, and volunteers. Eligible topics include hazardous waste training, electronic and biological waste (infectious agents and organisms including vector-borne, bacterial, fungal, and parasitic organisms), and occupational exposure to materials and work processes.

Awards are structured as Small Business Innovation Research grants; the program does not offer support through the STTR mechanism. The program operates on a typically annual funding cycle. Applications undergo initial scientific and technical evaluation through an initial review group and the National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council, with final selections made in alignment with NIH Unified Funding Strategies and NIEHS strategic priorities. Applicants may appeal programmatic or procedural aspects of application review through established NIH Peer Review Appeal procedures. Renewal eligibility is specified in each NOFO. Financial records must be retained for three years from submission of the final financial status report.

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