[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 76 (Tuesday, April 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19728-19733]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10471]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
[Program Announcement 98045; (Former Announcement Number 123)]
Grants for Education Programs in Occupational Safety and Health;
Notice of Availability of Funds for Fiscal Year 1999
Introduction
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces that
applications are being accepted for fiscal year (FY) 1999 training
grants in occupational safety and health. The purpose of these grants
is to provide an adequate supply of qualified personnel to carry out
the purposes of the Occupational Safety and Health Act. This
announcement includes an expanded emphasis on research and research
training and an emphasis on establishing new and innovative training
technologies for both Education and Research Centers (ERCs), formerly
known as Educational Resource Centers, and Training Project Grants
(TPGs).
CDC is committed to achieving the health promotion and disease
prevention objectives of ``Healthy People 2000,'' a national activity
to reduce morbidity and mortality and improve the quality of life. This
announcement is related to the priority area of Occupational Safety and
Health. (For ordering a copy of ``Healthy People 2000,'' see the
section ``WHERE TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.'')
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Authority
This program is authorized under section 21(a) of the Occupational
Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 670(a)). Regulations
applicable to this program are in 42 CFR part 86, ``Grants for
Education Programs in Occupational Safety and Health.''
Smoke-Free Workplace
CDC strongly encourages all grant recipients to provide a smoke-
free workplace and to promote the nonuse of all tobacco products, and
Pub. L. 103-227, the Pro-Children Act of 1994, prohibits smoking in
certain facilities that receive Federal funds in which education,
library, day care, health care, and early childhood development
services are provided to children.
Restrictions on Lobbying
Applicants should be aware of restrictions on the use of HHS funds
for lobbying of Federal or State legislative bodies. Under the
provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1352 (which has been in effect since December
23, 1989), recipients (and their subtier contractors) are prohibited
from using appropriated Federal funds (other than profits from a
Federal contract) for lobbying congress or any Federal agency in
connection with the award of a particular contract, grant, cooperative
agreement, or loan. This includes grants/cooperative agreements that,
in whole or in part, involve conferences for which Federal funds cannot
be used directly or indirectly to encourage participants to lobby or to
instruct participants on how to lobby.
In addition, the FY 1998 Department of Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (Pub.
L. 105-78) states in section 503 (a) and (b) that no part of any
appropriation contained in this Act shall be used, other than for
normal and recognized executive-legislative relations, for publicity or
propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or use of any
kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, or video
presentation designed to support or defeat legislation pending before
the Congress or any State legislature, except in presentation to the
Congress or any State legislature itself. No part of any appropriation
contained in this Act shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of
any grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipient,
related to any activity designed to influence legislation or
appropriations pending before the Congress or any State legislature.
Eligible Applicants
Any public or private educational or training agency or institution
that has demonstrated competency in the occupational safety and health
field and is located in a State, the District of Columbia, or U.S.
Territory is eligible to apply for a training grant.
Availability of Funds and Types of Training Awards and Applicant
Characteristics
CDC expects approximately $11,500,000 to be available in FY 1999.
A. Approximately $10,400,000 of the total funds available will be
utilized as follows:
1. To award approximately fourteen non-competing continuation and
one competing continuation or new Occupational Safety and Health ERC
training grants totaling approximately $8,200,000 and ranging from
approximately $400,000 to $800,000 with the average award being
approximately $550,000. An Occupational Safety and Health Education and
Research Center shall be an identifiable organizational unit within the
sponsoring organization. Applicants must meet the following
characteristics in order to be considered responsive. If the
characteristics are not met, the application will be considered non-
responsive and will not be reviewed.
a. Cooperative arrangements with a medical school or teaching
hospital (with an established program in preventive or occupational
medicine); with a school of nursing or its equivalent; with a school of
public health or its equivalent; or with a school of engineering or its
equivalent. It is expected that other schools or departments with
relevant disciplines and resources shall be represented and shall
contribute as appropriate to the conduct of the total program, e.g.,
epidemiology, toxicology, biostatistics, environmental health, law,
business administration, and education. Specific mechanisms to
implement the cooperative arrangements between departments, schools/
colleges, universities, etc., shall be demonstrated in order to assure
that the intended multidisciplinary training and education will be
engendered.
b. A Center Director who possesses a demonstrated capacity for
sustained productivity and leadership in occupational health and safety
education and training. The Director shall oversee the general
operation of the Center Program and shall, to the extent possible,
directly participate in training activities. A Deputy Director shall be
responsible for managing the daily administrative duties of the Center
and to increase the Center Director's availability to ERC staff and to
the public.
c. Program Directors who are full-time faculty and professional
staff representing various disciplines and qualifications relevant to
occupational safety and health who are capable of planning,
establishing, and carrying out or administering training projects
undertaken by the Center. Each academic program, as well as the
continuing education and outreach program shall have a Program
Director.
d. Faculty and staff with demonstrated training and research
expertise, appropriate facilities and ongoing training and research
activities in occupational safety and health areas.
e. A program for conducting education and training in four core
disciplines: occupational physicians, occupational health nurses,
industrial hygienists, and occupational safety personnel. There shall
be a minimum of five full-time students in each of the core programs,
with a goal of a minimum of 30 full-time students (total in all of core
programs together). Centers are encouraged to recruit and train
minority students to help address the under-representation of
minorities among the occupational safety and health professional
workforce.
Although it is desirable for a Center to have the full range of
core programs, a Center with a minimum of three components of which two
are in the core disciplines is eligible for support providing it is
demonstrated that students will be exposed to the principles and issues
of all four core disciplines. In order to maximize the unique strengths
and capabilities of institutions, consideration will be given to the
development of: new and innovative academic programs that are relevant
to the occupational safety and health field, e.g., ergonomics,
industrial toxicology, occupational injury prevention, and occupational
epidemiology; and to innovative technological approaches to training
and education. Centers must also document that the program covers an
occupational safety and health discipline in critical need or meets a
specific regional workforce need. Each core program curriculum shall
include courses from non-core categories as well as appropriate
clinical rotations and field experiences with public health and safety
agencies and with labor-management health and safety groups. Where
possible, field experience shall involve students representing other
disciplines in a manner similar to that
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used in team surveys and other team approaches. Centers should address
the importance of providing training and education content related to
special populations at risk, including minority workers and other sub-
populations specified in the National Occupational Research Agenda
(NORA) special populations at risk category.
f. A specific plan describing how trainees will be exposed to the
principles of all other occupational safety and health core and allied
disciplines. Consortium Centers generally have geographic, policy and
other barriers to achieving this Center characteristic and, therefore,
must give special, if not innovative, attention to thoroughly
describing the approach for fulfilling the multidisciplinary
interaction between students.
g. Demonstrated impact of the ERC on the curriculum taught by
relevant medical specialties, including family practice, internal
medicine, dermatology, orthopedics, pathology, radiology, neurology,
perinatal medicine, psychiatry, etc., and on the curriculum of
undergraduate, graduate and continuing education of primary core
disciplines as well as relevant medical specialities and the curriculum
of other schools such as engineering, business, and law.
h. An outreach program to interact with and help other institutions
or agencies located within the region. Programs shall be designed to
address regional needs and implement innovative strategies for meeting
those needs. Partnerships and collaborative relationships shall be
encouraged between ERCs and Training Project Grants. Programs to
address the under-representation of minorities among occupational
safety and health professionals shall be encouraged. Specific efforts
should be made to conduct outreach activities to develop collaborative
training programs with academic institutions serving minority and other
special populations, such as Tribal Colleges and Universities. Examples
of outreach activities might include activities such as: Interaction
with other colleges and schools within the ERC and with other
universities or institutions in the region to integrate occupational
safety and health principles and concepts within existing curricula
(e.g., Colleges of Business Administration, Engineering, Architecture,
Law, and Arts and Sciences); exchange of occupational safety and health
faculty among regional educational institutions; providing curriculum
materials and consultation for curriculum/course development in other
institutions; use of a visiting faculty program to involve labor and
management leaders; cooperative and collaborative arrangements with
professional societies, scientific associations, and boards of
accreditation, certification, or licensure; and presentation of
awareness seminars to undergraduate and secondary educational
institutions (e.g., high school science fairs and career days) as well
as to labor, management and community associations.
i. A specific plan for preparing, distributing and conducting
courses, seminars and workshops to provide short-term and continuing
education training courses for physicians, nurses, industrial
hygienists, safety engineers and other occupational safety and health
professionals, paraprofessionals and technicians, including personnel
from labor-management health and safety committees, in the geographical
region in which the Center is located. The goal shall be that the
training be made available to a minimum of 400 trainees per year
representing all of the above categories of personnel, on an
approximate proportional basis with emphasis given to providing
occupational safety and health training to physicians in family
practice, as well as industrial practice, industrial nurses, and safety
engineers. Priority shall be given to establishing new and innovative
training technologies, including distance learning programs and to
short-term programs designed to prepare a cadre of practitioners in
occupational safety and health. Where appropriate, it shall be
professionally acceptable that Continuing Education Units (as approved
by appropriate professional associations) may be awarded. These courses
should be structured so that higher educational institutions, public
health and safety agencies, professional societies or other appropriate
agencies can utilize them to provide training at the local level to
occupational health and safety personnel working in the workplace.
Further, the Center shall conduct periodic training needs assessments,
shall develop a specific plan to meet these needs, and shall have
demonstrated capability for implementing such training directly and
through other institutions or agencies in the region. The Center should
establish and maintain cooperative efforts with labor unions,
government agencies, and industry trade associations, where
appropriate, thus serving as a regional resource for addressing the
problems of occupational safety and health that are faced by State and
local governments, labor and management.
j. A Board of Advisors or Consultants representing the user and
affected population, including representatives of labor, industry,
government agencies, academic institutions and professional
associations, shall be established by the Center. The Board shall meet
regularly to advise a Center Executive Committee and to provide
periodic evaluation of Center activities. The Executive Committee shall
be composed of the Center Director and Deputy Director, academic
Program Directors, the Directors for Continuing Education and Outreach
and others whom the Center Director may appoint to assist in governing
the internal affairs of the Center.
k. A plan to incorporate research training into all aspects of
training and, in research institutions, as documented by on-going
funded research and faculty publications, a defined research training
plan for training doctoral-level researchers in the occupational safety
and health field. The plan will include how the Center intends to
strengthen existing research training efforts, how it will integrate
research training activities into the curriculum, field and clinical
experiences, how it will expand these research activities to have an
impact on other primarily clinically-oriented disciplines, such as
nursing and medicine, and how it will build on and utilize existing
research opportunities in the institution. Each ERC is required to
identify or develop a minimum of one, preferably more, areas of
research focus related to work environment problems. Consideration
shall be given to the CDC/NIOSH priority research areas identified in
the National Occupational Health Research Agenda (NORA). (This
publication may be obtained from NIOSH). The research training plan
will address how students will be instructed and instilled with
critical research perspectives and skills. This training will emphasize
the importance of developing and working on interdisciplinary teams
appropriate for addressing a research issue. It should also prepare
students with the skill necessary for developing research protocols,
pilot studies, outreach efforts to transfer research findings into
practice, and successful research proposals. Such components of
research training will require the Centers to strive toward developing
the faculty composition and administrative infrastructure essential to
being Centers of Excellence in Occupational Safety and Health Research
Training that are required to train research leaders of the future. The
plan should address the incremental growth of such elements
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and evaluation of the plan commensurate with funds available. In
addition to the research training components, the plan will also
include such items as specific strategies for obtaining student and
faculty funding, plans for acquiring equipment, if appropriate, and a
plan for developing research-oriented faculty.
l. Evidence in obtaining support from other sources, including
other Federal grants, support from States and other public agencies,
and support from the private sector including grants from foundations
and corporate endowments, chairs, and gifts.
2. To award four non-competing continuation training grants
totaling approximately $250,000 of the available funds as specified in
A.1. The awards will be made to ERCs to support the development of
specialized educational programs in agricultural safety and health
within the existing core disciplines of industrial hygiene,
occupational medicine, occupational health nursing, and occupational
safety. Program support is available for faculty and staff salaries,
trainee costs, and other costs to educate professionals in agricultural
safety and health.
3. To award approximately thirty-two, non-competing continuation
and six competing continuation or new long-term training project grants
(TPG) totaling $2,200,000 and ranging from approximately $10,000 to
$500,000, with the average award being $58,000, to support academic
programs in the core disciplines (i.e., industrial hygiene,
occupational health nursing, occupational/industrial medicine, and
occupational safety and ergonomics) and relevant components (e.g.,
occupational injury prevention, industrial toxicology, ergonomics). The
awards are normally for training programs of 1 academic year. They are
intended to augment the scope, enrollment, and quality of training
programs rather than to replace funds already available for current
operations. Applicants must also document that the program covers an
occupational safety and health discipline in critical need or meets a
specific regional workforce need. Applicants should address the
importance of providing training and education content related to
special populations at risk, including minority and disadvantaged
workers. The types of training currently eligible for support are:
a. Graduate training for practice, teaching, and research careers
in occupational safety and health. Priority will be given to programs
producing graduates in areas of greatest occupational safety and health
need. Strong consideration will be given to the establishment of
innovative training technologies including distance learning programs.
b. Undergraduate and other pre-baccalaureate training providing
trainees with capabilities for positions in occupational safety and
health professions.
c. Special technical or other programs for long-term training of
occupational safety and health technicians or specialists.
d. Special programs for development of occupational safety and
health training curricula and educational materials, including
mechanisms for effectiveness testing and implementation.
Awards will be made for a 1- to 5-year project period with an
annual budget period. Funding estimates may vary and are subject to
change. Non-competing continuation awards within the approved project
periods will be made on the basis of satisfactory progress and the
availability of funds.
B. To award approximately ten non-competing and two competing
continuation or new training grants totaling approximately $1,100,000
of the total funds available. The awards will be made to ERCs to
support the development and presentation of continuing education and
short courses and academic curricula for trainees and professionals
engaged in the management of hazardous substances. These funds are
provided to NIOSH/CDC through an Interagency Agreement with the
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences as authorized by
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act of 1980, as amended (CERCLA). The hazardous substance training
(HST) funds are being used to supplement previous hazardous substance
continuing education grant support provided to the ERCs in FY 1984 and
1985 under the authority of Title III of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of
1980 as amended by SARA for the ERC continuing education programs. The
hazardous substance academic training (HSAT) funds are being used to
supplement continuing industrial hygiene core program support to
develop and offer academic curricula in the hazardous substance field
as a specialty area primarily for industrial hygiene trainees. Program
support is available for faculty and staff salaries, trainee costs, and
other costs to provide training and education for occupational safety
and health and other professional personnel engaged in the evaluation,
management, and handling of hazardous substances. The policies
regarding project periods also apply to these activities.
Purpose
The objective of this grant program is to award funds to eligible
institutions or agencies to assist in providing an adequate supply of
qualified professional and para-professional occupational safety and
health personnel to carry out the purposes of the Occupational Safety
and Health Act.
Review and Evaluation Criteria
In reviewing ERC grant applications, consideration will be given
to:
1. Plans to satisfy the regional needs for training in the areas
outlined by the application, including projected enrollment,
recruitment and current workforce populations. Special consideration
should be given to the development of programs addressing the under-
representation of minorities among occupational safety and health
professionals. Indicators of regional need should include measures
utilized by the Center such as previous record of training and
placement of graduates. The need for supporting students in allied
disciplines must be specifically justified in terms of user community
requirements.
2. Extent to which arrangements for day-to-day management,
allocation of funds and cooperative arrangements are designed to
effectively achieve Characteristics of an Education and Research
Center. (See A.1.a.-l.)
3. The establishment of new and innovative programs and approaches
to training and education relevant to the occupational safety and
health field and based on documentation that the program meets specific
regional workforce needs. In reviewing such proposed programs,
consideration shall be given to the developing nature of the program
and its capability to produce graduates who will meet such workforce
needs.
4. Extent to which curriculum content and design includes
formalized training objectives, minimal course content to achieve
certificate or degree, course descriptions, course sequence, additional
related courses open to occupational safety and health students, time
devoted to lecture, laboratory and field experience, and the nature of
specific field and clinical experiences including their relationships
with didactic programs in the educational process.
5. Academic training including the number of full-time and part-
time students and graduates for each core
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program, the placement of graduates, employment history, and their
current location by type of institution (academic, industry, labor,
etc.). Previous continuing education training in each discipline and
outreach activity and assistance to groups within the ERC region.
6. Methods in use or proposed methods for evaluating the
effectiveness of training and outreach including the use of placement
services and feedback mechanisms from graduates as well as employers,
innovative strategies for meeting regional needs, critiques from
continuing education courses, and reports from consultations and
cooperative activities with other universities, professional
associations, and other outside agencies.
7. Competence, experience and training of the Center Director, the
Deputy Center Director, the Program Directors and other professional
staff in relation to the type and scope of training and education
involved.
8. Institutional commitment to Center goals.
9. Academic and physical environment in which the training will be
conducted, including access to appropriate occupational settings.
10. Appropriateness of the budget required to support each academic
component of the ERC program, including a separate budget for the
academic staff's time and effort in continuing education and outreach.
11. Evidence of the integration of research experience into the
curriculum, field and clinical experiences. In institutions seeking
funds for doctoral and post-doctoral (physician training) level
research training, evidence of a plan describing the research and
research training the Center proposes. This shall include goals,
elements of the program, research faculty and amount of effort, support
faculty, facilities and equipment available and needed, and methods for
implementing and evaluating the program.
12. Evidence of success in attaining outside support to supplement
the ERC grant funds including other Federal grants, support from States
and other public agencies, and support from the private sector
including grants from foundations and corporate endowments, chairs, and
gifts.
13. Evidence of a strategy to evaluate the impact that the ERC and
its programs have had on the DHHS Region. Examples could include a
continuing education needs assessment, a workforce needs survey,
consultation and research programs provided to address regional
occupational safety and health problems, the impact on primary care
practice and training, a program graduate data base to track the
contributions of graduates to the occupational safety and health field,
and the cost effectiveness of the program.
14. Past performance based on evaluation of the most recent CDC/
NIOSH Objective Review Summary Statement and the grant application
Progress Report (Competing Continuation applications only).
In reviewing ERC grant applications for agricultural safety and
health, hazardous substance, and hazardous substance academic training
programs, the review and evaluation criteria are specified in the
following documents that are available on request:
1. Hazardous Substance Training Program in Educational Resource
Centers--Request for Applications, March 10, 1988.
2. Agricultural Safety and Health Education Programs in Educational
Resource Centers--Request for Applications, March 5, 1990.
3. Hazardous Substance Academic Training Program in Educational
Resource Centers--Request for Applications, August 10, 1992.
In reviewing long-term TPG applications, consideration will be
given to:
1. Need for training in the program area outlined by the
application. This should include documentation of a plan for student
recruitment, projected enrollment, job opportunities, regional need
both in quality and quantity, and for programs addressing the under-
representation of minorities in the profession of occupational safety
and health.
2. Potential contribution of the project toward meeting the needs
for graduate or specialized training in occupational safety and health.
3. Curriculum content and design which should include formalized
program objectives, minimal course content to achieve certificate or
degree, course sequence, related courses open to students, time devoted
to lecture, laboratory and field experience, nature and the
interrelationship of these educational approaches. There should also be
evidence of integration of research experience into the curriculum,
field and clinical experiences.
4. Previous records of training in this or related areas, including
placement of graduates.
5. Methods proposed to evaluate effectiveness of the training.
6. Degree of institutional commitment: Is grant support necessary
for program initiation or continuation? Will support gradually be
assumed? Is there related instruction that will go on with or without
the grant?
7. Adequacy of facilities (classrooms, laboratories, library
services, books, and journal holdings relevant to the program, and
access to appropriate occupational settings).
8. Competence, experience, training, time commitment to the program
and availability of faculty to advise students, faculty/student ratio,
and teaching loads of the program director and teaching faculty in
relation to the type and scope of training involved. The program
director must be a full-time faculty member.
9. Admission Requirements: Student selection standards and
procedures, student performance standards and student counseling
services.
10. Advisory Committee: Membership, industries and labor groups
represented; how often they meet; who they advise, role in designing
curriculum and establishing program need.
11. Evidence of a strategy to evaluate the impact that the program
has had on the region. Examples could include a workforce needs survey,
consultation and research programs provided to address regional
occupational safety and health problems, a program graduate data base
to track the contributions of graduates to the occupational safety and
health field, and the cost effectiveness of the program.
12. Past performance based on evaluation of the most recent CDC/
NIOSH Objective Review Summary Statement and the grant application
Progress Report (Competing Continuation applications only).
Funding Allocation Criteria
For Education and Research Center grants, the following criteria
will be considered in determining funding allocations.
1. Academic Programs
a. Budget to support programs primarily for personnel and other
personnel-related costs. Advanced (doctoral and post-doctoral) and
specialty (master's) programs will be considered.
b. Budget to support programs based on program quality/technical
merit.
c. Budget to support students based on the program level and the
number of students supported.
d. Budget to support research training programs to establish a
research base within core disciplines and for the training of
researchers in occupational safety and health.
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2. Center Administration
Budget to support Center administration to assure: coordination and
promotion of academic programs; interdisciplinary interaction; meeting
of regional workforce needs; and evaluation of impact.
3. Continuing Education/Outreach Program
Budget to support outreach and continuing education activities to
prepare, distribute, and conduct short courses, seminars, and
workshops.
4. Hazardous Substance Training Programs
Budget to support the development and presentation of continuing
education courses for professionals engaged in the management of
hazardous substances.
5. Hazardous Substance Academic Training Programs
Budget to support the development and presentation of specialized
academic programs in hazardous substance management.
6. Agricultural Safety and Health Academic Programs
Budget to support the development and presentation of specialized
academic programs and continuing education courses in agricultural
safety and health.
For Long-Term Training Project grants, the following factors will
be considered in determining funding allocations.
Academic Programs
a. Budget to support programs primarily for personnel and other
personnel-related costs. Advanced (doctoral and post-doctoral),
specialty (master's), and baccalaureate/associate programs will be
considered.
b. Budget to support programs based on program quality/technical
merit.
c. Budget to support students based on the program level and the
number of students supported.
Executive Order 12372 Review
Applications are not subject to review as governed by Executive
Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs.
Public Health System Reporting Requirement
This program is not subject to the Public Health System Reporting
Requirements.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number is 93.263.
Application Submission and Deadline
Applications should be clearly identified as an application for an
Occupational Safety and Health Long-Term Training Project Grant or ERC
Training Grant. The submission schedule is as follows:
New, Competing Continuation and Supplemental Application Receipt
Date: July 1, 1998.
An original and two copies of new, competing continuation and
supplemental applications (Form CDC 2.145A ERC or TPG) should be
submitted to: Ron Van Duyne (ATTN: Patrick A. Smith), Grants Management
Officer, Grants Management Branch, Procurement and Grants Office,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 255 East Paces Ferry
Road, NE., Room 321, Mailstop E-13 Atlanta, GA 30305.
1. Deadline: Applications shall be considered as meeting the
deadline if they are either:
a. Received on or before the deadline date, or
b. Sent on or before the deadline date and received in time for
submission to the independent review group. (Applicants must request a
legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark or obtain a legibly dated
receipt from a commercial carrier or the U.S. Postal Service. Private
metered postmarks shall not be acceptable as proof of timely mailing.)
2. Late Applications: Applications which do not meet the criteria
in 1.a. or 1.b. above are considered late applications. Late
applications will not be considered in the current competition and will
be returned to the applicant.
Non-Competing Continuation Receipt Date: November 16, 1998.
An original and two copies of non-competing continuation
applications (Form CDC 2.145B ERC or TPG) should be submitted to: Ron
Van Duyne (ATTN: Patrick A. Smith), Grants Management Officer, Grants
Management Branch, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), 255 East Paces Ferry Road, NE., Room 321,
Mailstop E-13 Atlanta, GA 30305.
Where to Obtain Additional Information
To receive an application kit, call 1-888-GRANTS4. You will be
asked your name, address, and telephone number and will need to refer
to NIOSH Announcement 98045. In addition, this and other CDC
announcements are available through the CDC Home page on the Internet.
The address for the CDC Home Page is http://www.cdc.gov. If you have
questions after reviewing the contents of all the documents, business
management technical assistance may be obtained from Patrick A. Smith,
Grants Management Specialist, Grants Management Branch, Procurement and
Grants Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 255
East Paces Ferry Road, NE., Room 321, Mailstop E-13, Atlanta, GA 30305,
telephone (404) 842-6803, or by Internet, phs3@cdc.gov. Programmatic
technical assistance may be obtained from John T. Talty, Principal
Engineer, Office of Extramural Coordination and Special Projects,
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 4676 Columbia Parkway, Mailstop
C-7, Cincinnati, OH 45226, telephone (513) 533-8241, or by Internet,
jtt2@cdc.gov.
Please refer to Announcement Number 98045 when requesting
information and submitting an application.
Potential applicants may obtain a copy of Healthy People 2000 (Full
Report, Stock No. 017-001-00474-0) or Healthy People 2000 (Summary
Report, Stock No. 017-001-00473-1) through the Superintendent of
Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402-9325,
telephone (202) 512-1800.
Dated: April 14, 1998.
Diane D. Porter,
Acting Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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