[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 68 (Friday, April 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17386-17391]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8822]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[Program Announcement 99041]
Grants for Education Programs in Occupational Safety and Health;
Notice of Availability of Funds for Fiscal Year 2000
A. Purpose
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the
availability of fiscal year (FY) 2000 funds for training grants in
occupational safety and health. This program addresses the ``Healthy
People 2000'' priority area of occupational safety and health. The
purpose of the program is to provide an adequate supply of qualified
personnel to carry out the purposes of the Occupational Safety and
Health Act. The objective of the program is to award funds to eligible
institutions or agencies to assist in providing an adequate supply of
qualified professional occupational safety and health personnel. Funds
are awarded for Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research
Center Training Grants (ERCs) and for Long-Term Training Project Grants
(TPGs). (See ``D. Program Guidelines and Requirements''.)
B. 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.
Note: Public Law 104-65 states that an organization described in
section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that engages
in lobbying activities is not eligible to receive Federal funds
constituting an award, grant, cooperative agreement, contract, loan,
or any other form.
C. Availability of Funds and Types of Training Awards
In total, approximately $12,700,000 is expected to be available in
FY 2000 to fund ERC and TPG programs.
1. For ERCs
Approximately $10,450,000 of the total funds available will be
utilized as follows:
a. Approximately $8,000,000 is available to award eleven non-
competing continuation and four competing continuations or new ERCs.
Awards will range from $400,000 to $800,000 with the average award
being $530,000.
b. Approximately $1,200,000 is available to award nine supplemental
non-competing and three competing continuation or new training grants
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. 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.
c. Approximately $250,000 is available to award four supplemental
non-competing continuation grants. These awards will 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.
d. Approximately $1,000,000 is available to award fifteen
supplemental non-competing continuation grants to support the
enhancement of the ERCs research training mission through the support
of pilot project research training programs.
2. For TPGs
Approximately $2,250,000 of the total funds available will be
utilized as follows:
a. To award approximately twenty-four, non-competing continuation
and fifteen competing continuation or new TPG programs. Awards will
range from approximately $10,000 to $500,000, with the average award
being $58,000. These awards will 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). These awards are
intended to augment the scope, enrollment, and quality of training
programs rather than to replace funds already available for current
operations.
3. It is expected that awards will begin on or about 7/1/00 and
will be made for a 12-month budget period within a project period of up
to five years. Continuation awards within an approved project period
will be made on the basis of satisfactory progress as evidenced by
required reports and the availability of funds.
D. Program Guidelines and Requirements
The following are intended to serve as applicant guidelines and
requirements:
1. An ERC 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
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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. An ERC 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 ERC 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 ERC and
to increase the ERC 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 ERC. 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). ERCs 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 an ERC to have the full range of core programs, an ERC
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. ERCs
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 used in team surveys and other team approaches. ERCs
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 ERCs generally have geographic, policy and
other barriers to achieving this ERC 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 TPGs. 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 ERC 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
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personnel working in the workplace. Further, the ERC 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 ERC 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 ERC. The Board should meet at
least annually to advise an ERC Executive Committee and to provide
periodic evaluation of ERC activities. The Executive Committee shall be
composed of the ERC Director and Deputy Director, academic Program
Directors, the Directors for Continuing Education and Outreach and
others whom the ERC Director may appoint to assist in governing the
internal affairs of the ERC.
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 ERC 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 ERCs 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 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. TPG applicants must document that the program covers an
occupational safety and health discipline in critical need or meets a
specific regional workforce need. There shall be a minimum of three
full-time students in each academic program. 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.
E. Application Content
Competing Applications
Use the information in the Program Guidelines and Requirements and
Other Requirements sections to develop the application content. Your
application will be evaluated on the basis of the Program Guidelines
and Requirements, Other Requirements, and Evaluation Criteria sections
listed, so it is important to follow them in laying out your program
plan. The narrative should be no more than 15 single-spaced pages per
program, printed on one side, with one inch margins, and unreduced
font.
Note: Please consult the detailed Recommended Outline for
Preparation of Competing New/Renewal Training Grant Applications
provided in each application kit (CDC 2.145 A).
Noncompeting Continuation Applications
For noncompeting continuation applications submitted within the
approved project period, include:
1. Brief progress report describing the accomplishments of the
preceding budget period;
2. New or significantly revised items or information (objectives,
scope of activities, operational methods, evaluation), that is not in
the initial application; and
3. Annual budget and justification.
Note: Please consult the detailed Recommended Outline for
Preparation of Non-competing Renewal (Continuation) Training Grant
Applications (CDC 2.145 B) provided in each application kit.
F. Submission and Deadline
Applications should be clearly identified as an application for an
ERC Training Grant or TPG grant.
Application
Deadline for New, Competing Continuation, and Supplemental Applications
(CDC 2.145 A ERC or TPG): July 1, 1999
Deadline for Non-competing Continuation Applications (CDC 2.145 B ERC
or TPG): November 15, 1999
Submit the original and two copies of CDC 2.145 A or B (OMB Number
0920-00261). Forms are in the application kit. Submit the application
to:
Anne Foglesong, Grants Management Specialist, Grants Management
Branch, Procurement and Grants Office, Announcement 99041
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2920
Brandywine Road, Room 3000, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-4146
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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
orderly processing. (Applicants must request a legibly dated U.S.
Postal Service postmark or obtain a legibly dated receipt from a
commercial carrier or U.S. Postal Service. Private metered postmarks
shall not be acceptable as proof of timely mailing.)
Late Applications: Applications which do not meet the criteria in
(a) or (b) above are considered late applications, will not be
considered, and will be returned to the applicant.
G. 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 ERC 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 the Characteristics of an Education and Research
Center.
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 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 ERC Director, the
Deputy ERC Director, the Program Directors and other professional staff
in relation to the type and scope of training and education involved.
8. Institutional commitment to ERC 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 ERC 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 supplements to ERC projects, consideration will be
given to:
1. Hazardous Substance Training Program in ERCs--The evaluation
criteria are as follows:
a. Relevance of the proposed project to each element of the
characteristics of a hazardous substance training program.
b. Comprehensiveness and soundness of the training plan developed
to carry out the proposed activities. This is based on a documented
need for the training and evidence to support the approach used to
provide the required training. It includes descriptions of the scope
and magnitude of the hazardous substance problem in the applicable DHHS
Region and current activities and training efforts.
c. Education and experience of the Project Director, faculty, and
staff assigned to this project with respect to handling, managing or
evaluating hazardous substance sites and to the training of
professionals in this field.
d. Creativity and innovation of the project leadership with respect
to marketing the courses, structure in attracting trainees and/or
providing incentives for training.
e. Extent to which the applicant considered the work of relevant
agencies involved in hazardous substance activities and cooperated with
these agencies in developing and implementing this training program.
f. Suitability of facilities and equipment available for this
project.
g. Appropriateness of the budget to carry out the planned
activities.
2. Agricultural Safety and Health Education Programs in ERCs--The
evaluation criteria are as follows:
a. Evidence of a needs assessment directed to the overall
contribution of the training program toward meeting the job market,
especially within the applicant's region, for qualified personnel to
carry out the purposes of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970. The needs assessment should consider the regional requirements
for
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outreach, continuing education, information dissemination and special
industrial or community training needs that may be peculiar to the
region.
b. Evidence of a plan to satisfy the regional needs for training in
the areas outlined by the application, including protected enrollment,
recruitment and current workforce populations. The need for supporting
students in allied disciplines must be specifically justified in terms
of user community requirements.
c. The extent to which arrangements for day-to-day management,
allocation of funds and cooperative arrangements are designed to
effectively achieve characteristics of an ERC.
d. The 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.
e. Previous record of academic training in agricultural safety and
health including the number of full-time and part-time students and
graduates for each core program, the placement of graduates, employment
history, and their current location by type of institution (academic,
industry, labor, etc.). Previous record of continuing education
training in agricultural safety and health and record of outreach
activity and assistance to agricultural groups within the ERC region.
f. Methods in use or proposed for evaluating the effectiveness of
training and services including the use of placement services and
feedback mechanisms from graduates as well as employers, critiques from
continuing education courses, and reports from consultations and
cooperative activities with other universities, professional
associations, and other outside agencies.
g. The 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.
h. Institutional commitment to Center goals.
i. Academic and physical environment in which the training will be
conducted, including access to appropriate occupational agricultural
settings.
j. 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.
k. Evidence of a plan describing the agricultural safety and health
training the Center proposes. This shall include goals, elements of the
program, faculty and amount of effort, support faculty, facilities and
equipment available and needed, and methods for implementing and
evaluating the program.
l. 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.
3. Hazardous Substance Academic Training Program in ERCs--The
evaluation criteria are as follows:
a. Evidence of a needs assessment directed to the overall
contribution of the proposed training program toward meeting the job
market, especially within the applicant's region, for qualified state,
local and other qualified professional personnel. The needs assessment
should consider the regional requirements for hazardous substance
training, information dissemination and special industrial, labor or
community training needs that may be peculiar to the region.
b. Evidence of a plan to satisfy the regional needs for training in
the areas outlined by the application, including projected enrollment,
recruitment and current workforce populations.
c. The extent to which arrangements for day-to-day management,
allocation of funds and cooperative arrangements are designed to
effectively achieve characteristics of an ERC.
d. The extent to which curriculum content and design includes
formalized training objectives, minimal course content to achieve a
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.
e. Previous record of academic training in hazardous substances
including the number and type of students trained. Previous record of
continuing education training in hazardous substances, outreach
activity and assistance to hazardous substance groups within the ERC`s
region.
f. Methods in use or proposed for evaluating the effectiveness of
training and services including the use of placement services and
feedback mechanisms from graduates as well as employers, critiques from
continuing education courses, and reports from consultations and
cooperative activities with other universities, professional
associations, and other outside agencies.
g. The 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.
h. Institutional commitment to Center goals.
i. Academic and physical environment in which the training will be
conducted.
j. Appropriateness of the budget required to support the training
courses developed, including accounting for the academic staff's time.
k. Evidence of a plan describing the hazardous substances training
the Center proposes. This shall include goals, elements of the program,
faculty and amount of effort, support faculty, facilities and equipment
available and needed, and methods for implementing and evaluating the
program.
l. 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.
4. ERC Supplemental Pilot Project Research Training Programs--The
evaluation criteria are as follows:
a. Relevance of the proposed program, including objectives that are
specific and consistent.
b. Adequacy of the plan proposed to conduct the pilot projects
program, including procedures for reviewing and funding projects, the
scientific review mechanism, program quality assurance. Human
Subjects--Are the procedures proposed adequate for the protection of
human subjects and are they fully documented? Are all procedures in
compliance with applicable published regulations?
c. Extent to which the applicant demonstrates collaboration with
other research training institutions in the region, including NIOSH
Training Project Grantees.
d. Education and experience of the proposed Research Training
Program Director and faculty in the occupational safety and health
field, including the utilization of pilot projects as a research
training mechanism.
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e. Appropriateness of the proposed budget to carry out the planned
activities.
f. Adequacy of the plan to evaluate the effectiveness of the
proposed pilot projects program.
g. Gender and minority issues--Are plans to include both sexes and
minorities and their subgroups adequately developed (as appropriate for
the scientific goals of the project)? Are strategies included for the
recruitment and retention of human subjects?
In reviewing 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).
H. Other Requirements
Technical Reporting Requirements Provide CDC with original plus two
copies of
1. progress reports (annual and may be incorporated as component of
non-competing continuation applications);
2. financial status report, no more than 90 days after the end of
the budget period; and
3. final financial status and performance reports, no more than 90
days after the end of the project period.
Send all reports to:
Anne Foglesong, Grants Management Specialist, Grants Management
Branch, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC), 2920 Brandywine Road, Room 3000, Atlanta, GA
30341-4146
The following additional requirements are applicable to this
program. For a complete description of each, see Attachment 1 in the
application kit.
AR-1*.................................. Human Subjects Requirements.
AR-2*.................................. Requirements for Inclusion of
Women and Racial and Ethnic
Minorities in Research.
AR-3*.................................. Animal Subjects Requirements.
AR-10.................................. Smoke-Free Workplace
Requirements.
AR-11.................................. Healthy People 2000.
AR-12.................................. Lobbying Restrictions.
* = Applies to ERC Supplemental Pilot Project Research Training Program
applications only.
Data collection initiated under this training grant program has
been approved by the Office of Management and Budget under Number 0920-
0261. ``Training Grants, Application and Regulations--42 CFR Part 86,''
Expiration Date 11/30/2000.
I. Authority and Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number
This program is authorized under section 21(a) of the Occupational
Safety and Health Act [29 U.S.C. 670 (a)]. The Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance number is 93.263.
J. Where to Obtain Additional Information
Please refer to Program Announcement 99041 and specify ERC or TPG
when you request information. To receive additional written information
and to request an application kit, call 1-888-GRANTS4 (1-888-472-6874).
You will be asked to leave your name and address and will be instructed
to identify the announcement number of interest. If you have questions
after reviewing the contents of all the documents, business management
technical assistance may be obtained from:
Anne Foglesong, Grants Management Specialist, Grants Management
Branch, Procurement and Grants Office, Announcement 99041, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2920 Brandywine Road, Room
3000, Atlanta, GA 30341-4146, telephone (770) 488-2724, Email
address: anf3@cdc.gov
For program technical assistance, contact: 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 45226-1998, telephone (513) 533-8241, Email
address: jtt2@cdc.gov.
This and other CDC announcements are available through the CDC
homepage on the Internet. The address for the CDC home page is: www.cdc.gov>.
Dated: April 2, 1999.
Diane D. Porter,
Acting Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 99-8822 Filed 4-8-99; 8:45 am]
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