The National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has announced a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to encourage Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant applications from small business concerns (SBCs) that propose to further the development of Advanced Technology Training (ATT) products for: the health and safety training of hazardous materials (HAZMAT) workers; waste treatment personnel; skilled support personnel associated with an emergency/disaster; emergency responders in biosafety response, infectious disease training and cleanup; emergency responders in disasters and resiliency training; and for ATT tools to assist in responding to environmental disasters.
Sponsoring Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Type of Fund: Grant
Deadline Available: Available
Deadline Date (mm/dd/yyyy): 06/30/2021
Size of the Fund: USD $50,000 to $500,000
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has announced a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant applications from small business concerns (SBCs) that propose to further the development of Advanced Technology Training (ATT) products for: the health and safety training of hazardous materials (HAZMAT) workers; waste treatment personnel; skilled support personnel associated with an emergency/disaster; emergency responders in biosafety response, infectious disease training and cleanup; emergency responders in disasters and resiliency training; and for ATT tools to assist in responding to environmental disasters.
ATT as defined by the Worker Training Program (WTP) includes, but is not limited to, online training, mobile device training, virtual reality, and serious gaming, which complement all aspects of training from development to evaluation including advanced technologies that enhance, supplement, improve, and provide health and safety training for hazardous materials workers. These products must complement the goals and objectives of WTP. The major objective of the NIEHS WTP is to prevent work related harm by assisting in the training of workers in how best to protect themselves and their communities from exposure to hazardous materials. The financial support for this initiative comes directly from NIEHS Worker Education and Training Branch SBIR funds.
The following three areas describe the type of products that will be supported under this SBIR FOA.
• Products to support e-Teaching in safety and health training
• Products to support e-Learning in safety and health training
• Technology-enhanced training products to support the health and safety training of workers exposed to known, emerging, and new hazards from disasters; disaster preparedness and response resiliency training; supporting job training for underserved and vulnerable workers; and health and safety training products for emerging industries and technologies
Funding Information
• NIEHS intends to commit $482,500 in FY 2022 to fund 2-5 awards.
• Budgets up to $100,000 total costs per year for Phase I and up to $200,000 total costs per year for Phase II may be requested.
Eligible Applicants
Only United States small business concerns (SBCs) are eligible to submit applications for this opportunity. A small business concern is one that, at the time of award of Phase I and Phase II, meets all of the following criteria:
• Is organized for profit, with a place of business located in the United States, which operates primarily within the United States or which makes a significant contribution to the United States economy through payment of taxes or use of American products, materials or labor;
• Is in the legal form of an individual proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, joint venture, association, trust or cooperative, except that where the form is a joint venture, there must be less than 50 percent participation by foreign business entities in the joint venture
• Has, including its affiliates, not more than 500 employees
Foreign Institutions
• Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) are not eligible to apply.
• Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply.
More information at: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=333456
Eligible Countries:
United States