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Department of Health and Human Services
Participating Organizations
National Institutes of Health (NIH), (http://www.nih.gov)
Components of Participating Organizations
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), (http://www.niehs.nih.gov)(http://www.niehs.nih.gov/careers/hazmat/)
Title: Hazardous Materials Worker Health and Safety Training (U45)
This is a reissue of RFA-ES-04-005.
Update: The following update relating to this announcement has been issued:
Key Dates
Release Date: July 9, 2009
Letters of Intent Receipt Date: October 23, 2009
Application Receipt Date: November 23, 2009
Peer Review Date(s): February/March 2010
Council Review Date: May 2010
Earliest Anticipated Start Date: August 1, 2010
Additional Information To Be Available Date (Url Activation Date): Not Applicable
Expiration Date: November 24, 2009
Due Dates for E.O. 12372
Not Applicable
Overview Content
Executive Summary
Table of Contents
Part I
Overview Information
Part II Full Text of Announcement
Section I. Funding Opportunity Description
1. Research Objectives
Section II. Award Information
1. Mechanism(s) of Support
2. Funds Available
Section III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants
A. Eligible Institutions
B. Eligible Individuals
2.Cost Sharing or Matching
3. Other - Special Eligibility Criteria
Section IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address to Request Application Information
2. Content and Form of Application Submission
3. Submission Dates and Times
A. Receipt, Review and Anticipated Start Dates
1. Letter of Intent
B. Sending an Application to the NIH
C. Application Processing
D. Application Assignment
4. Intergovernmental Review
5. Funding Restrictions
6. Other Submission Requirements
Section V. Application Review Information
1. Criteria
2. Review and Selection Process
A. Additional Review Criteria
B. Additional Review Considerations
C. Resource Sharing Plan(s)
3. Anticipated Announcement and Award Dates
Section VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices
2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements
A. Cooperative Agreement Terms and Conditions of Award
1. Principal Investigator Rights and Responsibilities
2. NIH Responsibilities
3. Collaborative Responsibilities
4. Dispute Resolution
Arbitration Process
3. Reporting
Section VII. Agency Contact(s)
1. Scientific/Research Contact(s)
2. Peer Review Contact(s)
3. Financial/ Grants Management Contact(s)
Section VIII. Other Information - Required Federal Citations
Part II - Full Text of Announcement
Section I. Funding Opportunity Description
1. Research Objectives
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) invites applications for cooperative agreements to support the development of model programs for the training and education of workers engaged in activities related to hazardous materials and waste generation, removal, containment, transportation and emergency response.
The major objective of this solicitation 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 encountered during hazardous waste operations, hazardous materials transportation, environmental restoration of contaminated facilities or chemical emergency response. A variety of sites, such as those involved with chemical waste clean up and remedial action and transportation-related chemical emergency response, may pose severe health and safety concerns to workers and the surrounding communities. These sites are often characterized by the multiplicity of substances present, the presence of unknown substances, and the general uncontrolled condition of the site. A major goal of this program is to provide assistance to organizations in developing their institutional competency to provide appropriate model training and education programs to hazardous materials and waste workers.
The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), Section 126(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 Congress assigned responsibility for administering this program to the NIEHS, an Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) within the Public Health Service (PHS) of the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
This FOA lists 3 distinct program areas: Hazardous Waste Worker Training Program, Minority Worker Training Program, and the Hazmat Disaster Preparedness Training Program. A website has been created at http://www.niehs.nih.gov/careers/hazmat/funding/hwwt2009_rfa_links.cfm which provides important background reports and other information about the three program areas.
Hazardous Waste Worker Training Program (HWWTP)
Hazardous material and waste workers include workers engaged in: active and inactive waste treatment, storage and disposal, hazardous waste generation, clean up and remedial action, emergency response, and workers engaged in hazardous materials transportation including the safe loading, unloading, handling, and storage. Target populations for this training include those covered by requirements of Federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration (Code of Federal Regulations, Title 29, Part 1910) and Environmental Protection Agency (CFR,
Title 40, Part 311) standards for Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response, regulations governing the NIEHS Hazardous Waste Worker Training Program (CFR, Title 42, Part 65), as well as hazardous materials transportation workers regulated by the US Department of Transportation (49 CFR 171-177).
In completing the twenty-first year of the Superfund WETP (FY 1987-2009), the HWWTP has supported 18 primary awardees. These represent over 80 different institutions that have trained more than 2 million workers across the country and presented over 99,600 classroom and hands-on training courses, which have accounted for more than 23 million contact hours of actual training. More information about the awardees and descriptions of all NIEHS WETP programs can be found at: http://www.niehs.nih.gov/careers/hazmat/.
Minority Worker Training Program (MWTP)
The Minority Worker Training Program was established in 1995 to provide a series of national pilot programs to test a range of strategies for the recruitment and training of young persons. These are individuals who live near hazardous waste sites or in a community at risk of exposure from contaminated properties who wish to obtain work in the environmental field. Over the years the program has evolved and now is focused on delivering comprehensive training to increase the number of disadvantaged and underrepresented minority workers in the fields of environmental restoration and hazardous materials. The programs represent a broad geographic distribution and reach several urban populations in high-risk contaminated areas.
These programs promote long-lasting and effective partnerships in minority communities that help reinforce occupational health and worker education. The different programs provide pre-employment job training, including literacy, life skills, environmental preparation, green jobs, and other related courses, construction skills training, environmental worker training including hazardous waste, asbestos and lead abatement training; and safety and health training. Some training also includes enrollment in apprenticeship programs for construction and environmental remediation worker training. In addition, particular focus is placed on establishing a program of mentoring. This program helps to enhance the participants' problem solving skills, understanding of individual self-esteem and team work in the application of technical knowledge to environmental and related problems. The MWTP promotes partnerships or sub-agreements with academic and other institutions, with a particular focus on historically black colleges and universities, and public schools and community-based organizations located in or near the impacted area to provide pre-math, science or other related education to program participants prior to or concurrent with entry into the training program.
Since the inception of the program, 4,201 minority adults have been successfully trained in worker health and safety for construction and environmental cleanup work. 2,809 of these trainees are employed, representing an overall job placement rate of 67 percent.
The Brownfields Minority Worker Training program (BMWTP) that addressed the need for a more comprehensive training program to foster economic and environmental restoration of the identified Brownfield sites will no longer be a separate program component. All job training including training workers near brownfields sites will now be conducted under the MWTP. As background, the BMWTP has reached 3,272 minority adults since it began. 2,314 of these trainees are employed, representing an overall job placement rate of 71%.
As part of the DHHS commitment to the Brownfields National Partnership Agenda, the NIEHS will continue to provide training under the MWTP to support training targeting the brownfields communities. As defined by the EPA, Brownfield sites are "abandoned, idled, or under-used industrial and commercial facilities where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination."
Overall, these programs have achieved great success in moving young workers into long-term employment including, most recently, in the area of energy retrofitting and solar panel installation. Since 1995, these programs have trained over 7,400 students and employed approximately 68% of those students in jobs directly related to their training with career opportunities continued through local apprenticeship and community college programs.
Hazmat Disaster Preparedness Training Program (HDPTP)
NIEHS has developed a HDPTP initiative in response to the experiences and lessons learned in recent national disasters including terrorist attacks. This program enhances the safety and health training of current hazardous materials workers and chemical responders, to train skilled response personnel, to create materials and deliver training to workers responding to a disaster, and to augment prevention preparedness efforts in a wide variety of high-risk settings. This initiative is intended to foster the development of WMD-specific training programs as an extension to the HWWTP for the purpose of preparing a cadre of experienced workers for prevention and response to future terrorist incidents in a wide variety of facilities and high-risk operations. The purpose of the NIEHS HDPTP is to complement the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) various preparedness training programs by enhancing the safety and health training capacity of hazmat workers and emergency responders to prevent, deter, or respond to terrorist incidents involving weapons of mass destruction. Since the program started in 2005, awardees have responded and trained workers after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and the 2007 California wildfires with approximately 1,948 courses offered, for 27,108 workers, representing 302,796 contact hours of training.
Training developed under this program should reference the National Incident Management System (NIMS) standardized incident management processes, protocols, and procedures that all responders -- Federal, state, tribal, and local -- will use to coordinate and conduct response actions.
Background resources describing this initiative include technical Workshop reports which are available at the NIEHS Clearinghouse web site:
1) Learning from Disasters: Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Preparedness Through Worker Training: (http://tools.niehs.nih.gov/wetp/public/hasl_get_blob.cfm?ID=554)
2) Worker Training in a New Era: Responding to New Threats (http://tools.niehs.nih.gov/wetp/public/hasl_get_blob.cfm?ID=340)
3) Disaster Site Worker Course (http://www.osha.gov/fso/ote/training/disaster/disaster.html)
NIEHS WETP supports the belief that pre-incident training is critical for workers who may find themselves responding to a disaster. Skilled and other support personnel (such as construction, utility and transportation workers) along with federal, state and local government workers and others may find themselves working on a disaster site, be it during the response, cleanup or recovery stage. These populations need to understand the unique hazards that are present on a disaster site before they are deployed there. The Disaster Site Worker courses (OSHA 7600 and OSHA 5600) arose from a clearly identified need at World Trade Center (WTC) Ground Zero and can save lives during disaster responses by providing workers who respond to disasters the critical knowledge they need to protect themselves.
The immediate goal of worker health and safety training is educational in nature, designed to provide students with relevant information, program-solving skills, and the confidence needed to use these tools. Long-term goals of the model training programs should be to assure that workers become and remain active participants in determining and improving the health and safety conditions under which they work, and that avenues for collaborative employer-employee relationships in creating safe workplaces are established. Primary prevention of disease and injury among hazardous waste workers requires heavy reliance on the use of engineering control methods, appropriate work practices and the use of personal protective equipment such as respirators and protective clothing. These approaches are highly dependent on individual workers being knowledgeable in the use and application of these approaches and understanding their limitations.
Worker safety and health training is adult-based, action-oriented, and result-centered. The goals and objectives of the worker training program focus on outcomes rather than on learning for its own sake. Workers come to training with a great volume of experience, and are, in many ways, the richest resources of a training class. Experience shows that successful adult education often emphasizes peer-sharing activities, such as problem-solving and simulation exercises, that tap the experience of the learner. Successful worker training often mirrors the way people learn from each other at work. After training, workers should be able to bring what they have learned in the classroom or work-site training back to their jobs.
These training goals and objectives apply to all programs; however, there are specific goals and objectives restricted to the MWTP and the HDPTP. Applications which are responsive to this solicitation must clearly delineate the training populations being targeted by specifying a discrete training plan, program resources and a segregated program budget which responds to a combination or all of the authorized NIEHS assistance programs through HWWTP, MWTP, and the HDPTP. It is imperative that all applicants understand that they must apply for the HWWTP component in order to apply for other program components.
HWWTP Specific Goals and Objectives
Applicants should refer to SARA Section 126 requirements for training. Coverage of all hazardous waste and emergency response workers is based on potential exposure and health risk. The language of section 126 (d) (1) and (g) is clear that training scope be broad. Section 126 states that the training be required for personnel engaged in hazardous substance removal or other activities, such as those involved in transportation, which expose or potentially expose such workers to hazardous substances. The same section later requires that special training be provided to workers who may be exposed to unique or special hazards. Section (g) (1) authorizes this training assistance program for the training of workers who are or may be engaged in activities related to hazardous waste removal or containment or emergency response.
A minimum level of training for hazardous materials and waste workers and supervisors is also specified in SARA Section 126(d). General site workers are required to receive a minimum of 40 hours of initial instruction off site and a minimum of three days of actual field experience under the direction of a trained, experienced supervisor at the time of assignment. Supervisors are required to receive the same training as general workers and a minimum of eight hours of specialized training in managing hazardous waste operations.
The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), which includes the NIH and the NIEHS, is a signatory to the National Response Framework (NRF). Upon the activation of the NRF) NIEHS may be activated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) under the NRF's Worker Safety Health Annex to provide:
This section on the NRF is also applicable to the HDPTP.
Important background information for this FOA is available from the National Clearinghouse for Worker Safety and Health Training. This organization, which is a support contractor to NIEHS, is the primary communications channel through which the WETP distributes technical reports, news updates, and training information to its awardees, interested members of the hazardous waste worker-training community, and the public.
A list of curricula developed by current NIEHS awardees is available from the National Clearinghouse on the web at http://tools.niehs.nih.gov/wetp/index.cfm?id=603.
Model training programs for hazardous waste workers and emergency responders shall satisfy minimum requirements as specified in Federal OSHA rules and other related regulations which have been or may be promulgated. Training programs shall also meet the minimum requirements specified in the Minimum Criteria for Worker Health and Safety Training for Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response, updated in 2006 as a result of an NIEHS sponsored technical workshop on training quality. Originally issued in 1991 and expanded in 1994, the latest document incorporates training issues such as the emergence of computer-based training and the training of workers to deal with the aftermath of terrorist actions. The Final Version of the Minimum Health and Safety Training Criteria: Guidance for Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) Supporting and All-Hazards Disaster Prevention, Preparedness, and Response can be found at http://tools.niehs.nih.gov/wetp/public/hasl_get_blob.cfm?ID=2465.
Consideration should also be given to Appendix E of 29 CFR 1910.120 (59 FR 43268, August 22, 1994), which references much of the NIEHS Minimum Criteria Worker Health and Safety Training for Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response. This OSHA guidance is available at: http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=STANDARDS&p_id=9770.
In February 2007, WETP updated its strategic plan to be consistent with the NIEHS vision, which includes identification and prevention of hazardous exposures. The WETP uses the environmental sciences to reduce risk and protect worker and public health through training. The strategic plan outlines the directions that the program seeks to take during the next 5 years. It includes information on the development of the plan, partnerships, roles of advanced training technologies, and the central role of 29 CFR 1910.120 in environmental response and cleanup whether at traditional superfund sites, uncontrolled hazardous waste sites, or sites emanating from a natural disaster or an act of terrorism. The 2008-2013 WETP Strategic Plan can be found at http://www.niehs.nih.gov/careers/hazmat/wetp_strategic_plan_2008.pdf.
There is no limiting language regarding training coverage. Thus, the scope covers worker health protection from hazardous waste work and exposure to hazardous substances in the broadest sense.
An applicant may join with one or more nonprofit organizations in a single application and share resources in order to maximize worker group coverage, enhance the effectiveness of training, and bring together appropriate academic disciplines and talents. Such arrangements are strongly encouraged. The application must have specific plans to implement the cooperative arrangements necessary for program integration and to insure effectiveness. Detailed plans of this collaboration and budgets must be described only in the lead organization's application. Specific expertise, facilities or services to be provided by each participating member must be identified.
Awardees submitting competing renewal applications should also describe how they have met special cooperative agreement terms and conditions of their awards, including their interaction with other investigators and NIEHS program staff.
Awards will be made for direct student and worker trainer training, technical support of training, and training program evaluation. It is believed that adequate curricula and training materials exist for worker training that can be adapted with minimal effort. Means of multiplying training are also encouraged to meet the need; thus, programs such as effective train-the-trainer programs are encouraged. Programs targeted to multi-state and nationwide coverage to reach wider worker populations will be given preference in funding. Applications will not be considered that cover municipalities or other jurisdictions covering fewer than two states. Applicants are also encouraged to develop plans for independently continuing the program.
Applications should include plans for reaching underserved workers in the proposed target populations especially those disadvantaged in education, language skills or limited in literacy. The inclusion of institutions and organizations that have historical involvement and expertise in responding to environmental justice issues is also strongly encouraged.
Participation of minority institutions and community-based organizations from people of color communities may include the:
On-going Program Initiatives
Due to the complexity and the number of new emerging training innovations and technologies occurring in the worker health and safety arena, NIEHS identified several training opportunities in the previous RFA (ES-04-005) that were specifically related to the advancement of the WETP. It was important that these and other new emerging training technologies and approaches be woven and integrated into the framework of the program. NIEHS had learned that successful examples of training partnerships involve the creation of clear mechanisms for assuring avenues for input and collaboration by labor, management, local government officials and other stakeholders, as well as a vision for integrating training into other workplace programs and initiatives. In addition, it was clear that the context and technical approaches to safety and health training had undergone a rapid transition
since the 1990's, as computer and telecommunications technology have unleashed a wealth of technical information resources and established innovative modes of training development, delivery and evaluation.
Since 2004 with the emergence of new health and safety concerns for workers in the areas of green remediation, green jobs, green chemistry, nanotechnology, new industrial processes and chemicals, and combustible dust, it is clear that additional health and safety training approaches are necessary to address these new hazards to the hazardous waste workforce.
For example, WETP focused hazardous waste training has long been recognized as protecting the environment and the health of surrounding communities. In today's terminology, the jobs supported by this training are "green" jobs. Proper training assures that green jobs are safe jobs. In October 2008, the WETP held the conference, "Implications for Safety and Health Training in a Green Economy," which confirmed that the WETP was taking the correct course of action in developing training that prepares workers for green-collar jobs. In the current state of affairs, green job training is important because of the toxicity that is present in our work places, communities, and homes. Thus, green job training is a public health imperative. This report can be found at http://tools.niehs.nih.gov/wetp/newsbriefs/Jan09/WETPFallmeeting08.pdf. Applicants should consider how green job principles focused on safety and health training for hazardous materials and waste may be incorporated into existing or new training programs and curricula.
Applicants should refer to http://www.niehs.nih.gov/careers/hazmat/funding/hwwt2009_rfa_links.cfm for a list of these and other important ongoing program initiatives.
MWTP Specific Goals and Objectives
The MWTP focuses on delivering comprehensive job training to increase the number of underrepresented minorities in the environmental remediation and construction industries. The MWTP will maintain its focus on building strong training collaborative programs between worker training organizations, such as labor-based organizations, community-based organizations, and historically black universities and colleges. Special attention will be directed at programs that successfully integrate job skills training with worker health and safety training to reach multiple urban locations for training. Utilization of existing curricula is the preferred method for development of specific training under this program. Only HWWTP applicants may apply for the MWTP.
Major program goals are:
Hazmat Disaster Preparedness Training Program (HDPTP) Goals and Objectives
The goal of future NIEHS program support under HDPTP will be to enhance the safety and health training of current hazardous materials workers and chemical responders, to train skilled response personnel, to create materials and deliver training to weapons of mass destruction response workers and to augment prevention and preparedness efforts in a wide variety of high risk settings. Creation of materials and delivery of proposed training to potential disaster response workers must be closely coordinated with the activities of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), related agencies in the DHHS and other involved local, state and federal entities.
One of the key lessons of the World Trade Center cleanup is the importance that skilled construction support personnel and hazardous materials response workers will play in any future disaster of national significance. Only the HWWTP applicants may apply for the HDPTP; therefore, NIEHS funds may be used to alter and revamp the basic HAZWOPER courses to customize them to known disaster response issues and scenarios and the incorporation of relevant post 9/11 and other disaster responses lessons learned. Additionally, existing remediation and cleanup worker training courses must be refreshed using lessons learned and after action reports from disaster responses and exercises to continually improve the health and safety of responders operating in disaster site conditions.
Areas of program response may include:
See Section VIII, Other Information - Required Federal
Citations, for policies related to this announcement.
Section II. Award Information
1. Mechanism of Support
This funding opportunity will use the U45 cooperative agreement award mechanism. In the cooperative agreement mechanism, the Project Director/Principal Investigator (PD/PI) retains the primary responsibility and dominant role for planning, directing, and executing the proposed project, with NIH staff being substantially involved as a partner with the Principal Investigator, as described under the Section VI. 2. Administrative Requirements, "Cooperative Agreement Terms and Conditions of Award".
This FOA uses "Just-in-Time" information concepts. It also uses non-modular budget formats described in the PHS 398 application instructions (see https://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html).
2. Funds Available
A new applicant may request a budget for direct costs of up to $700,000 for the first year. Applicants submitting renewal (competing continuation) applications may request up to a ten percent increase above the budget level (direct cost) of the last year of their continuation project (non-competitive renewal). Renewal applicants who intend to request more than a ten percent increase above the budget level must request in writing to the Program staff prior approval to submit the application.
Because the nature
and scope of the proposed training will vary from application to
application, it is anticipated that the size and duration of each award will
also vary. Although the financial plans of the IC(s) provide support for this
program, awards pursuant to this funding opportunity are contingent upon the
availability of funds and the receipt of a sufficient number of meritorious
Facilities and administrative costs requested by consortium participants are not included in the direct cost limitation, see NOT-OD-05-004.
grants policies as described in the NIH
Grants Policy Statement.
3. Other-Special Eligibility Criteria
Number of Applications. Applicants may not submit more than one application.
Resubmissions. Resubmission applications are not permitted in response to this FOA.
Renewals. Renewal applications are permitted in response to this FOA.
Section IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address to Request
Application Information
The PHS 398 application instructions are available at https://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html in an interactive format. Applicants must use the currently approved version of the PHS 398. For further assistance contact GrantsInfo, Telephone (301) 710-0267, Email: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Telecommunications for the hearing impaired: TTY 301-451-5936.
2. Content and Form of Application Submission
Applications must be prepared using the most current PHS 398 research grant application instructions and forms. Applications must have a D&B Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number as the universal identifier when applying for Federal grants or cooperative agreements. The D&B number can be obtained by calling (866) 705-5711 or through the web site at http://www.dnb.com/us/. The D&B number should be entered on line 11 of the face page of the PHS 398 form.
The title and number of this funding opportunity must be typed in item (box) 2 only of the face page of the application form and the YES box must be checked.
The title of this FOA is HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WORKER HEALTH AND SAFETY TRAINING (U45). The number of this FOA is RFA-ES-09-004.
3. Submission Dates and Times
Applications must be received on or before the receipt date described below (Section IV.3.A). Submission times N/A.
3.A. Receipt, Review and Anticipated Start Dates
Letter of Intent Receipt Date: October 23, 2009
Application Receipt Date: November 23, 2009
Peer Review Date(s): February/March 2010
Council Review Date: May 2010
Applicant Information Meeting Date: September 2, 2009.
A briefing for applicants will be held at NIEHS on Wednesday,
September 2, 2009 from 1-5 PM on the NIEHS Main Campus, Rall Building,
Rodbell Conference Room B at 111 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park,
NC USA 27709. NIEHS staff will use this "Applicant Information
Meeting" (AIM) to explain the purpose of the Program, provide instructions
about the application process, and answer questions. A summary of
responses from the briefing, all relevant information for potential applicants
and Supplementary Instructions will be available upon request from NIEHS (firstname.lastname@example.com)
and will be posted on the NIEHS Worker Education and Training Program (WETP)
home page at: http://www.niehs.nih.gov/careers/hazmat.
Letter of Intent
Prospective applicants are asked to submit a letter of intent that includes the following information:
Although a letter of
intent is not required, is not binding, and does not enter into the review of a
subsequent application, the information that it contains allows IC staff to
estimate the potential review workload and plan the review.
The letter of intent is to be sent by the date listed in Section IV.3.A.
letter of intent should be sent to:
Sally Eckert-Tilotta, Ph.D.
Scientific Review Branch
Division of Extramural Research and Training
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
530 Davis Drive, Room 3076
P.O. Box 12233, K3-03
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709
Telephone: 919-541-1446
Fax: 919-541-2503
E-mail: email@example.com
Please note that email submission of letters of intent is preferred.
3.B. Sending an Application to
the NIH
Applications must be prepared using the forms found in the PHS 398 instructions for preparing a research grant application. Submit a signed, typewritten original of the application, including the checklist, and three signed photocopies in one package to:
Center for Scientific Review
National Institutes of Health
6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 1040, MSC 7710
Bethesda, MD 20892-7710 (U.S. Postal Service Express or regular mail)
Bethesda, MD 20817 (for express/courier service; non-USPS service)
deliveries of applications are no longer permitted (see https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-03-040.html).
At the time of submission, two additional copies of the application and all 5CDs of the appendix material must be sent to:
Sally Eckert-Tilotta, Ph.D.
Scientific Review Branch
Division of Extramural Research and Training
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
530 Davis Drive, Room 3076
P.O. Box 12233, K3-03
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709
Telephone: 919-541-1446
Fax: 919-541-2503
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
3.C. Application Processing
Applications must be received on or before the application receipt date described above (Section IV.3.A.). If an application is received after that date, the application may be delayed in the review process or not reviewed. Upon receipt, applications will be evaluated for completeness by the CSR and for responsiveness by the reviewing Institute Incomplete and/or non-responsive applications will not be reviewed.
The NIH will not accept any application in response to this funding opportunity that is essentially the same as one currently pending initial review, unless the applicant withdraws the pending application. However, when a previously unfunded application, originally submitted as an investigator-initiated application, is to be submitted in response to a funding opportunity, it is to be prepared as a NEW application. That is, the application for the funding opportunity must not include an Introduction describing the changes and improvements made, and the text must not be marked to indicate the changes from the previous unfunded version of the application.
Information on the status of an application should be checked by the Principal Investigator in the eRA Commons at: https://commons.era.nih.gov/commons/.
4. Intergovernmental Review
This initiative is not subject to intergovernmental
5. Funding Restrictions
All NIH awards are subject to the terms and conditions, cost principles, and other considerations described in the NIH Grants Policy Statement. The Grants Policy Statement can be found at NIH Grants Policy Statement.
Pre-award costs are allowable. A grantee may, at its own risk and without NIH prior approval, incur obligations and expenditures to cover costs up to 90 days before the beginning date of the initial budget period of a new or renewal award if such costs: 1) are necessary to conduct the project, and 2) would be allowable under the grant, if awarded, without NIH prior approval. If specific expenditures would otherwise require prior approval, the grantee must obtain NIH approval before incurring the cost. NIH prior approval is required for any costs to be incurred more than 90 days before the beginning date of the initial budget period of a new or renewal award.
The incurrence of pre-award costs in anticipation of a competing or non-competing award imposes no obligation on NIH either to make the award or to increase the amount of the approved budget if an award is made for less than the amount anticipated and is inadequate to cover the pre-award costs incurred. NIH expects the grantee to be fully aware that pre-award costs result in borrowing against future support and that such borrowing must not impair the grantee's ability to accomplish the project objectives in the approved time frame or in any way adversely affect the conduct of the project (see NIH Grants Policy Statement https://grants.nih.gov/archive/grants/policy/nihgps_2003/index.htm.)
6. Other Submission Requirements
As the PHS 398 is used primarily for the traditional research project grant applications, several sections of the PHS 398 must be modified and expanded to provide the additional information needed for the Worker Education and Training Program applications. The direct link to the Supplemental instructions and guidelines for Grant Application Form PHS 398 is http://www.niehs.nih.gov/careers/hazmat/funding/docs/ES-09-004supplementalinstructions.pdf. These guidelines also provide information on the limitations for Facilities and Administrative costs. Additional background information can be found on: http://www.niehs.nih.gov/careers/hazmat/funding/rfaguidelines.cfm.
Awardees must agree to the "Cooperative Agreement Terms and Conditions of Award" in Section VI.2.A "Award Administration Information".
Research Plan Page Limitations
Each program component (i.e. HWWTP, HDPTP or MWTP) narrative is limited to 25 pages. The applications submitted in response to this FOA are complex, and the training and programmatic information needed to adequately assess a grant proposal is not fully accommodated within the instructions accompanying the PHS 398 form. Therefore, applicants need to follow the detailed guidelines "Application Guidelines for the Hazardous Materials Worker Health and Safety Training" and can be found on http://www.niehs.nih.gov/careers/hazmat/funding/rfaguidelines.cfm.
Appendix Materials
All paper PHS 398 applications submitted must provide appendix material on CDs only. Include five identical CDs in the same package with the application. See https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-031.html.
Do not use the Appendix to circumvent the page limitations of the Research Plan component. An application that does not observe the required page limitations may be delayed in the review process.Resource Sharing Plan(s)
The following resource sharing policies do not apply to this FOA:
Section V. Application Review Information
1. Criteria
Only the review criteria described below will be considered in the review process.
2. Review and Selection Process
Applications that are complete and responsive to the FOA will be evaluated for scientific and technical merit by an appropriate peer review group convened by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and in accordance with NIH peer review procedures (http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/peer/), using the review criteria stated below.
As part of the scientific peer review, all applications will:
The following will be considered in making funding decisions:
The mission of the NIH is to support science in pursuit of knowledge about the biology and behavior of living systems and to apply that knowledge to extend healthy life and reduce the burdens of illness and disability. As part of this mission, applications submitted to the NIH for grants or cooperative agreements to support biomedical and behavioral research are evaluated for scientific and technical merit through the NIH peer review system.
Overall Impact. Reviewers will provide an overall impact/priority score to reflect their assessment of the likelihood for the project to exert a sustained, powerful influence on the research field(s) involved, in consideration of the following five core review criteria, and additional review criteria (as applicable for the project proposed).
Core Review Criteria. Reviewers will consider each of the five review criteria below in the determination of scientific and technical merit, and give a separate score for each. An application does not need to be strong in all categories to be judged likely to have major scientific impact. For example, a project that by its nature is not innovative may be essential to advance a field.
Significance. Does the project address an important problem or a critical barrier to progress in training workers? If the aims of the project are achieved, how will training be improved? How will successful completion of the aims change the concepts, methods, technologies, and services, associated with training that drive this field?
Investigator(s). Are the PD/PIs, collaborators, and other participants well suited to the project? If Early Stage Investigators or New Investigators, do they have appropriate experience and training? If established, have they demonstrated an ongoing record of accomplishments that have advanced their field(s)? If the project is collaborative or multi-PD/PI, do the investigators have complementary and integrated expertise; are their leadership approach, governance and organizational structure appropriate for the project?
Is evidence of experienced and technically qualified key personnel included and it is appropriate for this type of health and safety training?
Does the Principal Investigator strongly demonstrate the capacity for providing leadership and assuring productivity of appropriate worker health and safety training and education programs and for overall management of the training programs including quality assurance and program evaluation?
Is there sufficient evidence of an applicant's organizational structure or consortium, if applicable, that provides adequate knowledge and oversight of resources and administrative management of the program?
Is there evidence of lines of responsibility and accountability and is it clearly delineated when two or more organizations are collaborating on an activity?
Innovation. Does the application challenge and seek to shift current training paradigms by utilizing novel theoretical concepts, approaches or methodologies, instrumentation, or interventions? Are the concepts, approaches or methodologies, instrumentation, or interventions novel to one field of training or novel in a broad sense? Is a refinement, improvement, or new application of theoretical concepts, approaches or methodologies, instrumentation, or training interventions proposed?
Is there evidence of inclusion of worker training initiatives and innovations, such as integration and appropriate mix of On-Going Program Initiatives as listed in the solicitation that meets the needs of each applicants target populations?
Approach. Are the overall strategy, methodology, and analyses well-reasoned
and appropriate to accomplish the specific aims of the project? Are
potential problems, alternative strategies, and benchmarks for success
presented? If the project is in the early stages of development,
will the strategy establish feasibility and will particularly risky aspects be
How adequate are the organization's or consortia's performance and effectiveness in planning, implementing and operating appropriate worker health and safety training and education programs?
Does the applicant demonstrate past experience in development and implementation of worker health and safety training and education programs and application of appropriate adult education techniques?
For prior awardees, have they attained program goals and objectives of prior awards?
Is there documentation of the program's achievement of compliance with the requirements of the NIEHS Minimum Criteria for Worker Health and Safety Training for Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response found at http://tools.niehs.nih.gov/wetp/public/hasl_get_blob.cfm?ID=2465?
Are the methods and techniques to be used for identifying, describing, and accessing target specific worker populations for worker health and safety training and anticipated impact of the proposed program sufficient?
Is the detailed program plan adequate for worker health and safety training in adapting existing curricula, training of instructors, distributing course materials, directing worker training, and conducting program evaluations?
Is there evidence of appropriate combinations of classroom instruction and hands on demonstration and instruction that simulates site activities and conditions?
Does the applicant have the ability to immediately initiate direct worker health and safety training, program evaluation, and related support activities?
Are their plans feasible to independently continue the program and include institutionalizing of the program, as well as plans for generation of program income, if applicable? Are their procedures for assuring the long-term viability of the program convincing?
Is the training plan adequate for reaching underserved worker populations especially those disadvantaged in education, culture, or language or limited in literacy and access to training?
Environment. Will the training environment in which the work will be done contribute to the probability of success? Are the institutional support, equipment and other physical resources available to the investigators adequate for the project proposed? Will the project benefit from unique features of the training environment, subject populations, or collaborative arrangements?
Are there appropriate facilities and equipment to support the described worker health and safety training and education activities including hands on instruction? Is there evidence that the operation of training facilities assures the protection of prospective trainees during program delivery? Are there appropriate policies and procedures for assuring fitness for training and medical clearance?
In addition to the above review criteria, the following criteria will be applied to applications in the determination of scientific merit and overall impact/priority score.
The MWTP - In addition to the FOA review criteria above for the hazardous waste training program, the following review criteria are applicable to the MWT program:
Additional Review Criteria. As applicable for the project proposed, reviewers will consider the following additional items in the determination of scientific and technical merit, but will not give separate scores for these items.
Protections for Human Subjects. For research that involves human subjects but does not involve one of the six categories of research that are exempt under 45 CFR Part 46, the committee will evaluate the justification for involvement of human subjects and the proposed protections from research risk relating to their participation according to the following five review criteria: 1) risk to subjects, 2) adequacy of protection against risks, 3) potential benefits to the subjects and others, 4) importance of the knowledge to be gained, and 5) data and safety monitoring for clinical trials.
For research that involves human subjects and meets the criteria for one or more of the six categories of research that are exempt under 45 CFR Part 46, the committee will evaluate: 1) the justification for the exemption, 2) human subjects involvement and characteristics, and 3) sources of materials.
Inclusion of Women, Minorities, and Children. When the proposed project involves clinical research, the committee will evaluate the proposed plans for inclusion of minorities and members of both genders, as well as the inclusion of children.
Vertebrate Animals. The committee will evaluate the involvement of live vertebrate animals as part of the scientific assessment according to the following five points: 1) proposed use of the animals, and species, strains, ages, sex, and numbers to be used; 2) justifications for the use of animals and for the appropriateness of the species and numbers proposed; 3) adequacy of veterinary care; 4) procedures for limiting discomfort, distress, pain and injury to that which is unavoidable in the conduct of scientifically sound research including the use of analgesic, anesthetic, and tranquilizing drugs and/or comfortable restraining devices; and 5) methods of euthanasia and reason for selection if not consistent with the AVMA Guidelines on Euthanasia.
Renewal Applications. When reviewing a Renewal application (formerly called a competing continuation application), the committee will consider the progress made in the last funding period.
Biohazards. Reviewers will assess whether materials or procedures proposed are potentially hazardous to research personnel and/or the environment, and if needed, determine whether adequate protection is proposed.
Additional Review Considerations. As applicable for the project proposed, reviewers will address each of the following items, but will not give scores for these items and should not consider them in providing an overall impact/priority score.
Budget and Period Support. Reviewers will consider whether the budget and the requested period of support are fully justified and reasonable in relation to the proposed research.
Select Agent Research. Reviewers will assess the information provided in this section of the application, including 1) the Select Agent(s) to be used in the proposed research, 2) the registration status of all entities where Select Agent(s) will be used, 3) the procedures that will be used to monitor possession use and transfer of Select Agent(s), and 4) plans for appropriate biosafety, biocontainment, and security of the Select Agent(s).
Applications from Foreign Organizations. Not Applicable.
Resource Sharing Plans.
Not applicable.
3. Anticipated Announcement and Award
Not Applicable
Section VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices
After the peer review of the application is completed, the PD/PI will be able to access his or her Summary Statement (written critique) via the eRA Commons.
If the application is under consideration for funding,
NIH will request "just-in-time" information from the applicant. For
details, applicants may refer to the NIH
Grants Policy Statement Part II: Terms and Conditions of NIH Grant Awards,
Subpart A: General.
formal notification in the form of a Notice of Award (NoA) will be
provided to the applicant organization. The NoA signed by the grants management
officer is the authorizing document. Once all administrative and programmatic
issues have been resolved, the NoA will be generated via email notification
from the awarding component to the grantee business official (designated in
item 12 on the Application Face Page). If a grantee is not email enabled, a
hard copy of the NoA will be mailed to the business official.
Selection of an application for award is not an authorization to begin performance. Any costs incurred before receipt of the NoA are at the recipient's risk. These costs may be reimbursed only to the extent considered allowable pre-award costs. See Also Section IV.5. Funding Restrictions.
2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements
All NIH grant and cooperative agreement awards include the NIH Grants Policy Statement as part of the NoA. For these terms of award, see the NIH Grants Policy Statement Part II: Terms and Conditions of NIH Grant Awards, Subpart A: General (https://grants.nih.gov/archive/grants/policy/nihgps_2003/index.htm) and Part II Terms and Conditions of NIH Grant Awards, Subpart B: Terms and Conditions for Specific Types of Grants, Grantees, and Activities (https://grants.nih.gov/archive/grants/policy/nihgps_2003/index.htm).
following Terms and Conditions will be incorporated into the award statement
and will be provided to the Principal Investigator as well as to the
appropriate institutional official, at the time of award.
Cooperative Agreement Terms and Conditions of Award
The following special terms of award are in addition to, and not in lieu of, otherwise applicable OMB administrative guidelines, HHS grant administration regulations at 45 CFR Parts 74 and 92 (Part 92 is applicable when State and local Governments are eligible to apply), and other HHS, PHS, and NIH grant administration policies.
The administrative and funding instrument used for this program will be the cooperative agreement an "assistance" mechanism (rather than an "acquisition" mechanism), in which substantial NIH programmatic involvement with the awardees is anticipated during the performance of the activities. Under the cooperative agreement, the NIH purpose is to support and stimulate the recipients' activities by involvement in and otherwise working jointly with the award recipients in a partnership role; it is not to assume direction, prime responsibility, or a dominant role in the activities. Consistent with this concept, the dominant role and prime responsibility resides with the awardees for the project as a whole, although specific tasks and activities may be shared among the awardees and the NIH as defined below.
2. A.1. Principal Investigator Rights and Responsibilities
The Principal Investigator of each awardee has primary authorities and responsibilities to define objectives and approaches, and to plan, conduct, analyze, and publish results, interpretations, and conclusions of their studies and training activities. It is the responsibility of each awardee to develop the details of the training plan, which will be required to describe the technical approaches, target population access and recruitment, curricula modification, training methodology, and program evaluation. In addition, the each awardee organization is responsible for the following:
will retain custody of and have primary rights to the data and software
developed under these awards, subject to Government rights of access consistent
with current HHS, PHS, and NIH policies.
2. A.2. NIH Responsibilities
NIEHS Program Coordinators will have substantial programmatic involvement that is above and beyond the normal stewardship role in awards, as described below.
Additionally, an agency program official or IC program
director will be responsible for the normal scientific and programmatic stewardship
of the award and will be named in the award notice.
2.A.3. Collaborative Responsibilities
Conflict of Interest Management: An NIEHS program official or NIEHS program director will be responsible for the normal scientific and programmatic stewardship of the cooperative agreement award including evaluation of non-competing applications, supplemental requests, etc and will be named in the award notice. When the Project Coordinator also serves as the Program Official, the policy of the NIEHS WETP Program is that the Program Official will not publish with awardees, on activities specifically associated with the cooperative agreement unless it is an introduction or editorial regarding the basic information on the NIEHS WETP role in managing the technical and administrative aspects of the program.
2.A.4. Dispute Resolution
Any disagreements that may arise in scientific or programmatic matters (within the scope of the award) between award recipients and the NIEHS may be brought to arbitration. A Dispute Resolution Panel composed of three members will be convened. It will have three members: a designee of the Awardee, one NIEHS designee, and a third designee with expertise in the relevant area who is chosen by the other two; in the case of individual disagreement, the first member may be chosen by the individual awardee. This special arbitration procedure in no way affects the awardee's right to appeal an adverse action that is otherwise appealable in accordance with PHS regulations 42 CFR Part 50, Subpart D and HHS regulations 45 CFR Part 16.
Awardees will be required to submit the Non-Competing Continuation Grant Progress Report (PHS 2590) annually and financial statements as required in the NIH Grants Policy Statement.
Each awardee is required to submit an annual progress report to the NIEHS Program Official/Coordinator, which describes the number, location and nature of all training activities and the characteristics of the trainees reached during a particular fiscal year in electronic format. Results and findings from training program evaluations will be summarized by each awardee and submitted to the NIEHS Program Official/Coordinator on an annual basis. Program evaluation reports shall quantitatively describe the current status of instructor effectiveness, trainee retention of knowledge and skills, and positive impacts of training activities on work practices, workplace safety and health conditions, and overall worker protection from on the job hazards.
A final progress report, invention statement, and Financial Status Report are required when an award is relinquished when a recipient changes institutions or when an award is terminated.
encourage your inquiries concerning this funding opportunity and welcome the
opportunity to answer questions from potential applicants. Inquiries may fall
into three areas: scientific/research, peer review, and financial or grants
management issues:
1. Scientific/Research Contacts:
Joseph Hughes, Director
Worker Education and Training Branch
Division of Extramural Research and Training
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
530 Davis Drive, Room 3039
P.O. Box 12233, MD K3-14
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2233
Telephone: 919-541-0217
Fax: 919-541-0462
Email: email@example.com
Beard, Industrial Hygienist
Worker Education and Training Branch
Division of Extramural Research and Training
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
530 Davis Drive, Room 3038
P.O. Box 12233, MD K3-14
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2233
Telephone: 919-541-1863
Fax: 301-451-5595
Email: email@example.com
Outwater, Public Health Educator
Worker Education and Training Branch
Division of Extramural Research and Training
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
530 Davis Drive, Room 3050
P.O. Box 12233, MD K3-14
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: 919-541-2972
Fax: 919-541-0462
E-mail: email@example.com
2. Peer Review Contacts:
Sally Eckert-Tilotta, Ph.D.
Scientific Review Branch
Division of Extramural Research and Training
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
530 Davis Drive, Room 3076
P.O. Box 12233, K3-03
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709
Telephone: 919-541-1446
Fax: 919-541-2503
E-mail: email@example.com
3. Financial or Grants Management Contacts:
Carolyn Mason, Deputy Grants Management Officer
Grants Management Branch
Division of Extramural Research and Training
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
530 Davis Drive, Room 3060
P.O. Box 12233, MD K3-11
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2233
Telephone: 919-541-1373
Fax: 919-541-2860
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Section VIII. Other Information
Required Federal Citations
Use of Animals in Research:
Recipients of PHS support for activities involving live, vertebrate animals must comply with PHS Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (https://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/references/PHSPolicyLabAnimals.pdf) as mandated by the Health Research Extension Act of 1985 (https://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/references/hrea1985.htm), and the USDA Animal Welfare Regulations (http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/legislat/usdaleg1.htm) as applicable.
Human Subjects Protection:
Federal regulations (45CFR46) require that applications and proposals involving human subjects must be evaluated with reference to the risks to the subjects, the adequacy of protection against these risks, the potential benefits of the research to the subjects and others, and the importance of the knowledge gained or to be gained (http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/humansubjects/guidance/45cfr46.htm).
Data and Safety Monitoring Plan:
Data and safety monitoring is required for all types of clinical trials, including physiologic toxicity and dose-finding studies (phase I); efficacy studies (Phase II); efficacy, effectiveness and comparative trials (Phase III). Monitoring should be commensurate with risk. The establishment of data and safety monitoring boards (DSMBs) is required for multi-site clinical trials involving interventions that entail potential risks to the participants (NIH Policy for Data and Safety Monitoring, NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts, https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/not98-084.html).
Sharing Research Data:
Investigators submitting an NIH application seeking $500,000 or more in direct costs in any single year are expected to include a plan for data sharing or state why this is not possible (https://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/data_sharing).
Investigators should seek guidance from their institutions, on issues related to institutional policies and local IRB rules, as well as local, State and Federal laws and regulations, including the Privacy Rule. Reviewers will consider the data sharing plan but will not factor the plan into the determination of the scientific merit or the priority score.
Policy for Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS):
NIH is interested in advancing genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to identify common genetic factors that influence health and disease through a centralized GWAS data repository. For the purposes of this policy, a genome-wide association study is defined as any study of genetic variation across the entire human genome that is designed to identify genetic associations with observable traits (such as blood pressure or weight), or the presence or absence of a disease or condition. All applications, regardless of the amount requested, proposing a genome-wide association study are expected to provide a plan for submission of GWAS data to the NIH-designated GWAS data repository, or provide an appropriate explanation why submission to the repository is not possible. Data repository management (submission and access) is governed by the Policy for Sharing of Data Obtained in NIH Supported or Conducted Genome-Wide Association Studies, NIH Guide NOT-OD-07-088. For additional information, see https://grants.nih.gov/grants/gwas/
to Research Data through the Freedom of Information Act:
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-110 has been revised to provide public access to research data through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) under some circumstances. Data that are (1) first produced in a project that is supported in whole or in part with Federal funds and (2) cited publicly and officially by a Federal agency in support of an action that has the force and effect of law (i.e., a regulation) may be accessed through FOIA. It is important for applicants to understand the basic scope of this amendment. NIH has provided guidance at https://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/a110/a110_guidance_dec1999.htm. Applicants may wish to place data collected under this funding opportunity in a public archive, which can provide protections for the data and manage the distribution for an indefinite period of time. If so, the application should include a description of the archiving plan in the study design and include information about this in the budget justification section of the application. In addition, applicants should think about how to structure informed consent statements and other human subjects procedures given the potential for wider use of data collected under this award.
Sharing of Model Organisms:
NIH is committed to support efforts that encourage sharing of important research resources including the sharing of model organisms for biomedical research (see https://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/model_organism/index.htm). At the same time the NIH recognizes the rights of grantees and contractors to elect and retain title to subject inventions developed with Federal funding pursuant to the Bayh Dole Act (see the NIH Grants Policy Statement https://grants.nih.gov/archive/archive/grants/policy/nihgps_2003/index.htm). All investigators submitting an NIH application or contract proposal, beginning with the October 1, 2004 receipt date, are expected to include in the application/proposal a description of a specific plan for sharing and distributing unique model organism research resources generated using NIH funding or state why such sharing is restricted or not possible. This will permit other researchers to benefit from the resources developed with public funding. The inclusion of a model organism sharing plan is not subject to a cost threshold in any year and is expected to be included in all applications where the development of model organisms is anticipated.
Inclusion of Women And Minorities in Clinical Research:
It is the policy of the NIH that women and members of minority groups and their sub-populations must be included in all NIH-supported clinical research projects unless a clear and compelling justification is provided indicating that inclusion is inappropriate with respect to the health of the subjects or the purpose of the research. This policy results from the NIH Revitalization Act of 1993 (Section 492B of Public Law 103-43). All investigators proposing clinical research should read the "NIH Guidelines for Inclusion of Women and Minorities as Subjects in Clinical Research (https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-02-001.html); a complete copy of the updated Guidelines is available at https://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/women_min/guidelines_amended_10_2001.htm. The amended policy incorporates: the use of an NIH definition of clinical research; updated racial and ethnic categories in compliance with the new OMB standards; clarification of language governing NIH-defined Phase III clinical trials consistent with the new PHS Form 398; and updated roles and responsibilities of NIH staff and the extramural community. The policy continues to require for all NIH-defined Phase III clinical trials that: a) all applications or proposals and/or protocols must provide a description of plans to conduct analyses, as appropriate, to address differences by sex/gender and/or racial/ethnic groups, including subgroups if applicable; and b) investigators must report annual accrual and progress in conducting analyses, as appropriate, by sex/gender and/or racial/ethnic group differences.
Inclusion of Children as Participants in Clinical Research:
The NIH maintains a policy that children (i.e., individuals under the age of 21) must be included in all clinical research, conducted or supported by the NIH, unless there are scientific and ethical reasons not to include them.
All investigators proposing research involving human subjects should read the "NIH Policy and Guidelines" on the inclusion of children as participants in research involving human subjects (https://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/children/children.htm).
Required Education on the Protection of Human Subject Participants:
NIH policy requires education on the protection of human subject participants for all investigators submitting NIH applications for research involving human subjects and individuals designated as key personnel. The policy is available at https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-00-039.html.
Human Embryonic Stem Cells (hESC):
Criteria for federal funding of research on hESCs can be found at http://stemcells.nih.gov/index.asp and at https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-02-005.html. Only research using hESC lines that are registered in the NIH Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry will be eligible for Federal funding (http://escr.nih.gov). It is the responsibility of the applicant to provide in the project description and elsewhere in the application as appropriate, the official NIH identifier(s) for the hESC line(s) to be used in the proposed research.
NIH Public Access Policy Requirement:
In accordance with the NIH Public Access Policy (https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-033.html) investigators must submit or have submitted for them their final, peer-reviewed manuscripts that arise from NIH funds and are accepted for publication as of April 7, 2008 to PubMed Central (http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/), to be made publicly available no later than 12 months after publication. As of May 27, 2008, investigators must include the PubMed Central reference number when citing an article in NIH applications, proposals, and progress reports that fall under the policy, and was authored or co-authored by the investigator or arose from the investigator's NIH award. For more information, see the Public Access webpage at http://publicaccess.nih.gov/.
for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information:
The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) issued final modification to the "Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information", the "Privacy Rule", on August 14, 2002. The Privacy Rule is a federal regulation under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 that governs the protection of individually identifiable health information, and is administered and enforced by the DHHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR).
Decisions about applicability and implementation of the Privacy Rule reside with the researcher and his/her institution. The OCR website (http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/) provides information on the Privacy Rule, including a complete Regulation Text and a set of decision tools on "Am I a covered entity?" Information on the impact of the HIPAA Privacy Rule on NIH processes involving the review, funding, and progress monitoring of grants, cooperative agreements, and research contracts can be found at https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-03-025.html.
URLs in NIH Grant Applications or Appendices:
All applications and proposals for NIH funding must be self-contained within specified page limitations. For publications listed in the appendix and/or Progress report, internet addresses (URLs) must be used for publicly accessible on-line journal articles. Unless otherwise specified in this solicitation, Internet addresses (URLs) should not be used to provide any other information necessary for the review because reviewers are under no obligation to view the Internet sites. Furthermore, we caution reviewers that their anonymity may be compromised when they directly access an Internet site.
People 2010:
The Public Health Service (PHS) is committed to achieving the health promotion and disease prevention objectives of "Healthy People 2010," a PHS-led national activity for setting priority areas. This FOA is related to one or more of the priority areas. Potential applicants may obtain a copy of "Healthy People 2010" at http://www.health.gov/healthypeople.
Authority and Regulations:
This program is described in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance at http://www.cfda.gov/ and is not subject to the intergovernmental review requirements of Executive Order 12372. Awards are made under the authorization of Sections 301 and 405 of the Public Health Service Act as amended (42 USC 241 and 284) and under Federal Regulations 42 CFR 52 and 45 CFR Parts 74 and 92. All awards are subject to the terms and conditions, cost principles, and other considerations described in the NIH Grants Policy Statement. The NIH Grants Policy Statement can be found at https://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/policy.htm.
The PHS strongly encourages all grant recipients to provide a smoke-free workplace and discourage the use of all tobacco products. In addition, Public Law 103-227, the Pro-Children Act of 1994, prohibits smoking in certain facilities (or in some cases, any portion of a facility) in which regular or routine education, library, day care, health care, or early childhood development services are provided to children. This is consistent with the PHS mission to protect and advance the physical and mental health of the American people.
Loan Repayment Programs:
NIH encourages applications for educational loan repayment from qualified health professionals who have made a commitment to pursue a research career involving clinical, pediatric, contraception, infertility, and health disparities related areas. The LRP is an important component of NIH's efforts to recruit and retain the next generation of researchers by providing the means for developing a research career unfettered by the burden of student loan debt. Note that an NIH grant is not required for eligibility and concurrent career award and LRP applications are encouraged. The periods of career award and LRP award may overlap providing the LRP recipient with the required commitment of time and effort, as LRP awardees must commit at least 50% of their time (at least 20 hours per week based on a 40 hour week) for two years to the research. For further information, please see: http://www.lrp.nih.gov.
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To honor the 40th anniversary of LNS Group (based in Orvin, Switzerland), the company's more than 800 employees have committed to give back to their communities through public service. As part of this charge, North American headquarters employees recently participated in the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes in Cincinnati, Ohio, exceeding its $3,500 goal by raising $3,955.
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So Shepard Fairey actually made it this time. No insane, last-minute sting operations by Boston cops lurking just off the ICA's property line. But also: no grand dramatics, either. (Like, he totally could have parachuted through a shattered skylight. In slow motion.) Fairey just showed up and did his thing. "I broke into my own art show and didn't get arrested," he recapped, after his DJ set. Then, after referencing the recent Skip Gates drama and his personal disdain for authority, he added, "The police must be on their best behavior." If Fairey's paranoid, vaguely-nefarious slogans "OBEY" and "They're Watching" weren't blatant enough – and they flashed liberally throughout the ICA all night - Fairey was happy to add even more wattage to an already-politically-charged evening of bumpin' and grindin' at Experiment REDUX, the closing party for his first-ever museum show.
The beautiful people began to arrive at the ICA shortly after nine (riding $40-$100 tickets), while we snuck upstairs to interview Fairey in the gallery. After a short conversation about DJing (among other things: see video, above), we retreated to the VIP room to score a drink and hobnob before the infamous DJ Diabetic (Fairey's nom-de-turntable) took the stage. Soon, word spread and the crowd trickled downstairs to behold what its had been denied the first time around: a Shepard Fairey DJ set at a Shepard Fairey party. Shit was about to blow up.
Fairey toyed with some Toto and a little "Black Betty," but also dropped LCD Soundsystem's "North American Scum" and the Faint's "Glass Danse," veritable odes to capitalist excess and societal degradation, while the "OBEY" logo flashed, obscene, above the grooving crowd of socialite high-rollers. "Shake your rump, pump your fist and let's fucking do this!" Shep cried from atop his pulpit. Had Fairey offered the crowd punch, we're sure they would have drunk.
We grabbed Z-Trip for a moment before his set, where he equated DJing to "fucking" ("There are times when you want to do a quickie and other times it's about making love") and as his set proved, he prefers the former. Z opened by tricking out a politically abrasive sample -- a mash-up of Obama's condemnation of the Cambridge Police condemnation -- which segued into "Fuck Tha Police" before showcasing his turntable prowess with live remixes and his otherworldly scratching ability. Public Enemy's Chuck D seemed to apparate on stage, as if summoned by the sheer volume of righteous indignation in the room, to spit verse over Z's beats. But poor acoustics and a clueless crowd drove us outside to the ICA's back patio.
There, further hobnobbing ensued before we found ourselves alone, with no one to romance by moonlight. With only intoxicated couples on the dance floor, the VIP room closed -- and, with that, our access to free booze killed -- we chose to make an exit.
Check out the video montage above to get a feel for the party vibe, or go in-depth and watch our full interviews with Shepard Fairey and DJ Z-Trip.
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Hello everyone. I saw a beekeeper giving solid sugar on top cover. I thought it was a good idea. It wasn't granulated sugar. He gave me the name but I forgot. Does anybody know what kind of sugar to give and where I can get it?
Hello everyone. I saw a beekeeper giving solid sugar on top cover. I thought it was a good idea. It wasn't granulated sugar. He gave me the name but I forgot. Does anybody know what kind of sugar to give and where I can get it?
Regular granulated sugar is fine.
I made a concoction of several ingredients, cane sugar powdered sugar, creme of Tartar, apple cider vinegar, HBH, Honey, and a little water boiled it, then let it set, on wax paper, let it set for about 3 weeks now I have some candy for the winter.
Well, I made too much so I have left over, put in in plastic bowls placed it in a spare closet.
When the temperature is warm, my bees are active, so I go place the candy on top of my hive, open up the lid, and they are all over it when the sun is out!
At night, I place the lid back on and bring it back inside the house. I'm hoping they will eat this stuff and leave the stored honey for the cold spells, oh by the way, future weather models state a cold front and heavy snowfall will come to the middle of the USA around 12/12/2012. After that date it's gonna stay cold for the Midwest to east coast for some time, but as we all know about weather, it's subject to change!
I feed 2:1 syrup (with baggy method) until I close up the hives for good for the winter. Then I cover the inner cover with granulated sugar. I think this does 2 things: 1. It is available to the bees when the weather is warm and they are active, and 2. it acts as a moisture absorber when the weather is cold.
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Boiling sugars with acid (tartaric acid, vinegar) is how you produce hmf, which is toxic to bees. This is a very bad approach.
I would suggest that you avoid any recipe that utilizes regular powdered sugar, because while the sugar itself is fine, there is also corn starch added to powdered sugar to prevent caking in the package. Bees cannot digest the corn starch.
Here's a page on Michael Bush'e site about various ways to feed:
My suggestion is to just feed granulated sugar, moistened just enough to get it to clump.
Dry Sugar. This can be fed a number of ways. Some people just dump it down the back of the hive (definitely not recommended with Screened Bottom Boards as it will fall through to the ground). Some put it on top of the inner cover. Some put a sheet of newspaper on top of the top bars, add a box on top and put the sugar on the newspaper (as in the photos above). Others put it in a frame feeder (the black plastic trough kind). I've even pulled two frames out of an eight frame box that were empty and dumped the sugar in the gap (with a solid bottom board of course). With screened bottom boards or with a small hive that just needs a little help, I'll pull some empty frames out, put some newspaper in the gap and put a little sugar, spray a little water to clump it so it doesn't run out, a little more sugar until I get it full. Sometimes the house bees carry it out for trash if you don't clump it. If you drizzle some water on it you can get the bees interested in it. The finer the sugar the better they take it. If you can get "bakers" sugar or "drivert" sugar it will be better accepted that standard sugar but harder to find and more expensive.
USDA Zone 7A Elevation 1400 ft
Simple 5 minute method. Needed: 1 sheet of newspaper. 1 5 pound bag of sugar. Take top off (remove inner cover if you use one, save till spring), put down one sheet of newspaper, cut a few small slits with hive tool, pour on the bag of sugar, put lid back on. I try to leave an inch or so of space around the outside of the newspaper for ventilation. I use the honey run apiary ventilated inner cover turned upside down for ventialtion. If you don't have something similar leave the top cracked. In a month or so the newspaper and sugar will be saturated with water from condensation and available for feed if the bees need it in Feb.
1 Tablespoon per 2 gallons didn't affect them, but I don agree.


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Wisconsin family discovers fully-stocked fallout shelter in their back yard
For more than a decade after they moved into their house in Neenah, Wisconsin, the Zwick family knew they had a Cold War bunker in their backyard.
It was not until 2010 that anyone thought to open the heavy steel hatch, climb down the ladder and explore the 8-foot-by-10-foot chamber that the home's previous owner had built to protect his family from a nuclear attack.
Floating in five feet of water that had seemed into the bunker were sealed U.S. Army boxed packed with all of the supplies a family would need to survive two weeks underground.
Hidden treasure: Metal bulkhead doors protect the entryway into the underground fallout shelter in the Zwick family's backyard in Neenah, Wisconsin
Preserved: The previous owner of the shelter packed away candies, raisins, Hershey's syrup and other sweets - likely as treats to get through the long weeks underground
Locked up: The family clear away the bushes the had grown over the cover of the shelter and unlocked the chain that secured the doors closed
'We assumed it was just this empty space,' homeowner Carol Hollar-Zwick told the Appleton Post-Crescent.
The boxes, old military ammunition crates, contained markings that suggested there might be explosives inside, so the family called the local branch of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
Agents opened the crates to find... Hawaiian Punch.
'It was all of what you would expect to find in a 1960s fallout shelter. It was food, clothing, medical supplies, tools, flashlights, batteries - items that you would want to have in a shelter if you planned to live there for two weeks.'
Everything remained remarkably well-preserved, thanks to the airtight containers the supplies were kept in.
The family donated all of the items to the Neenah Historical Society, which has curated an exhibit about the Cold War and the fear of the Soviets using 'the bomb.'
Down, down, town: The muddy ladder leading to the bunker reveals that the underground shelter has endured years of flooding
The rusted military supply boxes preserved the contents remarkably well
Even these paper towels were freshly sealed after 50 years
'Its interesting that you can open up something and find 1960 inside of it,' Mrs Hollar-Zwick told the Post-Crescent.
The home's previous owner was Frank Pansch, a local surgeon, built the shelter in 1960 - two years before the Cuban Missile Crisis had Americans across the country digging their own 'fallout shelters' in their backyards.
The idea of a fallout shelter was not to protect from a nuclear blast, but rather from the radiation that would likely contaminate the surrounding area.
It's unknown what fallout the late Dr Pansch was expecting in Neenah. The small Wisconsin city is 100 miles from Milwaukee and nearly 200 from Chicago - the population centers that might have been targeted by the Soviets.
Supplies: Candles, a garden hose and a funnel were dozens of items that were stashed in the bunker
It's unknown why the past owner decided he needed to store a phone directory in his fallout shelter.
Wisconsin family discovers fully-stocked fallout shelter in their back yard 50 years after it was installed at the height of the Cold War | Mail Online
Black Blade: To answer the last question in the article - Phone Directory paper is back up toilet paper. On another note, it would have been very nice if the home owners had kept the shelter updated and free from flooding. Obviously they are not true preppers. Still interesting "time capsule" of sorts.


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40 minutter fra Manhattan, Øst og vestsiden ekspresstog B, D & 4 at 183ST Street i Bronx. Det er supermarkeder og noen butikker rundt.
Dette er et kjellerrom som ligger i en to enebolig med privat bad. WiFi Internett-tilkobling. Det er mikrobølgeovn, matbordet, vifte, liten bærbar elektrisk komfyr, kaffetrakter og vaskemaskin / tørketrommel. Huset vårt har sikkerhet kamera. Dette er en koselig, rent, og komfortabelt sted å være.
10 min fra Bronx Zoo
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15 minutter til Yankee Stadium.
Jernbanestasjonen ligger bare 2 kvartaler unna. Du har ditt valg av D Train (Flytoget til West Side) eller 4 Tog (Flytoget for East Side) Kontakt meg med noen spørsmål. Jeg vil gjerne svare på dem alle! Jeg er veldig godt bevandret i å hjelpe besøkende få mest mulig ut av turen sin, så jeg kan henvise barer, restauranter, nattklubber, stor, er gratis å gå på i NYC uansett hva vandre i livet du kommer fra! Takk for besøket.
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The price-performance ratio is extremely fair !!! You pay $ 20 per person or less and do not anticipate $ 250 services. It is a private basement house with all the necessary equipments and they function without a shadow of a doubt. Vanessa & Co were really warm-hearted, decent, professional, and helpful. Highly recommend for people with joy of life.
The room was very nice and Vanessa helped us with the parking system and the washing of our clothes.
The place was very quiet during the night.
I recommend Vanessa's place.
The appartment in a souterrain was nice and cool in june, because it was hot outside. But because it is a souterrain it is pretty dark and there is no daylight inside. We were not able to tell what kind of wheather it was outside.
We did sleep very well because of the darkness.
The matrass sleeps very well, better than any other hotelbed. It is even suitable for someone with backpain (like me, I slept very well).
There are cooking facilities, but only a 2-pits cooker which cooks very slowly. We missed a watercooker, therefore we used the coffee machine to heat the water.
There was also a microwave which functions very good.
Bathroom facilities were pleasant. Showering was very pleasant, good temperature and nice beam.
There is a TV in the bedroom but it doesn't work.
The whole appartment was not too clean, a bit dusty overall but not smelly or disgusting.
The hostess has 2 little children, sometimes you hear them run upstairs.
The neighbourhood is full with small shops of all kinds, and it is in the Spanish part of the Bronx. We never felt uncomfortable even though we were the only 2 white ladies around.
There is a subwaystation very close to the appartment which takes you in 30 minutes to downtown Manhattan.
The appartment is also very close to the Bronx Zoo and the Botanical Gardens.
This appartment is very well priced and Vanessa is always pleased to help you.
It's probably one of the cheapest accomodations in New York, it's true. If you don't have high expectations (or any kind of expectations at all) this basement can be OK for you. But if you want to enjoy not just the city but the place where you stay as well, it's better to pay a little bit more, because it's really the lowest quality you can imagine. You can hear everything from upstairs (children's crying and running all the time), from the street (loud music, yelling) and from the neighborhood (loud TV). The people on the streets weren't scary or dangerous at all, they have their own world, they completely ignore you, have no fear.
The WIFI, the working hair dryer and the subway stations at the corner of the street were the positiv things.
My son and I just had nine wonderful days staying with Vanessa and her lovely family. This has been the most wonderful experience. They are such a friendly and welcoming family. Always absolutely helpful. Before we flew to NY, Vanessa mailed me the all data and a link, so that we could take the metro straight up to 183th stedet. And I hadn't even afsked for it. This was a huge help.
We were invited to join her, her and frinds to watch THE boxingmatch of the year in their back garden. Do I need to say how thrilled we were ........
Yesterday they gave us a lift downtown, as theycthemselves were drivning to Brooklyn, and saw that we were heading for the trainstation ;-)
The house is 3 minutes from the trainstation. The line 4 brings you from there straight down along the left site of Central Park, all the downtown. If you walk up to University Ave, 4 minutes from the house, you can take a bus straight info Harlem.
We would recommend Vanessa and her family to everyone Anytime <3
Its the second trip to one of Vaness'as appartment, it was a pleasure. Very clean, the bed is very confortable, we asked for more sheets because we were cold and they gave it to us very quickly. We dont put 5 stars because of the neighborhood but its not the host's fault. We will come back every year if its possible. We felt at home!
The apartment was clean, spacious, and quiet. Occasionally there is some noise overhead and there is little natural light but having a private apartment at this price in near Manhattan rare and amazing! Vanessa was a great hostess who did everything to accommodate me. It is worth the long subway ride (I was working in Lincoln Center) and I would definitely stay here again.
Everything was very nice. Nothing to complain about but one little thing: the floor is very cold in winter but everything else was great. Nice hosts, good location and a lot of space.
The rooms we stayed in were in the basement of the house which meant a lack of sunlight but in the city that never sleeps it was no big issue for us. The area was safe, there was free parking in the street and only a very short walking distance to the next subway station. All in all we had a wonderful time in NYC.
We spend 4 days at this place. Unfortunately we didn't meet Vanessa, because we came always too late or slept too long:) But her lovely mother helped us, when we needed. Our room (with a small window) was located at basement, there were also a little kitchen with necessary supplies, fridge, washer, dryer and bathroom. It's a nice space to stay while visiting NY, close to subway (5 min. to walk) and to Manhattan (30 min. with train 4)!
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