NIOSH Occupational Safety and Health Research (R01) | PAR 18 769

Opportunity Information: Apply for PAR 18 769

The NIOSH Occupational Safety and Health Research (R01) opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number PAR 18 769) is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) discretionary grant program designed to support full-scale research projects that improve worker safety and health. The central aim is to build stronger scientific understanding of the risks, exposures, and workplace conditions that lead to occupational injuries and diseases, and then use that knowledge to drive practical prevention. In other words, the program is not only interested in describing problems, but also in generating evidence that can be translated into real-world interventions, prevention practices, tools, guidance, or products that measurably reduce work-related illness and injury.

A key expectation is that applicants clearly define the occupational health "burden" their project is addressing. That burden could involve a specific injury type, disease outcome, hazardous exposure, high-risk job task, or a vulnerable worker population, but it needs to be described concisely and convincingly. The application should connect the dots between (1) the burden and why it matters, (2) the proposed research activities and why they are needed, and (3) the outputs that will come from the work and how those outputs will help reduce or alleviate the burden. The opportunity also stresses impact: proposals should plainly describe the results they expect to achieve during the project period and explain how the work will continue to influence prevention, policy, workplace practice, or product development after the grant ends.

This opportunity falls under the health funding activity category and is associated with CFDA number 93.262. The funding instrument is an R01 research project grant, which typically supports hypothesis-driven or problem-driven research at a scale large enough to produce meaningful findings, validated methods, or implementable solutions. The listed award ceiling in the provided source data is $400,000. The original closing date shown is 2018-05-30, and the record creation date is 2018-05-07, which suggests this specific posting reflects that cycle; applicants would normally verify whether the announcement is still active, has been reissued, or has updated due dates under NIH posting systems.

Eligibility is broad and includes many common applicant types across government, academia, nonprofit, and industry. Eligible applicants listed include state, county, city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; Native American tribal governments (federally recognized); tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments); public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education); for-profit organizations (other than small businesses); and small businesses. The announcement also explicitly calls out additional eligible applicant categories such as Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISISs), Hispanic-serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), eligible federal government agencies, faith-based or community-based organizations, regional organizations, Indian/Native American tribal governments that are not federally recognized, and U.S. territories or possessions.

The foreign eligibility language is specific. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities and foreign institutions are not eligible to apply as applicant organizations. However, non-domestic components of U.S. organizations are eligible to apply, and foreign components are allowed as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement. Practically, this means a U.S.-based applicant organization can include certain foreign activities or collaborations as components of the project (subject to NIH definitions and requirements), but a foreign institution cannot serve as the primary applicant.

Overall, this R01 opportunity is aimed at research that is both scientifically strong and clearly tied to prevention: it supports projects that identify and characterize occupational hazards and risk factors, develop and evaluate methods to reduce exposure or risk, and move findings into actionable prevention practices or products. Competitive proposals are expected to present a clear burden statement, a well-justified research plan, concrete and credible outputs, and a realistic explanation of how the work will make a difference for worker health and safety during the award and well beyond it.

• The National Institutes of Health in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NIOSH Occupational Safety and Health Research (R01)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.262.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2018-05-07.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2018-05-30. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $400,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others.

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