Opportunity Information: Apply for RFA OH 21 005
The State Occupational Safety and Health Surveillance Program is a CDC/NIOSH funding opportunity designed to help states and other eligible jurisdictions build or strengthen their ability to track and understand work-related illnesses, injuries, hazardous exposures, and fatalities. The core idea is straightforward: prevention starts with good information. By improving surveillance, jurisdictions can better measure the real burden of occupational harm, spot trends early, identify which workers and industries are at highest risk, and then use that evidence to guide practical prevention strategies and evaluate whether those strategies are working over time. The program is structured to translate data into action, not just produce reports.
NIOSH expects funded recipients to identify and use data sources that can describe the scope and severity of occupational health problems at the state level. This includes accessing existing datasets, developing occupational health indicators (OHIs), and calculating measures such as incidence and prevalence of injuries, illnesses, exposures, and deaths. Applicants are encouraged to be creative and proactive in finding underused or untapped data sources and, when useful, linking datasets together to produce a clearer picture than any single source can provide. The emphasis is on building a surveillance system that can detect emerging issues, monitor known hazards, and provide timely intelligence that public health and labor partners can act on.
Beyond collecting and analyzing data, the program expects recipients to set clear priorities for follow-up work. That can include deeper surveillance projects, targeted outreach, prevention initiatives, and intervention efforts aligned with the state or jurisdiction's most urgent needs and emerging risks. Another major expectation is partnership-building: recipients should create a broad network of collaborators who can help identify appropriate data, interpret findings, and disseminate results to the people who can use them. These partners can include public health agencies, labor and workforce organizations, health care systems and providers, universities, insurers, industry groups, and other stakeholders involved in worker safety and health.
A key deliverable is moving from findings to recommendations. Funded programs are expected to develop and share public health recommendations, interventions, and policy approaches that can improve worker health and safety within their jurisdictions. They are also encouraged to use current technologies to develop audience-specific educational materials and communication products, with an emphasis on making information easy to understand and more likely to be adopted or adapted by employers, workers, clinicians, and decision-makers. In other words, the program supports not only epidemiologic capacity, but also the practical communication and translation work needed to turn surveillance into prevention.
Administratively, this opportunity is offered as a cooperative agreement, meaning recipients should expect substantial federal involvement and collaboration during the project period. The funding opportunity number is RFA-OH-21-005, listed under CFDA 93.262. It is categorized as a discretionary health program. Eligibility is listed as unrestricted (open to any type of entity), with the caveat that applicants must follow any additional eligibility clarifications included in the full notice. The award ceiling is $685,000, and NIOSH anticipated making about 30 awards. The original posting reflects multiple due dates (December 8, 2020; December 8, 2021; and December 8, 2022), with electronic submissions due by 5:00 PM Eastern Time on the application date.
The notice also points applicants to background resources, including information on the prior state surveillance program (PAR-14-275) and details on currently funded state surveillance programs available through the NIOSH Office of Extramural Programs. Applicants are encouraged to align their proposed work with NIOSH strategic planning and intermediate goals, which emphasize how research and surveillance outputs should be used by external stakeholders. NIOSH also highlights its broader extramural research priority goals for FY2019 through FY2023 as context for how proposed surveillance activities can fit within national occupational safety and health priorities.Apply for RFA OH 21 005
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "State Occupational Safety and Health Surveillance Program" 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 Dec 01, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Dec 16, 2020 December 8, 2020 December 8, 2021 and December 8, 2022. Electronically submitted applications must be submitted by 500 PM, U.S. Eastern Time.. (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 $685,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 30 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the State Occupational Safety and Health Surveillance Program?
This is a CDC/NIOSH funding opportunity that supports states and other eligible jurisdictions in building or strengthening their ability to track and understand work-related illnesses, injuries, hazardous exposures, and fatalities. The program is designed to improve occupational health surveillance so that prevention efforts can be guided by solid, timely information.
What is the main goal of this funding opportunity?
The central goal is to improve the quality and usefulness of occupational safety and health surveillance so jurisdictions can better measure the burden of work-related harm, detect emerging issues, identify high-risk industries and worker groups, and use findings to guide prevention strategies and evaluate progress over time.
What kinds of worker health issues are included in the surveillance focus?
The opportunity specifically emphasizes work-related illnesses, injuries, hazardous exposures, and fatalities, with a focus on describing scope and severity at the state (or jurisdiction) level.
Is the program focused only on producing reports?
No. The program is described as translating data into action. Recipients are expected to use surveillance findings to develop recommendations, interventions, and policy approaches, and to support practical prevention and follow-up activities rather than only publishing reports.
What types of data activities are recipients expected to conduct?
NIOSH expects recipients to identify and use data sources that describe occupational health problems at the state level. This includes accessing existing datasets, developing occupational health indicators (OHIs), and calculating measures such as incidence and prevalence for injuries, illnesses, exposures, and deaths.
What are Occupational Health Indicators (OHIs) in the context of this opportunity?
OHIs are indicators developed and used to help describe and monitor occupational health issues. The notice highlights OHIs as part of the surveillance toolkit recipients may use to quantify and track work-related injuries, illnesses, exposures, and fatalities.
Does NIOSH encourage using non-traditional or underused data sources?
Yes. Applicants are encouraged to be creative and proactive in identifying underused or untapped data sources and, when helpful, to link datasets together to create a clearer picture than any single data source can provide.
Can or should applicants link multiple datasets together?
Yes. The opportunity explicitly mentions linking datasets when useful, as a way to strengthen understanding of occupational health problems and improve the clarity and completeness of surveillance findings.
What does “building a surveillance system” mean in this program?
In this opportunity, it means developing capacity to detect emerging occupational issues, monitor known hazards, and provide timely intelligence that public health and labor partners can act on.
Are recipients expected to set priorities for additional work beyond basic surveillance?
Yes. The program expects recipients to set clear priorities for follow-up work based on surveillance findings. Examples listed include deeper surveillance projects, targeted outreach, prevention initiatives, and intervention efforts aligned with urgent needs and emerging risks.
What kinds of partnerships are expected under this program?
Recipients are expected to build a broad network of collaborators to help identify appropriate data, interpret findings, and disseminate results. The notice lists potential partners such as public health agencies, labor and workforce organizations, health care systems and providers, universities, insurers, industry groups, and other worker safety and health stakeholders.
Why is partnership-building emphasized?
Because partners can help with identifying data sources, interpreting results, and ensuring findings reach the people who can use them. The program is framed around moving surveillance information into real-world prevention and decision-making.
What deliverables or outcomes does NIOSH expect from funded recipients?
A key deliverable is moving from surveillance findings to recommendations. Recipients are expected to develop and share public health recommendations, interventions, and policy approaches aimed at improving worker health and safety in their jurisdictions.
Are communication products and educational materials part of the expectation?
Yes. Recipients are encouraged to use current technologies to develop audience-specific educational materials and communication products. The emphasis is on making information easy to understand and more likely to be adopted or adapted by employers, workers, clinicians, and decision-makers.
What does it mean that this award is a cooperative agreement?
It means recipients should expect substantial federal involvement and collaboration during the project period, rather than operating with minimal federal engagement.
What is the funding opportunity number (FOA) for this program?
The funding opportunity number listed is RFA-OH-21-005.
What is the CFDA number associated with this opportunity?
The notice lists CFDA 93.262.
How is this opportunity categorized?
It is described as a discretionary health program.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is listed as unrestricted (open to any type of entity), with the caveat that applicants must follow any additional eligibility clarifications included in the full notice.
What is the maximum award amount (award ceiling)?
The award ceiling is listed as $685,000.
How many awards did NIOSH anticipate making?
NIOSH anticipated making about 30 awards.
What were the due dates listed for applications?
The posting reflects multiple due dates: December 8, 2020; December 8, 2021; and December 8, 2022.
What time were electronic submissions due?
Electronic submissions were due by 5:00 PM Eastern Time on the application date.
Are there references to prior or related NIOSH surveillance programs?
Yes. The notice points to background resources, including information on the prior state surveillance program (PAR-14-275) and details on currently funded state surveillance programs available through the NIOSH Office of Extramural Programs.
Is alignment with NIOSH strategic planning and goals mentioned?
Yes. Applicants are encouraged to align proposed work with NIOSH strategic planning and intermediate goals, including an emphasis on how research and surveillance outputs should be used by external stakeholders.
Does the notice mention broader NIOSH extramural research priorities?
Yes. It references NIOSH extramural research priority goals for FY2019 through FY2023 as context for how proposed surveillance activities can fit within national occupational safety and health priorities.
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