Opportunity Information: Apply for RFA ES 21 005
The SBIR E-Learning for HAZMAT and Emergency Response (R43/R44 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) opportunity (RFA-ES-21-005) is a National Institutes of Health grant solicitation focused on helping small businesses build and advance technology-based training products that improve health and safety outcomes for workers and responders who face hazardous materials and disaster-related exposures. It sits within the environment and health space (CFDA 93.142) and is supported by SBIR funds from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), specifically through the Worker Education and Training Branch under the NIEHS Worker Training Program (WTP). The main idea is to push forward practical, modern training approaches that can better prepare people to protect themselves and their communities when dealing with hazardous substances and high-risk emergency conditions.
The FOA emphasizes development of Advanced Technology Training (ATT) products, meaning tools that use newer learning technologies to complement the full training lifecycle, from instructional design and content delivery to learner assessment and program evaluation. ATT is defined broadly and can include online or web-based modules, mobile-device training, virtual reality experiences, and serious gaming. The expectation is that these technologies are not just flashy add-ons, but are purpose-built to enhance, supplement, and improve real-world worker training for hazardous materials. The product focus covers several related audiences and scenarios, including HAZMAT workers, waste treatment personnel, skilled support personnel tied to emergency or disaster work, and emergency responders dealing with biosafety response, infectious disease training and cleanup, disaster response and resiliency training, and environmental disaster response.
A core requirement is alignment with the NIEHS Worker Training Program mission and objectives. WTPs major objective is prevention: reducing work-related harm by strengthening the ability of workers and responders to recognize hazards, use protective measures effectively, and limit exposures to hazardous materials. Any proposed ATT product is expected to clearly support that prevention mission, meaning it should be designed to improve readiness, safe work practices, and protective decision-making for people operating in hazardous and time-sensitive environments.
From an applicant eligibility standpoint, this is an SBIR opportunity, so the intended applicants are U.S. small business concerns. Foreign institutions are explicitly not eligible to apply, and non-U.S. components of U.S. organizations are also not eligible. However, foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, may be allowed in some circumstances, which typically means discrete parts of a project could potentially be carried out abroad if permitted under NIH policy, even though the applicant organization itself must be eligible and based in the U.S.
In terms of mechanism and structure, the announcement uses the SBIR R43/R44 grant pathways, which generally correspond to phased development, with R43 commonly aligned with earlier-stage feasibility and prototype work and R44 aligned with further development and validation toward a more mature product. The FOA is labeled Clinical Trial Not Allowed, which indicates the work should not include NIH-defined clinical trials; the emphasis is on training technology development and evaluation rather than clinical intervention studies. The opportunity was posted on May 11, 2021, with an original closing date of July 30, 2021, and is categorized as a discretionary grant funding instrument administered by NIH.Apply for RFA ES 21 005
- The National Institutes of Health in the environment, health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "SBIR E-Learning for HAZMAT and Emergency Response (R43/R44 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.142.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2021-05-11.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2021-07-30. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Eligible applicants include: Small businesses.
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| Utilizing Telomere Status to Reveal Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Susceptibility and Resiliency in Response to Environmental Exposures (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Apply for RFA ES 22 007 Funding Number: RFA ES 22 007 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Environment, Health Funding Amount: Case Dependent |
| Environmental Health Sciences Core Centers (EHSCC) (P30 Clinical Trial Optional) Apply for RFA ES 22 010 Funding Number: RFA ES 22 010 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Environment, Health Funding Amount: Case Dependent |
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