National Center of Excellence for the Prevention of Childhood Agricultural Injury | RFA OH 20 007

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The National Center of Excellence for the Prevention of Childhood Agricultural Injury grant opportunity (RFA OH 20 007) is a NIOSH-led funding announcement under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its purpose is to support a single, national-level Center of Excellence that will strengthen and coordinate efforts to prevent injuries to children who live, work, or spend time in agricultural environments across the United States. The emphasis is not only on generating knowledge, but also on turning existing and new evidence into practical, widely adopted safety solutions that reduce real-world harm.

At the core of the opportunity is the expectation that applicants will propose a multidisciplinary program that brings together the expertise needed to address childhood agricultural injury from multiple angles. This typically implies collaboration among public health, occupational safety, injury epidemiology, agricultural sciences, behavioral science, education and training, communications, and community partners. The funded center is expected to build and maintain strong partnerships that enable implementation of prevention and intervention activities, rather than operating in isolation. In other words, the center should function as a national hub that connects stakeholders, supports on-the-ground adoption of safety practices, and helps align research, outreach, and intervention work toward measurable injury-prevention goals.

A major requirement is that applicants clearly describe the occupational health and safety burdens their proposal will address. That means the application should identify the specific injury problems affecting children in agricultural settings, explain why those problems matter (including who is impacted and how), and demonstrate that the proposed work is grounded in real needs. Just as important, applicants must connect those needs to a logical set of planned activities, outputs, and outcomes. The announcement pushes applicants to show a clear line of sight from problem statement to actionable deliverables and near-term and longer-term results. Outputs could include tools, training products, guidelines, dissemination materials, or implementation supports, while outcomes should reflect changes such as improved awareness, safer behaviors and practices, adoption of interventions, or reductions in risk factors and injuries.

NIOSH also signals that the center is expected to serve as a leader in research translation and research-to-practice (often described as moving research into usable, operational solutions). This indicates that competitive proposals should prioritize dissemination, implementation, and stakeholder engagement, ensuring that findings and prevention strategies reach families, farms, agribusiness settings, educators, health professionals, and community organizations in forms they can realistically use. The center is expected to have a national footprint and to contribute to prevention across diverse agricultural contexts, not just within a narrow region or single community.

The project period is framed as five years, and applicants are asked to describe anticipated impacts and outcomes during that time and beyond. This suggests NIOSH is looking for a sustainable approach with benefits that extend past the grant term, such as enduring partnerships, scalable interventions, durable training and communication infrastructure, and the ability to keep translating evidence into practice. Proposals should explain how the center will maintain momentum, build capacity, and leave behind systems or products that continue reducing childhood agricultural injury risk over the long run.

Administratively, this is a discretionary cooperative agreement, meaning the federal agency is likely to have substantial involvement in the project compared with a standard grant. The opportunity is listed under CFDA 93.262, with an eligibility category described as unrestricted (open to any type of entity, subject to any additional eligibility details in the full announcement). NIOSH planned to make one award, with an award ceiling of $1,500,000. The funding opportunity was created February 24, 2020, with an original closing date of April 24, 2020, and electronic submissions due by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date.

Overall, the opportunity is designed to fund a single national center that can lead the field in preventing childhood agricultural injuries by pairing multidisciplinary expertise with strong partnerships and an explicit commitment to research-to-practice. The strongest applications would be expected to clearly define the injury burden, justify why the proposed work is needed, specify what will be produced, and demonstrate how those products and activities will translate into meaningful, measurable improvements during the five-year award and continuing afterward.

• 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 "National Center of Excellence for the Prevention of Childhood Agricultural Injury" 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 Feb 24, 2020.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 24, 2020 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 500 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.. (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 $1,500,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 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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