Opportunity Information: Apply for RFA OH 23 003
The Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Centers (T42) opportunity is a federal grant program run by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Its purpose is to support Education and Research Centers (ERCs) that strengthen the nations capacity to protect worker health and safety by training the next generation of occupational safety and health professionals. This program sits squarely within NIOSHs statutory responsibility to help ensure an adequate supply of qualified personnel needed to carry out the goals of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, and ERCs are described as one of the main mechanisms NIOSH uses to meet that mandate.
At a practical level, an ERC is typically an academic hub that delivers interdisciplinary graduate and post-graduate education, research training, continuing education, and outreach in the major occupational safety and health fields. The core disciplines emphasized in this announcement are industrial hygiene, occupational health nursing, occupational medicine, and occupational safety, with room to include allied disciplines that complement and extend those areas. The expectation is not just classroom training, but structured professional preparation that produces job-ready practitioners, researchers, and leaders capable of addressing real workplace hazards and evolving workforce needs.
Research is treated as a central feature rather than an add-on. ERC faculty and NIOSH-supported trainees are expected to conduct research and research training activities aligned with the NIOSH National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) and to engage with emerging issues in occupational safety and health. In other words, these centers are meant to contribute new knowledge and practical solutions, while also using research as a training environment where students learn how to identify problems, design studies, interpret evidence, and translate findings into prevention strategies that can be used by employers, workers, and public health systems.
ERCs are also framed as regional resources with a public service role. Beyond academic programs, they are expected to provide continuing education and outreach that meets the needs of the existing workforce and the organizations that support it. The announcement highlights collaboration with professional associations, worker advocacy groups, businesses and industries, and public health agencies, reflecting the idea that worker health improvements often depend on partnerships that bridge academia, practice, labor, and industry. The regional presence of ERCs is also tied to diversifying the occupational safety and health profession, with centers expected to reflect core values and mission-driven outputs that broaden participation and strengthen the pipeline of professionals across different communities and geographic areas.
Collaboration is explicitly encouraged with other institutions and training efforts, including Minority Serving Institutions and other NIOSH-supported training programs. The intent is to expand reach, build capacity where it is most needed, and improve worker health, safety, and well-being through coordinated education, research, and community-facing activities. Put simply, the program is designed to create a multiplier effect: training new specialists, upgrading the skills of current professionals through continuing education, and generating applied research that can be used to prevent injuries and illnesses across many sectors.
Administratively, this is a discretionary grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number RFA OH 23 003) in the health funding category under CFDA 93.262. The agency anticipates making about 18 awards, with an award ceiling listed at 1,800,000. The opportunity was created on October 31, 2022, and lists an original closing date of November 23, 2027, with applications due by 11:59 pm ET on the posted due dates for each cycle.
Eligibility is broad and includes many types of organizations that could plausibly operate or partner in an ERC, including public and private institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations (both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3)), for-profit entities other than small businesses, small businesses, and a wide range of governmental and tribal entities (state, county, city or township, special district governments, federally recognized tribal governments, and other tribal organizations), as well as independent school districts and public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities. This breadth signals that while ERCs are commonly anchored in universities, the program is structured to allow participation and leadership across multiple organizational types, subject to the specific eligibility clarifications in the full announcement.
Overall, the T42 ERC program is best understood as workforce infrastructure funding for occupational safety and health: it supports centers that train professionals in the main OSH disciplines, embed trainees in meaningful research linked to national priorities like NORA, and provide continuing education and outreach that directly serves workers, employers, and public health partners. The end goal is a stronger, more diverse, and better prepared OSH workforce, backed by research and partnerships that improve prevention and advance worker health and safety nationwide.Apply for RFA OH 23 003
- 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 "Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Centers (T42)" 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 Oct 31, 2022.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Nov 23, 2027 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 pm ET on the listed application due date..
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,800,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 18 candidate(s).
- 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 (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification), 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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