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Environmental Health Specialists Network (EHS-Net) Practice-based Research to Improve Food Safety
The Environmental Health Specialists Network (EHS-Net) supports programs in public health departments to:
(1) As a funded member of EHS-Net, collaborate with other EHS-Net recipients and partners to develop and conduct multisite research projects focused on improving retail food safety; (2) Develop and conduct individual research projects focused on improving retail food safety.
These projects will be unique to each recipient’s needs; and (3) Include an environmental health component in foodborne outbreak investigations and report data from outbreak investigations to CDC’s National Environmental Assessment Reporting System (NEARS).
You must be able to collaborate with epidemiology and laboratory staff in your health departments or in other agencies that conduct foodborne outbreak investigations.
Environmental health programs are typically responsible for retail food safety in their jurisdictions; foodborne outbreaks commonly occur in retail food establishments such as restaurants, delis, and caterers.
Thus, the focus of these research and investigation efforts is retail food safety.
We will award recipients for the first 12 months.
We expect to award 4 more separate 12-month budget periods after that.
Those separate budget period awards depend on whether funds are available and whether the recipient’s progress is satisfactory.
Key activities include:
1) Practice-based research with a focus on retail food establishments; 2) Foodborne outbreak investigation; and 3) Collaboration with other EHS-Net recipients.
Topics of interest include:
a) Food safety management systems; b) Foodborne illness risk factors and practices that contribute to outbreaks, such as sick workers, inadequate temperature control of food, and cleaning and sanitizing; c) Interventions to reduce foodborne illness risk factors; d) Norovirus prevention and investigation; e) Cottage food and food freedom regulations; and f) Restaurant inspection and outbreak investigation practices.
(1) As a funded member of EHS-Net, collaborate with other EHS-Net recipients and partners to develop and conduct multisite research projects focused on improving retail food safety; (2) Develop and conduct individual research projects focused on improving retail food safety.
These projects will be unique to each recipient’s needs; and (3) Include an environmental health component in foodborne outbreak investigations and report data from outbreak investigations to CDC’s National Environmental Assessment Reporting System (NEARS).
You must be able to collaborate with epidemiology and laboratory staff in your health departments or in other agencies that conduct foodborne outbreak investigations.
Environmental health programs are typically responsible for retail food safety in their jurisdictions; foodborne outbreaks commonly occur in retail food establishments such as restaurants, delis, and caterers.
Thus, the focus of these research and investigation efforts is retail food safety.
We will award recipients for the first 12 months.
We expect to award 4 more separate 12-month budget periods after that.
Those separate budget period awards depend on whether funds are available and whether the recipient’s progress is satisfactory.
Key activities include:
1) Practice-based research with a focus on retail food establishments; 2) Foodborne outbreak investigation; and 3) Collaboration with other EHS-Net recipients.
Topics of interest include:
a) Food safety management systems; b) Foodborne illness risk factors and practices that contribute to outbreaks, such as sick workers, inadequate temperature control of food, and cleaning and sanitizing; c) Interventions to reduce foodborne illness risk factors; d) Norovirus prevention and investigation; e) Cottage food and food freedom regulations; and f) Restaurant inspection and outbreak investigation practices.
Related Programs
Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response
Department of Health and Human Services
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Office: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA
Estimated Funding: $10,000,000
Office: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA
Estimated Funding: $10,000,000
Who's Eligible
Relevant Nonprofit Program Categories
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Additional Information of Eligibility:
Bona Fide Agents: A Bona Fide Agent is an agency/organization identified by the state as eligible to submit an application under the state eligibility in lieu of a state application.
If applying as a bona fide agent of a state or local government, a legal, binding agreement from the state or local government as documentation of the status is required.
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Full Opportunity Web Address:
https://mygrants.servicenowservices.com/mygrants?id=mygrants_form&table=x_g_usd4_d_grant_funding_opportunity&sys_id=652584031b718210e02962cae54bcb7e&view=Default
Contact:
Agency Email Description:
ncipc_erpo@cdc.gov
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Date Posted:
2024-08-29
Application Due Date:
Archive Date:
2025-03-09
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