National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Grants

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• Auto-calibrating, Air Quality Monitoring System

  Up to $542KDeadline: Sep 29, 2027open

  In 2021, chemical manufacturing industries accounted for roughly 529,000 workers, and “Extraction” accounted for 226,840 workers in the U.S. oil & gas...

• Wearable Heat Related Injury Risk Analysis (WHERA) system Resubmission

  Up to $306KDeadline: Sep 29, 2026open

  /ABSTRACT With climate change unfolding, temperature-related illnesses, such as hypothermia and hyperthermia, affect increasing numbers of individuals...

• Feasibility and Acceptability of Tele-exercise to Improve Physical Function in WTC Responders with Prostate Cancer

  Up to $288KDeadline: Jun 30, 2027open

  World Trade Center rescue and recovery workers (Responders) have an excess risk of prostate cancer, making them vulnerable to adverse effects on healt...

• Blood mutations and cancer associations among WTC-exposed Firefighters

  Up to $282KDeadline: Jun 30, 2027open

  Clonal hematopoiesis (CH) is the acquisition of somatic mutations in the blood that carry increased risk of blood cancers, and inflammatory conditions...

• Episodic Memories of 9/11 terror attack and Mental Health: Natural Language Processing of Adolescent and Adult Survivors' narratives (EMLAS study)

  Up to $274KDeadline: Jun 30, 2027open

  The mental health effects of the World Trade Center (WTC) attacks on adults first responders and survivors are well-documented, with elevated rates of...

• FEV1 Variability as a Novel Mortality Biomarker

  Up to $263KDeadline: Jun 30, 2027open

  Lower Baseline-FEV1 (cross sectional forced expiratory volume at one second at the beginning of longitudinal follow-up) and FEV1-slope (decline in FEV...

• Longitudinal Assessment of Hearing Loss in World Trade Center-Exposed Responders

  Up to $251KDeadline: Jun 30, 2027open

  The World Trade Center (WTC) disaster exposed responders to extreme noise from collapsing structures and prolonged recovery operations, with limited h...

• Update of the WTC Cancer Tissue Biobank

  Up to $251KDeadline: Jun 30, 2027open

  Immediately after the 9/11 terrorist attack, concerns were raised about the short and long term effects of exposure to the World Trade Center (WTC) du...

• Translation of the Aging and Immunity Multiome (TAIM): a Pilot Lifestyle Investigation in WTC Exposed FDNY Responders

  Up to $250KDeadline: Jun 30, 2027open

  SUMMARY The World Trade Center (WTC) attacks on September 11, 2001, exposed first-responders to toxic particulate matter (PM) resulting in morbidity a...

• Exploring Body Mass Index and Health Disparities on Lung Function Trajectories in WTC Survivors.

  Up to $250KDeadline: Jun 30, 2027open

  Over two decades after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, many exposed community members in the World Trade Center (WTC) Environmental Health Center (EHC) st...

• Decoding Spatial and Cellular Heterogeneity in Recurrence of WTC-Related Prostate Cancer

  Up to $250KDeadline: Jun 30, 2027open

  Prostate cancer rates are elevated among World Trade Center (WTC) responders, and some cases have unfortunately recurred and progressed to aggressive ...

• Evaluating Frailty and Obesity in World Trade Center General Responders Utilizing Measures of Physiologic and Metabolic Function

  Up to $249KDeadline: Jun 30, 2027open

  The individuals who were involved in the rescue and recovery efforts (responders) of the World Trade Center (WTC) tragedy were exposed to a complex mi...

• Tissue Molecular Profiles in WTC-exposed Community

  Up to $246KDeadline: Jun 30, 2027open

  The collapse of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 resulted in the massive release of dust, gas, and fumes with potential exposure to known ...

• Identifying Undiagnosed Airway Dysfunction in WTC Responders Using Respiratory Oscillometry

  Up to $230KDeadline: Jun 30, 2027open

  Rescue/recovery work at the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster site is associated with many physical health outcomes, including respiratory conditions....

• Premature biological aging among WTC responders

  Up to $220KDeadline: Jun 30, 2027open

  The cohort of rescue and recovery workers (responders) involved in the emergency response and cleanup following the 2001 World Trade Center (WTC) disa...

• The Liver, Metabolic Syndrome, and Increased CVD risk among African American World Trade Center General Responders

  Up to $173KDeadline: Jun 30, 2027open

  The liver, metabolic syndrome, and increased CVD risk among non-Hispanic Black World Trade Center (WTC) General Responders. This discovery-oriented R2...

• Posttraumatic stress disorder and physical functional decline among aging World Trade Center Responders: A focus on vulnerabilities

  Up to $148KDeadline: Jun 30, 2028open

  Responders to the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center (WTC) attacks have shown greater than expected cognitive and physical functional impairment as...

• Dynamics of Emotion Regulation, Trauma, and Grief Among Those Impacted by the World Trade Center Attacks

  Up to $138KDeadline: Jun 30, 2028open

  /ABSTRACT The September 11th, 2001 World Trade Center (WTC) attacks resulted in extensive mental health challenges for survivors, including post-traum...

• The IFISH Innovation Exchange Hub

  Up to $70KDeadline: Aug 31, 2028open

  The long-term objective of this proposal is to address emerging hazards and prevent occupational injuries and illnesses in the commercial fishing, aqu...

• Agricultural Safety & Health Council of America (ASHCA) Research to Practice to Research (R2P2R) Events

  Up to $55KDeadline: Jun 30, 2028open

  The Agricultural Safety and Health (ASHCA) will convene a series of Research to Practice to Research (R2P2R) topic-specific workshops and national con...

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