Opportunity Information: Apply for RFA ES 23 005
The SBIR E-Learning for HAZMAT and Emergency Response funding opportunity (RFA-ES-23-005) is a discretionary NIH grant program aimed at helping U.S. small businesses build and advance technology-enhanced training products that improve health and safety training for workers who face hazardous conditions. It sits within the environment and health funding area (CFDA 93.142) and is supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), specifically the Worker Education and Training Branch through its Worker Training Program (WTP) SBIR funds. The application window for the referenced closing date ended on 2023-07-14.
The core purpose of the announcement is to spur innovation in training tools that prevent work-related harm by teaching workers and responders how to protect themselves and the communities around them from hazardous materials exposure. The intended audiences are broad across the hazardous response ecosystem and include hazardous materials (HAZMAT) workers, waste treatment personnel, and other skilled support personnel connected to emergency or disaster response operations. It also explicitly includes emergency responders involved in biological hazard response, infectious disease response, and medical waste cleanup, as well as training focused on worker resiliency in disaster contexts. In practice, this means proposals should target real-world, high-risk tasks and environments where improved training could reduce injuries, exposures, contamination events, and downstream public health impacts.
The program emphasizes "technology-enhanced training products" as defined by the WTP. These can include online or web-based training, training delivered via mobile devices, immersive and simulation-based approaches such as virtual reality, and interactive methods like serious games. The intent is not simply to digitize existing training, but to use technology to strengthen multiple phases of learning: preparing trainees before hands-on work, supplementing classroom or field instruction, reinforcing safe behaviors on the job, and improving retention and performance under stress. Tools that enhance accessibility, engagement, and scalability are especially aligned with this theme, provided they remain grounded in health and safety outcomes and are suitable for the kinds of workers and responders the WTP serves.
A key requirement is that the proposed products complement the goals and objectives of the NIEHS Worker Training Program. The WTPs major objective is prevention: reducing work-related harm by delivering practical, effective instruction on exposure prevention, safe work practices, and protective measures for hazardous materials and emergency response scenarios. Because the initiative is financed through WTP SBIR funds, applications are expected to stay closely tied to this mission, meaning the best fit projects are those that clearly translate into safer work practices, better situational decision-making, and improved readiness for hazardous and disaster conditions.
Eligibility is limited to small business concerns applying through the SBIR mechanism (R43/R44). Non-U.S. entities (foreign institutions) are not eligible to apply, and non-domestic components of U.S. organizations are also not eligible. However, foreign components may be permitted in certain cases as defined by the NIH Grants Policy Statement, which generally refers to specific project elements performed outside the U.S. when justified and allowable under NIH policy. The opportunity is also marked "Clinical Trial Not Allowed," signaling that the work should focus on training technology development and evaluation rather than clinical trial activities.Apply for RFA ES 23 005
- 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 2023-03-06.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-07-14. (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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