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acquire or control voting securities or

assets of a company, including the

companies listed below, that engages

either directly or through a subsidiary or

other company, in a nonbanking activity

that is listed in § 225.28 of Regulation

Y (12 CFR 225.28) or that the Board has

determined by Order to be closely

related to banking and permissible for

bank holding companies. Unless

otherwise noted, these activities will be

conducted throughout the United States.

Each notice is available for inspection

at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated.

The notice also will be available for

inspection at the offices of the Board of

Governors. Interested persons may

express their views in writing on the

question whether the proposal complies

with the standards of section 4 of the

BHC Act.

Unless otherwise noted, comments

regarding the applications must be

received at the Reserve Bank indicated

or the offices of the Board of Governors

not later than May 6, 1998.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

(Paul Kaboth, Banking Supervisor) 1455

East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio

44101-2566:

1. National City Corporation,

Cleveland, Ohio; to acquire, through

National Processing Company,

Louisville, Kentucky, up to a 29 percent

equity interest in INFITEQ, LLC, Dallas,

Texas, and thereby engage in providing

management consulting and counseling

activities, support services, and data

processing and data transmission

activities, pursuant to §§ 225.28(b)(9),

(b)(10), and (b)(14) of the Board’s

Regulation Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, April 16, 1998.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–10568 Filed 4–20–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

Cost Accounting Standards Board

Review Panel; Notice of Web Page

The Cost Accounting Standards Board

(CASB) Review Panel was established in

March 1998 to study, analyze, and

assess the mission of the CASB in light

of recent federal acquisition reforms.

Formed at the request of Congress, the

panel includes members from

government, industry, and the

accounting profession. It is anticipated

that the panel will conclude its studies,

analyses, and deliberations by the end

of the current year and issue a report

with recommendations to the Congress

in early 1999.

In conducting its work, the panel is

seeking to obtain broad input from all

interested parties including those in the

government contracting community,

academia, the accounting profession,

and industry. At this time, the panel is

seeking general comments on what are

the most pertinent issues the panel

should address regarding the CASB’s

mission in light of acquisition reform,

its current structure, composition and

membership, and the CASB’s staff

resources. As the panel proceeds with

its work and focuses its attention on

more specific issues, additional public

comments on those issues will be

solicited. Individuals interested in

submitting comments to the panel can

do so by visiting the CASB Review

Panel’s web page at http://www.gao.gov

or can leave recorded messages at (202)

512–4501.

Ralph C. Dawn,

Executive Director, Cost Accounting

Standards Board Review Panel.

[FR Doc. 98–10491 Filed 4–20–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 1610–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES (HHS)

Administration on Aging

[Program Announcement No. AoA–98–5]

Fiscal Year 1998 Program

Announcement; Availability of Funds

and Notice Regarding Applications

AGENCY: Administration on Aging, HHS.

ACTION: Announcement of availability of

funds and request for applications to

carry out model Pension Information

and Counseling Projects whose purpose

is to demonstrate innovative and

effective means for ensuring that those

older Americans eligible for pension

benefits have the requisite knowledge,

information, and counseling to exercise

fully their rights and entitlements.

SUMMARY: The Administration on Aging

(AoA) announces that under this

program announcement it will hold a

competition for grant awards for three

(3) to five (5) projects. Since 1993, the

AoA has supported several model

pension information and counseling

projects at various sites throughout the

country. This program announcement is

designed to build on that effort by

extending the opportunity for program

innovation in pension counseling and

information dissemination to other

regions of the country.

The deadline date for the submission

of applications is June 21, 1998. As

provided by Title IV, Section 429 of the

Older Americans Act, eligibility for

grant awards is limited to state and area

agencies on aging and to nonprofit

organizations with proven experience in

the counseling of older persons

regarding retirement benefits and

pension rights.

Application kits are available by

writing to the Department of Health and

Human Services, Administration on

Aging, Office of Program Operations and

Development, 330 Independence

Avenue, SW., Room 4270, Washington,

DC 20201, or by calling 202/619–0011.

Dated: April 15, 1998.

Jeanette C. Takamura,

Assistant Secretary for Aging.

[FR Doc. 98–10555 Filed 4–20–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

National Institute for Occupational

Safety and Health

[Program Announcement 98045; (Former

Announcement Number 123)]

Grants for Education Programs in

Occupational Safety and Health; Notice

of Availability of Funds for Fiscal Year

1999

Introduction

The Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) announces that

applications are being accepted for

fiscal year (FY) 1999 training grants in

occupational safety and health. The

purpose of these grants is to provide an

adequate supply of qualified personnel

to carry out the purposes of the

Occupational Safety and Health Act.

This announcement includes an

expanded emphasis on research and

research training and an emphasis on

establishing new and innovative

training technologies for both Education

and Research Centers (ERCs), formerly

known as Educational Resource Centers,

and Training Project Grants (TPGs).

CDC is committed to achieving the

health promotion and disease

prevention objectives of ‘‘Healthy

People 2000,’’ a national activity to

reduce morbidity and mortality and

improve the quality of life. This

announcement is related to the priority

area of Occupational Safety and Health.

(For ordering a copy of ‘‘Healthy People

2000,’’ see the section ‘‘WHERE TO

OBTAIN ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION.’’)
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Authority

This program is authorized under

section 21(a) of the Occupational Safety

and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C.

670(a)). Regulations applicable to this

program are in 42 CFR part 86, ‘‘Grants

for Education Programs in Occupational

Safety and Health.’’

Smoke-Free Workplace

CDC strongly encourages all grant

recipients to provide a smoke-free

workplace and to promote the nonuse of

all tobacco products, and Pub. L. 103–

227, the Pro-Children Act of 1994,

prohibits smoking in certain facilities

that receive Federal funds in which

education, library, day care, health care,

and early childhood development

services are provided to children.

Restrictions on Lobbying

Applicants should be aware of

restrictions on the use of HHS funds for

lobbying of Federal or State legislative

bodies. Under the provisions of 31

U.S.C. 1352 (which has been in effect

since December 23, 1989), recipients

(and their subtier contractors) are

prohibited from using appropriated

Federal funds (other than profits from a

Federal contract) for lobbying congress

or any Federal agency in connection

with the award of a particular contract,

grant, cooperative agreement, or loan.

This includes grants/cooperative

agreements that, in whole or in part,

involve conferences for which Federal

funds cannot be used directly or

indirectly to encourage participants to

lobby or to instruct participants on how

to lobby.

In addition, the FY 1998 Department

of Labor, Health and Human Services,

and Education, and Related Agencies

Appropriations Act (Pub. L. 105–78)

states in section 503 (a) and (b) that no

part of any appropriation contained in

this Act shall be used, other than for

normal and recognized executivelegislative relations, for publicity or

propaganda purposes, for the

preparation, distribution, or use of any

kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication,

radio, television, or video presentation

designed to support or defeat legislation

pending before the Congress or any

State legislature, except in presentation

to the Congress or any State legislature

itself. No part of any appropriation

contained in this Act shall be used to

pay the salary or expenses of any grant

or contract recipient, or agent acting for

such recipient, related to any activity

designed to influence legislation or

appropriations pending before the

Congress or any State legislature.

Eligible Applicants

Any public or private educational or

training agency or institution that has

demonstrated competency in the

occupational safety and health field and

is located in a State, the District of

Columbia, or U.S. Territory is eligible to

apply for a training grant.

Availability of Funds and Types of

Training Awards and Applicant

Characteristics

CDC expects approximately

$11,500,000 to be available in FY 1999.

A. Approximately $10,400,000 of the

total funds available will be utilized as

follows:

1. To award approximately fourteen

non-competing continuation and one

competing continuation or new

Occupational Safety and Health ERC

training grants totaling approximately

$8,200,000 and ranging from

approximately $400,000 to $800,000

with the average award being

approximately $550,000. An

Occupational Safety and Health

Education and Research Center shall be

an identifiable organizational unit

within the sponsoring organization.

Applicants must meet the following

characteristics in order to be considered

responsive. If the characteristics are not

met, the application will be considered

non-responsive and will not be

reviewed.

a. Cooperative arrangements with a

medical school or teaching hospital

(with an established program in

preventive or occupational medicine);

with a school of nursing or its

equivalent; with a school of public

health or its equivalent; or with a school

of engineering or its equivalent. It is

expected that other schools or

departments with relevant disciplines

and resources shall be represented and

shall contribute as appropriate to the

conduct of the total program, e.g.,

epidemiology, toxicology, biostatistics,

environmental health, law, business

administration, and education. Specific

mechanisms to implement the

cooperative arrangements between

departments, schools/colleges,

universities, etc., shall be demonstrated

in order to assure that the intended

multidisciplinary training and

education will be engendered.

b. A Center Director who possesses a

demonstrated capacity for sustained

productivity and leadership in

occupational health and safety

education and training. The Director

shall oversee the general operation of

the Center Program and shall, to the

extent possible, directly participate in

training activities. A Deputy Director

shall be responsible for managing the

daily administrative duties of the Center

and to increase the Center Director’s

availability to ERC staff and to the

public.

c. Program Directors who are full-time

faculty and professional staff

representing various disciplines and

qualifications relevant to occupational

safety and health who are capable of

planning, establishing, and carrying out

or administering training projects

undertaken by the Center. Each

academic program, as well as the

continuing education and outreach

program shall have a Program Director.

d. Faculty and staff with

demonstrated training and research

expertise, appropriate facilities and

ongoing training and research activities

in occupational safety and health areas.

e. A program for conducting

education and training in four core

disciplines: occupational physicians,

occupational health nurses, industrial

hygienists, and occupational safety

personnel. There shall be a minimum of

five full-time students in each of the

core programs, with a goal of a

minimum of 30 full-time students (total

in all of core programs together). Centers

are encouraged to recruit and train

minority students to help address the

under-representation of minorities

among the occupational safety and

health professional workforce.

Although it is desirable for a Center

to have the full range of core programs,

a Center with a minimum of three

components of which two are in the

core disciplines is eligible for support

providing it is demonstrated that

students will be exposed to the

principles and issues of all four core

disciplines. In order to maximize the

unique strengths and capabilities of

institutions, consideration will be given

to the development of: new and

innovative academic programs that are

relevant to the occupational safety and

health field, e.g., ergonomics, industrial

toxicology, occupational injury

prevention, and occupational

epidemiology; and to innovative

technological approaches to training

and education. Centers must also

document that the program covers an

occupational safety and health

discipline in critical need or meets a

specific regional workforce need. Each

core program curriculum shall include

courses from non-core categories as well

as appropriate clinical rotations and

field experiences with public health and

safety agencies and with labormanagement health and safety groups.

Where possible, field experience shall

involve students representing other

disciplines in a manner similar to that
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used in team surveys and other team

approaches. Centers should address the

importance of providing training and

education content related to special

populations at risk, including minority

workers and other sub-populations

specified in the National Occupational

Research Agenda (NORA) special

populations at risk category.

f. A specific plan describing how

trainees will be exposed to the

principles of all other occupational

safety and health core and allied

disciplines. Consortium Centers

generally have geographic, policy and

other barriers to achieving this Center

characteristic and, therefore, must give

special, if not innovative, attention to

thoroughly describing the approach for

fulfilling the multidisciplinary

interaction between students.

g. Demonstrated impact of the ERC on

the curriculum taught by relevant

medical specialties, including family

practice, internal medicine,

dermatology, orthopedics, pathology,

radiology, neurology, perinatal

medicine, psychiatry, etc., and on the

curriculum of undergraduate, graduate

and continuing education of primary

core disciplines as well as relevant

medical specialities and the curriculum

of other schools such as engineering,

business, and law.

h. An outreach program to interact

with and help other institutions or

agencies located within the region.

Programs shall be designed to address

regional needs and implement

innovative strategies for meeting those

needs. Partnerships and collaborative

relationships shall be encouraged

between ERCs and Training Project

Grants. Programs to address the underrepresentation of minorities among

occupational safety and health

professionals shall be encouraged.

Specific efforts should be made to

conduct outreach activities to develop

collaborative training programs with

academic institutions serving minority

and other special populations, such as

Tribal Colleges and Universities.

Examples of outreach activities might

include activities such as: Interaction

with other colleges and schools within

the ERC and with other universities or

institutions in the region to integrate

occupational safety and health

principles and concepts within existing

curricula (e.g., Colleges of Business

Administration, Engineering,

Architecture, Law, and Arts and

Sciences); exchange of occupational

safety and health faculty among regional

educational institutions; providing

curriculum materials and consultation

for curriculum/course development in

other institutions; use of a visiting

faculty program to involve labor and

management leaders; cooperative and

collaborative arrangements with

professional societies, scientific

associations, and boards of

accreditation, certification, or licensure;

and presentation of awareness seminars

to undergraduate and secondary

educational institutions (e.g., high

school science fairs and career days) as

well as to labor, management and

community associations.

i. A specific plan for preparing,

distributing and conducting courses,

seminars and workshops to provide

short-term and continuing education

training courses for physicians, nurses,

industrial hygienists, safety engineers

and other occupational safety and

health professionals, paraprofessionals

and technicians, including personnel

from labor-management health and

safety committees, in the geographical

region in which the Center is located.

The goal shall be that the training be

made available to a minimum of 400

trainees per year representing all of the

above categories of personnel, on an

approximate proportional basis with

emphasis given to providing

occupational safety and health training

to physicians in family practice, as well

as industrial practice, industrial nurses,

and safety engineers. Priority shall be

given to establishing new and

innovative training technologies,

including distance learning programs

and to short-term programs designed to

prepare a cadre of practitioners in

occupational safety and health. Where

appropriate, it shall be professionally

acceptable that Continuing Education

Units (as approved by appropriate

professional associations) may be

awarded. These courses should be

structured so that higher educational

institutions, public health and safety

agencies, professional societies or other

appropriate agencies can utilize them to

provide training at the local level to

occupational health and safety

personnel working in the workplace.

Further, the Center shall conduct

periodic training needs assessments,

shall develop a specific plan to meet

these needs, and shall have

demonstrated capability for

implementing such training directly and

through other institutions or agencies in

the region. The Center should establish

and maintain cooperative efforts with

labor unions, government agencies, and

industry trade associations, where

appropriate, thus serving as a regional

resource for addressing the problems of

occupational safety and health that are

faced by State and local governments,

labor and management.

j. A Board of Advisors or Consultants

representing the user and affected

population, including representatives of

labor, industry, government agencies,

academic institutions and professional

associations, shall be established by the

Center. The Board shall meet regularly

to advise a Center Executive Committee

and to provide periodic evaluation of

Center activities. The Executive

Committee shall be composed of the

Center Director and Deputy Director,

academic Program Directors, the

Directors for Continuing Education and

Outreach and others whom the Center

Director may appoint to assist in

governing the internal affairs of the

Center.

k. A plan to incorporate research

training into all aspects of training and,

in research institutions, as documented

by on-going funded research and faculty

publications, a defined research training

plan for training doctoral-level

researchers in the occupational safety

and health field. The plan will include

how the Center intends to strengthen

existing research training efforts, how it

will integrate research training activities

into the curriculum, field and clinical

experiences, how it will expand these

research activities to have an impact on

other primarily clinically-oriented

disciplines, such as nursing and

medicine, and how it will build on and

utilize existing research opportunities in

the institution. Each ERC is required to

identify or develop a minimum of one,

preferably more, areas of research focus

related to work environment problems.

Consideration shall be given to the CDC/

NIOSH priority research areas identified

in the National Occupational Health

Research Agenda (NORA). (This

publication may be obtained from

NIOSH). The research training plan will

address how students will be instructed

and instilled with critical research

perspectives and skills. This training

will emphasize the importance of

developing and working on

interdisciplinary teams appropriate for

addressing a research issue. It should

also prepare students with the skill

necessary for developing research

protocols, pilot studies, outreach efforts

to transfer research findings into

practice, and successful research

proposals. Such components of research

training will require the Centers to

strive toward developing the faculty

composition and administrative

infrastructure essential to being Centers

of Excellence in Occupational Safety

and Health Research Training that are

required to train research leaders of the

future. The plan should address the

incremental growth of such elements
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and evaluation of the plan

commensurate with funds available. In

addition to the research training

components, the plan will also include

such items as specific strategies for

obtaining student and faculty funding,

plans for acquiring equipment, if

appropriate, and a plan for developing

research-oriented faculty.

l. Evidence in obtaining support from

other sources, including other Federal

grants, support from States and other

public agencies, and support from the

private sector including grants from

foundations and corporate endowments,

chairs, and gifts.

2. To award four non-competing

continuation training grants totaling

approximately $250,000 of the available

funds as specified in A.1. The awards

will be made to ERCs to support the

development of specialized educational

programs in agricultural safety and

health within the existing core

disciplines of industrial hygiene,

occupational medicine, occupational

health nursing, and occupational safety.

Program support is available for faculty

and staff salaries, trainee costs, and

other costs to educate professionals in

agricultural safety and health.

3. To award approximately thirty-two,

non-competing continuation and six

competing continuation or new longterm training project grants (TPG)

totaling $2,200,000 and ranging from

approximately $10,000 to $500,000,

with the average award being $58,000,

to support academic programs in the

core disciplines (i.e., industrial hygiene,

occupational health nursing,

occupational/industrial medicine, and

occupational safety and ergonomics)

and relevant components (e.g.,

occupational injury prevention,

industrial toxicology, ergonomics). The

awards are normally for training

programs of 1 academic year. They are

intended to augment the scope,

enrollment, and quality of training

programs rather than to replace funds

already available for current operations.

Applicants must also document that the

program covers an occupational safety

and health discipline in critical need or

meets a specific regional workforce

need. Applicants should address the

importance of providing training and

education content related to special

populations at risk, including minority

and disadvantaged workers. The types

of training currently eligible for support

are:

a. Graduate training for practice,

teaching, and research careers in

occupational safety and health. Priority

will be given to programs producing

graduates in areas of greatest

occupational safety and health need.

Strong consideration will be given to the

establishment of innovative training

technologies including distance learning

programs.

b. Undergraduate and other prebaccalaureate training providing

trainees with capabilities for positions

in occupational safety and health

professions.

c. Special technical or other programs

for long-term training of occupational

safety and health technicians or

specialists.

d. Special programs for development

of occupational safety and health

training curricula and educational

materials, including mechanisms for

effectiveness testing and

implementation.

Awards will be made for a 1- to 5-year

project period with an annual budget

period. Funding estimates may vary and

are subject to change. Non-competing

continuation awards within the

approved project periods will be made

on the basis of satisfactory progress and

the availability of funds.

B. To award approximately ten noncompeting and two competing

continuation or new training grants

totaling approximately $1,100,000 of the

total funds available. The awards will be

made to ERCs to support the

development and presentation of

continuing education and short courses

and academic curricula for trainees and

professionals engaged in the

management of hazardous substances.

These funds are provided to NIOSH/

CDC through an Interagency Agreement

with the National Institute of

Environmental Health Sciences as

authorized by the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act of

1980, as amended (CERCLA). The

hazardous substance training (HST)

funds are being used to supplement

previous hazardous substance

continuing education grant support

provided to the ERCs in FY 1984 and

1985 under the authority of Title III of

the Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act (CERCLA) of 1980 as amended by

SARA for the ERC continuing education

programs. The hazardous substance

academic training (HSAT) funds are

being used to supplement continuing

industrial hygiene core program support

to develop and offer academic curricula

in the hazardous substance field as a

specialty area primarily for industrial

hygiene trainees. Program support is

available for faculty and staff salaries,

trainee costs, and other costs to provide

training and education for occupational

safety and health and other professional

personnel engaged in the evaluation,

management, and handling of hazardous

substances. The policies regarding

project periods also apply to these

activities.

Purpose

The objective of this grant program is

to award funds to eligible institutions or

agencies to assist in providing an

adequate supply of qualified

professional and para-professional

occupational safety and health

personnel to carry out the purposes of

the Occupational Safety and Health Act.

Review and Evaluation Criteria

In reviewing ERC grant applications,

consideration will be given to:

1. Plans to satisfy the regional needs

for training in the areas outlined by the

application, including projected

enrollment, recruitment and current

workforce populations. Special

consideration should be given to the

development of programs addressing the

under-representation of minorities

among occupational safety and health

professionals. Indicators of regional

need should include measures utilized

by the Center such as previous record of

training and placement of graduates.

The need for supporting students in

allied disciplines must be specifically

justified in terms of user community

requirements.

2. Extent to which arrangements for

day-to-day management, allocation of

funds and cooperative arrangements are

designed to effectively achieve

Characteristics of an Education and

Research Center. (See A.1.a.–l.)

3. The establishment of new and

innovative programs and approaches to

training and education relevant to the

occupational safety and health field and

based on documentation that the

program meets specific regional

workforce needs. In reviewing such

proposed programs, consideration shall

be given to the developing nature of the

program and its capability to produce

graduates who will meet such workforce

needs.

4. Extent to which curriculum content

and design includes formalized training

objectives, minimal course content to

achieve certificate or degree, course

descriptions, course sequence,

additional related courses open to

occupational safety and health students,

time devoted to lecture, laboratory and

field experience, and the nature of

specific field and clinical experiences

including their relationships with

didactic programs in the educational

process.

5. Academic training including the

number of full-time and part-time

students and graduates for each core
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program, the placement of graduates,

employment history, and their current

location by type of institution

(academic, industry, labor, etc.).

Previous continuing education training

in each discipline and outreach activity

and assistance to groups within the ERC

region.

6. Methods in use or proposed

methods for evaluating the effectiveness

of training and outreach including the

use of placement services and feedback

mechanisms from graduates as well as

employers, innovative strategies for

meeting regional needs, critiques from

continuing education courses, and

reports from consultations and

cooperative activities with other

universities, professional associations,

and other outside agencies.

7. Competence, experience and

training of the Center Director, the

Deputy Center Director, the Program

Directors and other professional staff in

relation to the type and scope of training

and education involved.

8. Institutional commitment to Center

goals.

9. Academic and physical

environment in which the training will

be conducted, including access to

appropriate occupational settings.

10. Appropriateness of the budget

required to support each academic

component of the ERC program,

including a separate budget for the

academic staff’s time and effort in

continuing education and outreach.

11. Evidence of the integration of

research experience into the curriculum,

field and clinical experiences. In

institutions seeking funds for doctoral

and post-doctoral (physician training)

level research training, evidence of a

plan describing the research and

research training the Center proposes.

This shall include goals, elements of the

program, research faculty and amount of

effort, support faculty, facilities and

equipment available and needed, and

methods for implementing and

evaluating the program.

12. Evidence of success in attaining

outside support to supplement the ERC

grant funds including other Federal

grants, support from States and other

public agencies, and support from the

private sector including grants from

foundations and corporate endowments,

chairs, and gifts.

13. Evidence of a strategy to evaluate

the impact that the ERC and its

programs have had on the DHHS

Region. Examples could include a

continuing education needs assessment,

a workforce needs survey, consultation

and research programs provided to

address regional occupational safety and

health problems, the impact on primary

care practice and training, a program

graduate data base to track the

contributions of graduates to the

occupational safety and health field,

and the cost effectiveness of the

program.

14. Past performance based on

evaluation of the most recent CDC/

NIOSH Objective Review Summary

Statement and the grant application

Progress Report (Competing

Continuation applications only).

In reviewing ERC grant applications

for agricultural safety and health,

hazardous substance, and hazardous

substance academic training programs,

the review and evaluation criteria are

specified in the following documents

that are available on request:

1. Hazardous Substance Training

Program in Educational Resource

Centers—Request for Applications,

March 10, 1988.

2. Agricultural Safety and Health

Education Programs in Educational

Resource Centers—Request for

Applications, March 5, 1990.

3. Hazardous Substance Academic

Training Program in Educational

Resource Centers—Request for

Applications, August 10, 1992.

In reviewing long-term TPG

applications, consideration will be

given to:

1. Need for training in the program

area outlined by the application. This

should include documentation of a plan

for student recruitment, projected

enrollment, job opportunities, regional

need both in quality and quantity, and

for programs addressing the underrepresentation of minorities in the

profession of occupational safety and

health.

2. Potential contribution of the project

toward meeting the needs for graduate

or specialized training in occupational

safety and health.

3. Curriculum content and design

which should include formalized

program objectives, minimal course

content to achieve certificate or degree,

course sequence, related courses open to

students, time devoted to lecture,

laboratory and field experience, nature

and the interrelationship of these

educational approaches. There should

also be evidence of integration of

research experience into the curriculum,

field and clinical experiences.

4. Previous records of training in this

or related areas, including placement of

graduates.

5. Methods proposed to evaluate

effectiveness of the training.

6. Degree of institutional

commitment: Is grant support necessary

for program initiation or continuation?

Will support gradually be assumed? Is

there related instruction that will go on

with or without the grant?

7. Adequacy of facilities (classrooms,

laboratories, library services, books, and

journal holdings relevant to the

program, and access to appropriate

occupational settings).

8. Competence, experience, training,

time commitment to the program and

availability of faculty to advise students,

faculty/student ratio, and teaching loads

of the program director and teaching

faculty in relation to the type and scope

of training involved. The program

director must be a full-time faculty

member.

9. Admission Requirements: Student

selection standards and procedures,

student performance standards and

student counseling services.

10. Advisory Committee:

Membership, industries and labor

groups represented; how often they

meet; who they advise, role in designing

curriculum and establishing program

need.

11. Evidence of a strategy to evaluate

the impact that the program has had on

the region. Examples could include a

workforce needs survey, consultation

and research programs provided to

address regional occupational safety and

health problems, a program graduate

data base to track the contributions of

graduates to the occupational safety and

health field, and the cost effectiveness

of the program.

12. Past performance based on

evaluation of the most recent CDC/

NIOSH Objective Review Summary

Statement and the grant application

Progress Report (Competing

Continuation applications only).

Funding Allocation Criteria

For Education and Research Center

grants, the following criteria will be

considered in determining funding

allocations.

1. Academic Programs

a. Budget to support programs

primarily for personnel and other

personnel-related costs. Advanced

(doctoral and post-doctoral) and

specialty (master’s) programs will be

considered.

b. Budget to support programs based

on program quality/technical merit.

c. Budget to support students based

on the program level and the number of

students supported.

d. Budget to support research training

programs to establish a research base

within core disciplines and for the

training of researchers in occupational

safety and health.
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2. Center Administration

Budget to support Center

administration to assure: coordination

and promotion of academic programs;

interdisciplinary interaction; meeting of

regional workforce needs; and

evaluation of impact.

3. Continuing Education/Outreach

Program

Budget to support outreach and

continuing education activities to

prepare, distribute, and conduct short

courses, seminars, and workshops.

4. Hazardous Substance Training

Programs

Budget to support the development

and presentation of continuing

education courses for professionals

engaged in the management of

hazardous substances.

5. Hazardous Substance Academic

Training Programs

Budget to support the development

and presentation of specialized

academic programs in hazardous

substance management.

6. Agricultural Safety and Health

Academic Programs

Budget to support the development

and presentation of specialized

academic programs and continuing

education courses in agricultural safety

and health.

For Long-Term Training Project

grants, the following factors will be

considered in determining funding

allocations.

Academic Programs

a. Budget to support programs

primarily for personnel and other

personnel-related costs. Advanced

(doctoral and post-doctoral), specialty

(master’s), and baccalaureate/associate

programs will be considered.

b. Budget to support programs based

on program quality/technical merit.

c. Budget to support students based

on the program level and the number of

students supported.

Executive Order 12372 Review

Applications are not subject to review

as governed by Executive Order 12372,

Intergovernmental Review of Federal

Programs.

Public Health System Reporting

Requirement

This program is not subject to the

Public Health System Reporting

Requirements.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Number

The Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Number is 93.263.

Application Submission and Deadline

Applications should be clearly

identified as an application for an

Occupational Safety and Health LongTerm Training Project Grant or ERC

Training Grant. The submission

schedule is as follows:

New, Competing Continuation and

Supplemental Application Receipt Date:

July 1, 1998.

An original and two copies of new,

competing continuation and

supplemental applications (Form CDC

2.145A ERC or TPG) should be

submitted to: Ron Van Duyne (ATTN:

Patrick A. Smith), Grants Management

Officer, Grants Management Branch,

Procurement and Grants Office, Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention

(CDC), 255 East Paces Ferry Road, NE.,

Room 321, Mailstop E–13 Atlanta, GA

30305.

1. Deadline: Applications shall be

considered as meeting the deadline if

they are either:

a. Received on or before the deadline

date, or

b. Sent on or before the deadline date

and received in time for submission to

the independent review group.

(Applicants must request a legibly dated

U.S. Postal Service postmark or obtain

a legibly dated receipt from a

commercial carrier or the U.S. Postal

Service. Private metered postmarks shall

not be acceptable as proof of timely

mailing.)

2. Late Applications: Applications

which do not meet the criteria in 1.a. or

1.b. above are considered late

applications. Late applications will not

be considered in the current

competition and will be returned to the

applicant.

Non-Competing Continuation Receipt

Date: November 16, 1998.

An original and two copies of noncompeting continuation applications

(Form CDC 2.145B ERC or TPG) should

be submitted to: Ron Van Duyne (ATTN:

Patrick A. Smith), Grants Management

Officer, Grants Management Branch,

Procurement and Grants Office, Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention

(CDC), 255 East Paces Ferry Road, NE.,

Room 321, Mailstop E–13 Atlanta, GA

30305.

Where to Obtain Additional

Information

To receive an application kit, call 1–

888–GRANTS4. You will be asked your

name, address, and telephone number

and will need to refer to NIOSH

Announcement 98045. In addition, this

and other CDC announcements are

available through the CDC Home page

on the Internet. The address for the CDC

Home Page is http://www.cdc.gov. If

you have questions after reviewing the

contents of all the documents, business

management technical assistance may

be obtained from Patrick A. Smith,

Grants Management Specialist, Grants

Management Branch, Procurement and

Grants Office, Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC), 255 East

Paces Ferry Road, NE., Room 321,

Mailstop E–13, Atlanta, GA 30305,

telephone (404) 842–6803, or by

Internet, phs3@cdc.gov. Programmatic

technical assistance may be obtained

from John T. Talty, Principal Engineer,

Office of Extramural Coordination and

Special Projects, National Institute for

Occupational Safety and Health, Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention

(CDC), 4676 Columbia Parkway,

Mailstop C–7, Cincinnati, OH 45226,

telephone (513) 533–8241, or by

Internet, jtt2@cdc.gov.

Please refer to Announcement

Number 98045 when requesting

information and submitting an

application.

Potential applicants may obtain a

copy of Healthy People 2000 (Full

Report, Stock No. 017–001–00474–0) or

Healthy People 2000 (Summary Report,

Stock No. 017–001–00473–1) through

the Superintendent of Documents,

Government Printing Office,

Washington, DC 20402–9325, telephone

(202) 512–1800.

Dated: April 14, 1998.

Diane D. Porter,

Acting Director, National Institute for

Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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