Small Study Program
Small Study Program supports investigators conducting preliminary research and practical initiatives to improve construction worker safety and health and reduce injuries, illnesses, and fatalities.
Funder: CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training
Due Dates: Rolling (Letters of intent) | Within 45 business days of invitation (Full proposals) | Within 30 business days of revision request (Resubmissions)
Funding Amounts: Up to $30,000, including direct and indirect costs, for one year or less; nonrenewable
Summary: Seed funding for promising research and practical initiatives that improve construction worker safety and health.
Key Information: International organizations are ineligible; each principal investigator may submit only two letters of intent per CPWR funding cycle.
Description
CPWR’s Small Study Program supports preliminary, short-term research and practical initiatives to reduce construction worker injuries, illnesses, and fatalities. Studies can demonstrate the viability of larger projects, test research approaches, or produce useful stand-alone results. Support comes through CPWR’s cooperative agreement with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and a charitable contribution from the McElhattan Foundation.
The program prioritizes high-risk groups, especially small employers with 19 or fewer employees and residential and light commercial construction. It emphasizes immediately actionable interventions, stakeholder partnerships, emerging and persistent hazards, and widespread adoption of evidence-based practices. Supported work can include basic or applied science, exploratory methods, prevention and intervention research, research-to-practice, technology transfer, feasibility studies, and policy research.
