National Center for Construction Safety and Health Research and Translation (U54)
NIOSH seeks applications for a center to improve construction worker safety via research, partnerships, and translating findings into practice to reduce hazards.
Funder: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA
Due Dates: October 31, 2025 | October 30, 2026
Funding Amounts: Up to $5,750,000 total costs per year | 5-year project period | One award anticipated
Summary: Funding for a national center to lead multidisciplinary research, translation, and outreach to improve construction worker safety and health in the U.S.
Key Information: Only one application per institution; multi-component, multi-institutional collaboration required; letter of intent due 30 days before application deadline.
Description
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), through the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), invites applications for a cooperative agreement to establish a National Center for Construction Safety and Health Research and Translation. The Center will serve as a national leader in applied and intervention research, hazard identification and control, research translation, and research-to-practice (r2p) activities to protect construction workers across the United States.
The Center is expected to:
- Integrate and advance research, translation, best practices, policy, and capacity building.
- Develop and implement evidence-based solutions to address critical safety and health problems in the construction industry.
- Build partnerships with academic, nonprofit, and occupational safety and health organizations.
- Disseminate research findings and best practices widely, including through a publicly accessible online repository.
- Address both physical and mental health risks, including emerging issues such as opioid use and suicide among construction workers.
The Center must be structured as a multi-component, multidisciplinary program, with required cores in planning/administration, data/statistics, communication/outreach/education, research-to-practice, and applied research projects.
