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Environmental Health Specialists Network (EHS-Net) Practice-based Research to Improve Food Safety

Federal funding opportunity RFA-EH-25-011 from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA (Department of Health and Human Services).

Posted: August 29, 2024
Closed: December 2, 2024
Award ceiling: $200,000
Program funding: $10,000,000
Expected awards: 10
Cost sharing: No
Instrument: Cooperative Agreement
Assistance listing: 93.070
Category: Health
Archives: March 9, 2025

Program funding history

Awards made under Assistance Listing 93.070 across FY2024–FY2026, from public federal spending records.

FY2024 obligated: $800,000
FY2025 obligated: $20.4M
FY2026 (to date) obligated: $24.5M
Awards in window: 176

Top recipients: Public Health Institute, North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services, Public Health, Massachusetts Department of, Maryland Department of Health, Florida Department of Health

Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed September 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →

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Synopsis

The Environmental Health Specialists Network (EHS-Net) supports programs in public health departments to: (1) As a funded member of EHS-Net, collaborate with other EHS-Net recipients and partners to develop and conduct multisite research projects focused on improving retail food safety; (2) Develop and conduct individual research projects focused on improving retail food safety. These projects will be unique to each recipient’s needs; and (3) Include an environmental health component in foodborne outbreak investigations and report data from outbreak investigations to CDC’s National Environmental Assessment Reporting System (NEARS). You must be able to collaborate with epidemiology and laboratory staff in your health departments or in other agencies that conduct foodborne outbreak investigations. Environmental health programs are typically responsible for retail food safety in their jurisdictions; foodborne outbreaks commonly occur in retail food establishments such as restaurants, delis, and caterers. Thus, the focus of these research and investigation efforts is retail food safety. We will award recipients for the first 12 months. We expect to award four more separate 12-month budget periods after that. Those separate budget period awards depend on whether funds are available and whether the recipient’s progress is satisfactory. Key activities include: 1) Practice-based research with a focus on retail food establishments; 2) Foodborne outbreak investigation; and 3) Collaboration with other EHS-Net recipients. Topics of interest include: a) Food safety management systems; b) Foodborne illness risk factors and practices that contribute to outbreaks, such as sick workers, inadequate temperature control of food, and cleaning and sanitizing; c) Interventions to reduce foodborne illness risk factors; d) Norovirus prevention and investigation; e) Cottage food and food freedom regulations; and f) Restaurant inspection and outbreak investigation practices.

Who can apply

City or township governments
Private institutions of higher education
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
County governments
Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
State governments
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Special district governments
Small businesses
Independent school districts
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
For profit organizations other than small businesses

Bona Fide Agents: A Bona Fide Agent is an agency/organization identified by the state as eligible to submit an application under the state eligibility in lieu of a state application. If applying as a bona fide agent of a state or local government, a legal, binding agreement from the state or local government as documentation of the status is required. Attach with "Other Attachment Forms."

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Agency contact: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA · [email protected] · 404-498-2015

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