Linking Chronic Disease and Environmental Data Sources

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Subject:  Linking Chronic Disease and Environmental Data Sources
Date:     Mon, 24 Jun 2002 09:08:36 -0400
From:      Stephen Tvedten <steve@getipm.com>
Organization:     Get Set Inc. (www.getipm.com)

To:     Paul Helliker <phelliker@cdpr.ca.gov>
          Director, State of California, Department of Pesticide Regulation 

cc:    Christine Whitman whitman.christine@epa.gov

Linking Chronic Disease and Environmental Data Sources

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)

Deadline: July 30, 2002

Approximately $400,000 is available in FY 2002 to fund two to three awards. It is expected that the average award will be $150,000, ranging from $100,000 to $200,000. The awards are expected to begin on or about September 1, 2002, and will be made for a 12-month budget period within a project period of up to three years. Funding estimates are subject to change.

Eligibility: Assistance will be provided to official public health agencies of states or their bona fide agents or instrumentalities.  This includes the District of Columbia, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau, and federally recognized Indian tribal governments. Also eligible are state organizations, including state universities, state colleges, and state research institutions, who must establish that they meet their respective state legislature's definition of a state entity or political subdivision to be considered an eligible applicant.

Citizenship or Residency: Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Federated States of Palau, United States

Requirements: Academic Institution or Government or Nonprofit

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) announces the availability of FY 2002 funds for a cooperative agreement program to conduct research on the potential impact of environmental exposures on chronic disease outcomes.

Measurable outcomes of the program will be in alignment with the following performance goals for ATSDR:

1. Ascertain the relationship between exposure to toxic substances and disease.

2. Build and enhance effective partnerships.

An additional contact is Patricia Price-Green, M.S.P.H., Division of Health Studies, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, Mail Stop E-31, Atlanta, Georgia, 30333, +1 (404) 498-0558, pap5@cdc.gov. CFDA 93.206

Wendy E. Kaye, Ph.D.
Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch
Division of Health Studies
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
1600 Clifton Road, NE, Mail Stop E-31
Atlanta, Georgia 30333
+1 (404) 498-0102
wek1@cdc.gov

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