Project to Improve Mining Safety and Health through Collaboration with China

The summary for the Project to Improve Mining Safety and Health through Collaboration with China grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Bureau of International Labor Affairs, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Project to Improve Mining Safety and Health through Collaboration with China: This is a Notice of Intent only. The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), intends to provide funding for a cooperative agreement with the Ping’an Coal Gas Control National Engineering Research Center Co., Ltd. for a project to support worker training and joint technological research, development, and demonstration for devices that potentially help eliminate or reduce occupational safety and health hazards in coal mines in the United States and China. The project will aim to: (1) promote coal miners’ participation in decision-making in Chinese coal mines, (2) support the research, development, and pilot-testing of technologies that potentially contribute to improved safety and health conditions at coal mines, and (3) support interventions at the national government-, local government- and enterprise-level to promote the reform of and improved implementation of coal mine safety standards and regulations.

ILAB is authorized to award and administer grants and cooperative agreements by the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Pub. Law 113-235 (2015).