World Trade Center Health Consortium

The summary for the World Trade Center Health Consortium 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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

World Trade Center Health Consortium: CDC?s Procurement and Grants Office has published a program announcement entitled, World Trade Center Responder Health Consortium. The program is open to Non-profit and for profit organizations, universities, colleges, hospitals, laboratories, state and local governments, agencies of the federal government, faith-based organizations, community-based organizations, and Indian Tribes, Tribal Governments, and Indian Organizations. The purpose of the program is to investigate the health status of responders (workers and volunteers) involved in the World Trade Center response. Long-term follow-up of the responders will provide information regarding the effects of exposure to the combustion products and other particulate matter in the period following September 11, 2001. The goal for this program is to establish 4-8 Clinical Centers that will provide the follow-up health assessments for the responders. There will also be 2 Data and Coordination Centers that will provide data management and coordination. The application deadline is January 23, 2004, and the estimated funding date is March 15, 2004.