Pesticide News Story: Grant Funding Available for Training Health Care Providers on Pesticide Issues
EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) is soliciting proposals for cooperative agreements to support our national initiative to improve the training of health care providers in recognition, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of pesticide poisonings. EPA will establish two cooperative agreements to create institutional change through education, professional training, and the development of new resources and tools on pesticide-related health conditions. One cooperative agreement will focus on creating institutional change in educational settings; the other cooperative agreement will focus on promoting such change in practice settings. Total funding available in FY05 is $265,000, with each cooperative agreement being awarded at $132,500. The total potential period of performance for each cooperative agreement is five years with potential funding of up to $1,325,000 over the five-year period of performance. Applications are due on or before March 28, 2005. Full details about these funding opportunities, including instructions on how to apply, are available at:
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/February/Day-09/p2509.htm.
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