Project to Improve Mining Safety and Health through Collaboration with China

Funding Opportunity Number: NOI-ILAB-15-03 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)CFDA Number: 17.401Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: DOL-ETA-ILABClosing Date: This is a Notice of Intent (NOI) and not a request for applications.Award Ceiling: $900,000Expected Number of Awards: Creation Date: May 11, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: 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-...
Source: Grants.gov - Category: Research Tags: Other (see text field entitled Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity for clarification) Source Type: funding