Get $5.5M for Pesticide Info & Crisis Support
Summary
This EPA grant offers up to $5.5 million to support a vital toll-free hotline and website providing science-based pesticide information and emergency assistance. Businesses focused on public health, environmental safety, or crisis response can leverage this funding to enhance their services.
Eligibility
Full Description
EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) is soliciting proposals for assistance to support a project that promotes and enhances a toll-free telephone service and internet web site that provide science-based information about a wide variety of pesticide-related subjects to anyone within the United States, Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands. Medical emergency cases involving humans and domestic animals are provided diagnostic and crisis management assistance. Persons suspected of being adversely affected by pesticide exposures are offered a rapid response in the form of skilled technical assistance. Also, pesticide incidents involving effects on humans, animals or ecology should be reported directly to NPIC.
NPIC is also responsible for providing data and analysis of any and all pesticide related information collected to EPA. The estimated amount of funding for the Cooperative Agreement for the three year period is $5,500,000. Approximately, $1,650,000 is expected to be available in FY 2010. At the conclusion of the first year period of performance, incremental funding of approximately $1,732,000 may be made available, depending on the Agency’s budget, allowing the project to continue for a total of three years.