Project to Improve Mining Safety and Health through Collaboration with China

Post Date

May 11th 2015

Application Due Date

November 30th -0001

This is a Notice of Intent (NOI) and not a request for applications.

Funding Opportunity Number

NOI-ILAB-15-03

CFDA Number(s)

17.401

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Other

This is a Notice of Intent (NOI) and not a request for applications.

Eligibility Categories

Other

This Notice of Intent (NOI) is not a request for applications. This announcement is to provide public notice of the U.S. Department of Laborмs (USDOL) intention to fund the following project activities without full and open competition.

Funding

• Award Range:

  $None - $900000

Grant 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 Pingмan 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 minersм 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).

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Labor

• Office:

  Employment and Training Administration

• Agency Contact:

  Ms. Marie Mehaffey, Grants Management Specialist

• Agency Mailing Address:

  mehaffey.marie@dol.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  mehaffey.marie@dol.gov

• Location:

  Bureau of International Labor Affairs

• More Information:

  ILAB's website