Forecast - Draft
RFA-OH-27-044
CDC NIOSH Robotics and Intelligent Mining Technology and Workplace Safety Research (U60) — RFA-OH-27-044
Funding$10,000,000 program funding; 2 expected awards; award maximum $2,000,000; award minimum not stated; no cost sharing or matching required.
DeadlineForecast estimated application due February 8, 2027; exact posted deadline/time zone is not yet controlling.
Last verifiedSeptember 20, 2026
Required next actionForecast hold. Reverify the posted NOFO, exact deadline and time zone, eligibility, funding limits, forms, attachments, amendments, and submission mechanics before publication, applicant outreach, application work, or Atlas_Email_Queue creation.
Broad Eligibility
Federal forecast lists broad applicant categories but states Congress intends the award to go to a U.S. academic institution that offers an ABET-accredited undergraduate program in mining or mineral engineering and graduate programs in both mining engineering and explosives engineering. Foreign institutions/components are not eligible.
Atlas Analysis
NIOSH forecast supports applied research intended to improve mining safety and health through robotics, intelligent systems, communications, self-escape, refuge performance, sensors, AI, assured autonomy, miner rescue, and post-disaster surveillance. Estimated post date November 12, 2026; estimated application due date February 8, 2027.
Forecast-stage CDC/NIOSH cooperative agreement for applied research in automation, robotics, intelligent mining systems, miner rescue, post-disaster surveillance, sensing, AI, communications, and safety-focused autonomy in U.S. mining operations.
Forecast hold: No application documents are currently posted. Do not publish, begin applicant-specific outreach, prepare an application package, or create an Atlas_Email_Queue record until the posted NOFO and controlling eligibility, funding, amendments, attachments, submission mechanics, and exact deadline are reverified.
Source verificationOfficial government source · simpler.grants.govAtlas last verified this record September 20, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗
