Agricultural Health and Safety Emerging Issues Grant Program
Morgan Valley
morgan.valley@colostate.edu
The Emerging Issues Grant Program provides funding for short-term projects for emerging agricultural health and safety issues that are defined as health risks that are new or have rapidly expanding impact in the immediate or near future.
Emerging issues that have been identified include:
- Mental health
- Substance use/misuse
- Extreme weather and weather changes
- Distracted machinery operation
- Labor issues, particularly labor shortages and high turnover
- Musculoskeletal disorders
- Issues related to youth on the farm
- Robotics, automation, and artificial intelligence
- Silica exposures
- Hearing conservation
- Land-based fish production/aquaculture
- Issues related to youth on the farm
- Infectious diseases, including Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
- One Health (interconnections between animal, environmental, and human health)
Additional topics will be considered, but applications must justify why the topic is an emerging issue.
Investigators and students of all levels are eligible to apply.
Up to $24,200.
A link to the application instructions is available on the program website.
Email completed applications in a single PDF file to morgan.valley@colostate.edu.
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- High Plains Intermountain Center for Agricultural Health and Safety, view details
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