Community Initiated Grants

2024-2025 Update

Application information for 2024-2025 is now available.  We intend to fund two projects in late 2024 and may have additional funding available in early 2025. To discuss project ideas, program fit, and funding details, please contact Whitney Pennington.

As part of the HICAHS Outreach Program, funds are provided to organizations to augment their existing worker health and safety programs or create new ones. In addition to financial support, HICAHS can provide expertise to organizations on improving or evaluating their existing health and safety materials. All funded projects must focus on improving the health or safety of agricultural, forestry, or fishing workers. Priority is given to organizations/projects addressing this population in Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and/or Wyoming.

Funded organizations often work closely with university personnel and stakeholders to implement a project of their choice. Successful projects utilize social marketing and are attentive to cultural considerations. Previously, funds have been used to develop video training materials, support professional training certifications, create print/digital campaign materials, and facilitate in-person training events. Applicants may request up to $20,000.

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PAST PROJECT EXAMPLES

Application and Project Timeline

Application Information Released

Request for Applications (RFA) document includes program details, goals, and application instructions.

Supporting documents for the application include:

Applications Due

Applications are due by 11:59pm MST on November 18, 2024. Email your application in a single PDF or Word file to [email protected].

Applicants from Colorado State University (including Extension and Satellite locations): all proposals from CSU Principal Investigators must be entered into the Kuali Research Proposal Development system and be reviewed by the Office of Sponsored Programs before submission. 

Applicants from other universities are strongly encouraged to work with their sponsored programs office at their institution to meet all pre-application requirements specific to their organization.

Award Notification

Award notification will come via email directed to the project director(s) listed in the application. Following award notification, applicants will be required to assist HICAHS staff in the preparation of CDC approval and CSU subcontract paperwork. Each of those processes will take ~4 weeks.

Estimated Project Start Date

Projects will begin upon approval from CDC and execution of subcontract agreements with CSU.

Budget End Date

All spending and travel must be completed by August 14, 2025. Invoices due following this date.

Final Report Due

Final report due to Whitney Pennington.

Data Sharing Plan

Grant recipients whose projects involve collection of research data must comply with our data sharing plan. Investigators will retain the ability to delay data sharing until after the acceptance of research publications summarizing main findings. In the event of a data request, investigators must provide the following:

  • Data will be de-identified to remove information relating to the specific individual and/or business involved (names, addresses, relations).
  • Research methods and workflow will be precisely described and documented and will allow any external groups to precisely reproduce results from the raw data.

Data requests made to project Principal Investigators must be communicated to the HICAHS Outreach Core Lead. The Outreach Core will share requests with Principal Investigators should requests be directed to HICAHS personnel.

Contacts

Whitney Pennington
Whitney Pennington, MPH

Outreach Lead

(970) 491-3064

[email protected]