State Biomonitoring Cooperative Agreement

Background
The State Biomonitoring Cooperative Agreement is a funding opportunity aimed at supporting state, local, tribal, and territorial public health laboratories. The primary goal is to enhance laboratory capacity for biomonitoring and assessing human exposure to environmental chemicals. This initiative is designed to help jurisdictions identify and mitigate harmful exposures while evaluating the effectiveness of interventions.

Grant Details
Applicants may propose biomonitoring activities under one of the following components to be completed during a 3-year funding period:

1) Community biomonitoring investigations in targeted areas for metals, pesticides, or PFAS;

2) State- or regional-level biomonitoring studies;

3) Measurement of chemicals of emerging concern (e.g., radiobioassay, nontargeted analysis, microplastics, nutritional biomarkers, ethylene oxide, or assessment of secondhand smoke exposure to cannabis).

Proposed recipient activities should include assessing exposures of concern through biomonitoring, enhancing laboratory capacity and technical expertise, coordinating with partners to strengthen investigations, and reporting findings clearly to relevant audiences.

Eligibility Requirements
Eligible applicants include state, local, tribal, and territorial public health laboratories. There are no specific preferences mentioned for applying for the grant.

Period of Performance
The period of performance for this grant is set for three years from the date of award.

Grant Value
The total value of the grant has not been specified in the provided text. Individual grant awards may vary based on the proposed activities and budget.

Place of Performance
The grant activities will be performed within the jurisdictions of the applying state, local, tribal, or territorial public health laboratories.