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• Funding Opportunities
  3/21/2024 - Contracts and cooperative agreements, Help and FAQs
  Apply by April 9, 2024, for funding through a Broad Agency Announcement for mining system design, research, development, or testing of new innovations and technologies, or evaluating mining practices to improve mine health and safety.
• Real-Time Ground Movement Monitoring for Improved Safety Near Large Excavations Using Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing
  3/13/2024 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract with the Missouri University of Science & Technology to investigate real-time ground movement monitoring for improved safety near large excavations using distributed fiber optic sensing.
• Autonomous Docking of Face Haulage Mining Machinery in GPS-Denied Environments
  8/24/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract with the University of Kentucky to examine the autonomous docking of face haulage machinery in GPS-denied environments.
• Automation Experience with a Global Perspective - An Assessment of the Automation Impact on Worker Safety and Health
  8/24/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract with the University of Pittsburgh to determine and describe the global experience with automation in mining and assess its effect on worker safety and health.
• Application testing of thermal imaging cameras for the detection of rockfall events and conditions in open pit mines
  8/24/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract with the University of Arizona to test thermal imaging cameras to detect rockfall events and conditions in open pit mines.
• Development of Rib Brow Guideline and Integration into the Coal Pillar Rib Rating (CPRR) System
  7/10/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to enhance the safety of miners through new rib brow management strategies.
• Characterization of Forms of Silica with Varying Degrees of Crystallinity in Respirable Dust to Assess their Effects on Miners’ Pneumoconiosis
  7/4/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to evaluate different forms of silica embedded in the mine-emitted dusts and how they are related to their host rocks’ mineralogical and geological features. 
• Investigation of Respirable Mine Dust and Crystalline Silica Dust Characteristics and Toxicity in Metal/Nonmetal Mines
  7/4/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to investigate mine dust and respirable crystalline silica characteristics and toxicity to fill a critical knowledge gap and help ensure the health of  workers in metal and nonmetal mines.
• Size-dependent Metric Analysis of Respirable Coal Mine Dust (RCMD)
  7/4/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to provide metric analysis of dust particles collected by continuous personal dust monitor devices, which will result in useful information on dust compositions at various underground coal mines.
• Advancing the Understanding of Respirable Silica Occurrence in Coal Mines
  6/28/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to explore disease pathology and help pinpoint causal respirable silica dust characteristics.