Quality Management Systems for HIV Rapid Testing, Biological Safety Cabinet Certification Training, and Laboratory Systems in Various African Countries under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-PS10-10119
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Closing Date for Applications: Mar 15, 2010
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity: Health
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Estimated Total Program Funding: $10,000,000
Award Ceiling: $1,000,000
Award Floor: $150,000
CFDA Number(s): 93.067 -- Global AIDS
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

Eligible Applicants:
Eligible applicants that can apply for this funding opportunity are listed below:
• Public nonprofit organizations
• Private nonprofit organizations
• For profit organizations
• Small, minority, women-owned business
• Universities
• Colleges
• Research institutions
• Hospitals
• Community-based organizations
• Faith-based organizations
• Federally recognized Indian tribal organizations
• Alaska Native tribal governments
• Indian tribes
• Tribal Epidemiology centers
• Indian tribal organizations

Other:
• State and local governments or their Bona Fide Agents (this includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau)
• Political subdivisions of States (in consultation with States)
• Non-domestic (non U.S.) entity A Bona Fide Agent is an agency/organization identified by the state as eligible to submit an application under the state eligibility in lieu of a state application. If applying as a bona fide agent of a state or local government, a letter from the state or local government as documentation of the status is required. Attach with “Other Attachment Forms” when submitting via www.grants.gov.

Agency Name Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Description Under the leadership of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, as part of the President's Emergency Plan, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (HHS/CDC) works with host countries and other key partners to assess the needs of each country and design a customized program of assistance that fits within the host nation's strategic plan and partnership framework.

Downloads click: Full Announcement (doc) or  Full Announcement (zip) and Instructions and Application 

If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: PGO TIMS
grants Phone 770-488-2700 or eMail: PGOTIM@CDC.gov

Closing Date for Applications: Mar 15, 2010