CDC Partnership: Strengthening Public Health Laboratories
Program Funding
Annual program obligations reported to SAM.gov.
Program Objective
The activities under this cooperative agreement are aligned with the following Healthy People 2030 overarching objectives: Global Health, Environmental Health, Food Safety, Immunizations and Infectious Diseases, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, HIV, Health Communication and Health Information Technology, Preparedness, Public Health Infrastructure, and Occupational Safety and Health.
The major objective is to enhance and strengthen the work and functionality of public health laboratories both domestically and abroad. The overarching goal is to improve several aspects of public health laboratories. These areas include the following: improving public health laboratory infrastructure, increasing the capacity through workforce development, promoting quality laboratory practices, expanding and improving health security, promoting and supporting informatics, and enhancing communication linkages.
Eligibility
Eligible Applicants
- Nonprofit Organization
Applicants must have experience with enhancing and strengthening the work and functionality of public health laboratories both domestically and abroad. The overarching goal is to improve several aspects of public health laboratories.
How to Apply
Award Procedure
After review and approval, a Notice of Award (NoA) will be prepared and processed, along with appropriate notification to the public. Initial awards provide funds for the first budget period (usually 12 months) and the NoA will indicate support recommended for the remainder of the project period, allocation of Federal funds by budget categories, award requirements, and special conditions, if any.
Decision Timeline
- Approval: From 90 to 120 days
- Renewal interval: From 120 to 180 days
Program details & compliance
Description
Strengthening Public Health Laboratories
Mission Categories
Primary: General Health and Medical
Use of Funds
Allowed Uses
Project funds may be used for costs associated with planning, organizing, conducting, and supporting public health laboratory infrastructure programs, and for the implementation of other program elements as described in the NOFO. Direct Assistance to pay for CDC fellows (particularly the Laboratory Leadership Service fellows) to help build laboratory capacity.
The purpose of the program is to enhance the work of public health laboratories in the U.S. and abroad. The program aims to promote quality public health laboratory practice, improve public health laboratory infrastructure, strengthen the public health laboratory system, and to develop a well-trained public health laboratory workforce in the U.S. and globally. It also aims to ensure laboratory preparedness for emerging infectious diseases or other biologic and chemical public health threats, promote technology transfer to ensure up-to-date technologies for the testing laboratory, and enhance communication linkages between state and local public health laboratories and the clinical laboratory testing community Improvement of public health laboratory infrastructure, state-of-the-art training for the nation's laboratorians to be prepared in dealing with public health threats, improving laboratory leadership capabilities, enhancing inter-laboratory communications and provide programmatic and technical support to other focus areas including policy, emergency preparedness, global health, informatics and professional development.
Required Documentation
Any required credentials and/or documentation will be identified in the specific Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for this Assistance Listing.
Reporting & Compliance
Applicable 2 CFR 200 Subparts
- Subpart B — General Provisions
- Subpart C — Pre-Federal Award Requirements
- Subpart D — Post-Federal Award Requirements
- Subpart E — Cost Principles
- Subpart F — Audit Requirements
Formula
Statutory Authority