The CDC’s Malaria Branch is offering a grant to collaborate with the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine for operational research, surveillance, and monitoring activities in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Funding aims to support innovative research projects that can significantly impact public health by reducing malaria burden and improving overall well-being in the populations. The partnership with Roll Back Malaria initiative underscores the commitment to global malaria program scale-up, surveillance, and evaluation in endemic countries. Closing date for applications is Feb 23, 2016.
Opportunity ID: 280682
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | GH15-006-SUPP-16 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Institutional Research Collaboration between the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Health |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 93.326 — Protecting and Improving Health Globally: Strengthening Public Health through Surveillance, Epidemiologic Research, Dise |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Dec 21, 2015 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Feb 23, 2016 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Feb 23, 2016 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date. |
| Archive Date: | Mar 24, 2016 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $17,500,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $0 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Applicants must demonstrate an ability to organize malaria-focused consortia to conduct malaria epidemiologic and entomologic studies in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. This should include a proven track record in organizing and managing large groups of diverse research institutions, international public health groups, and Ministries of Health for the purpose of identifying the malaria research agenda and implementing research studies across multiple sites and epidemiologic transmission zones. Applicants must demonstrate previous malaria research or public health activities in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Applicants should document eligibility through manuscripts showing previous work in these regions or through reference letters from public health officials. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – ERA |
| Description: | The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to assist with the development of operational research, surveillance, and monitoring and evaluation activities in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Through this funding announcement, the Malaria Branch seeks to fund innovative research projects and evaluation activities with the potential to yield high impact public health findings or strategies that will decrease the overall burden of malaria and increase the health and well-being of the populations. CDC’s Malaria Branch is a partner of the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) initiative, a partnership that seeks to support and coordinate global malaria program scale-up, surveillance, and evaluation efforts in malaria endemic countries. |
| Link to Additional Information: | _ |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Sharon Campolucci
ssc1@cdc.gov Email:ssc1@cdc.gov |
Version History
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Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Sharon Campolucci ssc1@cdc.gov Email: ssc1@cdc.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93.326 | GH15-006-SUPP-16 | Institutional Research Collaboration between the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | PKG00220232 | Dec 21, 2015 | Feb 23, 2016 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
280682 RR_SF424_2_0-2.0.pdf
280682 PHS398_CoverPageSupplement_2_0-2.0.pdf
280682 PerformanceSite_2_0-2.0.pdf
280682 RR_OtherProjectInfo_1_3-1.3.pdf
280682 RR_KeyPersonExpanded_2_0-2.0.pdf
280682 PHS398_ResearchPlan_2_0-2.0.pdf
Optional forms
280682 PHS398_CumulativeInclusionReport-1.0.pdf
280682 PlannedReport-1.0.pdf
280682 RR_SubawardBudget30_1_3-1.3.pdf
280682 PHS398_ModularBudget_1_2-1.2.pdf
280682 RR_Budget_1_3-1.3.pdf