The Health Department is offering a grant to fund activities that oversee smallpox research. The goal is to develop medical countermeasures and establish diagnostic capacity to detect a potential re-emergence of smallpox, especially in cases where differential diagnoses with similar viruses like monkeypox, vaccinia, or chickenpox are challenging. Deadline for applications is Aug 30, 2013.
Opportunity ID: 239994
General Information
| Document Type:: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number:: | EP-IDS-13-003 |
| Funding Opportunity Title:: | Smallpox Research Oversight Activities |
| Opportunity Category:: | Other |
| Opportunity Category Explanation:: | Sole source solicitation |
| Funding Instrument Type:: | |
| Category of Funding Activity:: | Health |
| Category Explanation:: | |
| Expected Number of Awards:: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings Number(s):: | 93.019 — Technical Assistance and Provision for Foreign Hospitals and Health Organizations |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:: | No |
| Version:: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date:: | Aug 15, 2013 |
| Last Updated Date:: | |
| Original Closing Date for Applications:: | Aug 30, 2013 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications:: | Aug 30, 2013 |
| Archive Date:: | Sep 29, 2013 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding:: | |
| Award Ceiling:: | $290,000 |
| Award Floor:: | $290,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants:: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility:: | only eligible canditate is the World Health Organization |
Additional Information
| Agency Name:: | Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response |
| Description:: | To ensure the development of medical countermeasure products to protect against a potential emergence of smallpox and to establish a diagnostic capacity able to identify a re-emergence of smallpox, particularly under conditions where systemic orthopoxvirus infections such as monkeypox, vaccinia virus infection or cowpox, and other non-pox viral rash illnesses, such as chicken pox, may cause clinical diagnostic confusion. |
| Link to Additional Information:: | |
| Grantor Contact Information:: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
| Synopsis 1 |
Package Status
Below are CLOSED Opportunity Package(s) no longer available for this Funding Opportunity:
Package No: 1
| Assistance Listings: | 93.019 |
| Competition ID: | EP-IDS-13-003-018411 |
| Competition Title: | Smallpox Research Oversight Activities |
| Opportunity Package ID: | PKG00183270 |
| Opening Date: | Aug 15, 2013 |
| Closing Date: | Aug 30, 2013 |
| Agency Contact Information:: | Barbara Orlando |
| Who Can Apply:: | Organization Applicants |
| mendatory_forms |
Application for Federal Domestic Assistance- Individual [V1.1] Project Narrative Attachment Form [V1.0] Project Abstract [V1.0] Budget Narrative Attachment Form [V1.0] |
| optional_forms |
Attachments [V1.0] Other Attachments Form [V1.0] |
Packages
| Assistance Listings | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions | Who Can Apply: | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93.019 | EP-IDS-13-003-018411 | Smallpox Research Oversight Activities | PKG00183270 | Aug 15, 2013 | Aug 30, 2013 | View | Barbara Orlando | Organization Applicants |