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CDC-RFA-CD22-2201: CDC John R. Lewis Undergraduate Public Health Scholars Program and Dr. James A. Ferguson Emerging Infectious Diseases Fellowship: Exposure of Undergraduate, Graduate Students, and Postgraduates to Minority Health, Public Health, and Health Professions

Closed Closed August 15, 2022 Opportunity CDC-RFA-CD22-2201 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$2.7 million
• Award floor$1.3 million
• Total funding$27.6 million
• Expected awards7
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to any type of organization.

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past CDC Undergraduate Public Health Scholars Program (CUPS): A Public Health Experience to Expose Undergraduates Interested in Minority Health to Public Health and the Public Health Professions awards averaged $1.8 million; this notice allows up to $2.7 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (45% over five years) went to colleges and universities.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

CDC’s mission involves collaborating to create the expertise, information, and tools that people, and communities need to protect their health through health promotion, prevention of disease, injury and disability, and preparedness for new health threats. Each of CDC′s component organizations undertakes these activities in conducting their specific programs. This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) supports both the long-term investment in a well-trained public health and health care workforce and in the diversity and cultural competence of public health professionals. A diverse public health workforce and greater representation of racial and ethnic minority populations in key public health occupational categories is a cornerstone to the elimination of health disparities but remains one of the most challenging of Healthy People 2030 goals to attain. According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, while African Americans and Hispanics are the largest racial and ethnic minority populations, they are also the most severely underrepresented in medicine. 2020 US Census data indicate that the Hispanic/Latino population (18.7%) and Black/African American population (12.1%) together make up 30.8% of the total US population. However, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), the Hispanic/Latino population (5.8%) and Black/African American population (5.0%) made up 10.8% of all active US-based physicians in 2018 (the most current year for which such data were available). According to 2020 US Census data, the Native American and Alaskan Native population makes up 1.1% of the US population; however, as reported by the AAMC in 2018, they represented 0.3% of all active US based physicians. These diversity shortfalls continue to lessen the capacity and capabilities of the public health workforce to improve health in communities. For more information on the public health workforce, see the NOFO resources guide: https://www.cdc.gov/minorityhealth/programs/resources/index.html. For over 40 years, OMHHE has collaborated with educational institutions, including those serving historically underserved populations, to increase the knowledge, diversity, and skills of students in public health through internship and fellowship programs.

Category: Health.

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