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EP-HIT-21-002: Enhance, Manage, and Promote the Medical Reserve Corps Training and Learning Management System via the TRAIN Learning Network (MRC-TRAIN)

Closed Closed August 25, 2021 Opportunity EP-HIT-21-002 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$125,000
• Award floor$100,000
• Total funding$625,000
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to colleges and universities and state and local governments.

• State governments
• Private institutions of higher education
• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

State, U.S. Territories and possessions (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals), Other private institutions/organizations, Other public institution/organization

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Medical Reserve Corps Small Grant Program awards averaged $2.1 million; this notice allows up to $125,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (57% over five years) went to state and local governments.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), within the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), leads the nation’s medical and public health preparedness for, response to, and recovery from disasters and public health emergencies. ASPR collaborates with hospitals, healthcare coalitions, biotech firms, community members, state, local, tribal, and territorial governments, and other partners across the country to improve readiness and response capabilities. The Medical Reserve Corps program is within the Office of Emergency Management and Medical Operations in ASPR. The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) is a national network of over 200,000 volunteers organized into approximately 760 local community-based groups which are committed to improving local emergency response capabilities, reducing vulnerabilities, and building community preparedness and resilience. MRC units organize and utilize local volunteers who want to donate their time and expertise to prepare for and respond to emergencies and to support steady-state preparedness initiatives. MRC volunteers include medical and public health professionals as well as other community members without healthcare backgrounds. MRC units bolster their community’s preparedness and emergency response infrastructures by providing supplemental personnel when needed, thus making those local communities less likely to be reliant on state and national resources. The majority of MRC units are sponsored by local health departments; other types of sponsoring organizations include emergency management agencies, local non-profits, and universities. The MRC program office supports the MRC network by providing technical assistance, coordination, communications, strategy and policy development, cooperative agreements, and training opportunities. The MRC program office also supports information sharing between units on best practices and provides situational awareness of local activities to agency leadership and to state, regional, and national level partners. MRC units are local assets, and the MRC program office does not have direct control over MRC units.

Category: Health, Other.

Applying now

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