Grants / Department of Health and Human Services / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA

RFA-IP-24-045: Network of Community Cohorts for Monitoring Changes in Respiratory Virus Epidemiology (Pandemic Preparedness Cohorts)

Closed Closed February 20, 2024 Opportunity RFA-IP-24-045 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: NIH, CDC and FDA Small Business Innovation Research Grant (Parent SBIR [R43/R44] Clinical Trial Optional) (PA-27-100). Status: Due dates in the notice, expires April 5, 2027. It is in our archive of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA notices from 2023.

• Award ceiling$5.8 million
• Award floor$937,500
• Total funding$95.3 million
• Expected awards9
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments, tribes and businesses.

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Prevention of Disease, Disability, and Death through Immunization and Control of Respiratory and Related Diseases awards averaged $1.9 million; this notice allows up to $5.8 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (84% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, infrastructure for understanding the epidemiology of a rapidly evolving virus in real-time was limited. Given the long lead time required for the government to start new projects, the CDC harnessed a variety of studies and platforms designed for other purposes to begin collecting the specimen and survey data needed to understand COVID-19 risk, burden, severity, and immunity. While hospital-based platforms were key to understanding frequency and risk factors for severe disease, community-based platforms were important for understanding viral kinetics, risk factors for infection, transmission dynamics, long-term outcomes, and the impact of vaccination on each of these measures. This funding opportunity would build on the lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic and establish a network of community-based cohorts, including diverse age groups (target populations: younger than 5 years old, 5-17 years old, 18-64 years old, and older than 64 years old), demographic characteristics, and regions in the US, to allow ongoing monitoring of changes in respiratory virus epidemiology in the years following the COVID-19 pandemic. A consolidated network will be more efficient and cost savings than current disparate mechanism, strengthen communication/collaboration, and enhance CDC's preparedness to quickly obtain data on infection risk, transmission, and effectiveness of preventive measures in response to a novel virus or variant.

Category: Health.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, PA-27-100, which is open now.

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