Well Told Grants

Federal grant programs / Department of Health and Human Services

Rare Disorders: Research, Surveillance, Health Promotion, and Education (93.315)

Also known as Rare Disorders and Health Outcomes

Rare Disorders: Research, Surveillance, Health Promotion, and Education (Assistance Listing 93.315) is run by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, part of the Department of Health and Human Services. It awarded $16.2 million in 38 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $425,451 per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.

The typical award was $240,000. Half of the 38 awards fell between $116,214 and $241,023, and they ranged from $74,998 to $2.0 million.

Key findings

What the program funds

To (1) Promote public health capacity by conducting research to expand the knowledge base around people with complex disabling conditions, including muscular dystrophy, fragile X syndrome and spina bifida across the lifespan, with the goal of improving their health and quality of life; (2) apply lessons learned to design public health approaches for other childhood onset complex disabling conditions; (3) develop and disseminate information from surveillance and epidemiologic research, identifying intervention strategies for secondary conditions; (4) assess access to and costs associated with health care these conditions; (5) collaborate with partners in the public and private sector to support the development of standards of care and improve health care and related services for people with complex disabling conditions; (6) deliver technical assistance to public and private organizations, universities and local and state agencies on accessing factors affecting medical, functional, and psychosocial outcomes; (7) provide leadership in health education and promotion in people of all ages who have complex disabling conditions and their families; and (8) support partners in facilitating early identification of these diseases and adoption of effective interventions.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. This program has MOE requirements, see funding agency for further details. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Deadlines

Check Grants.gov for any relevant NOFO information regarding processes for applying for assistance.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

Award Amounts range from $25,000 to $655,000. Average - $152,000

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Funding history and past recipients

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Rare Disorders: Research, Surveillance, Health Promotion, and Education (93.315) awarded $16.2 million across 38 grant awards, an average of $425,451 per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
Research Triangle InstituteNorth Carolina3$2.3 million
Spina Bifida Association of America, Inc.Virginia1$2.0 million
South Carolina Department of Public HealthSouth Carolina2$1.6 million
Health Research, Inc.New York3$1.5 million
University of UtahUtah3$1.5 million
The University of IowaIowa2$1.4 million
University of FloridaFlorida1$1.1 million
Virginia Commonwealth UniversityVirginia1$1.1 million
Children's Hospital Los AngelesCalifornia2$315,000
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterTennessee2$315,000
Duke UniversityNorth Carolina2$314,974
Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of ChicagoIllinois2$313,952
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Inc.Wisconsin2$308,317
University of Alabama at BirminghamAlabama2$284,427
Baylor College of MedicineTexas2$279,916
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterTexas1$241,364
The Children's Hospital CorporationMassachusetts1$240,000
Pennsylvania State UniversityPennsylvania1$240,000
Oregon Health & Science UniversityOregon1$239,937
University of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth System of Higher EducationPennsylvania1$236,133

Top states: Virginia ($3.1 million), North Carolina ($2.6 million), South Carolina ($1.6 million), New York ($1.5 million), Iowa ($1.4 million), Utah ($1.4 million), Florida ($1.1 million), Texas ($521,280), Pennsylvania ($476,133), California ($315,000).

Who usually wins

Colleges and universities received 9.6% of the money, nonprofits 2.1%.

Recipient typeAwardsAmountShare
Other33$14.3 million88%
Colleges and universities3$1.6 million9.6%
Nonprofits2$333,4612.1%

By state

7 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.

Grants by recipient's state, fiscal 2021 to 2025
StateAwardsAmount
Virginia2$3.1 million
North Carolina5$2.6 million
South Carolina2$1.6 million
New York3$1.5 million
Iowa2$1.4 million
Utah3$1.4 million
Florida1$1.1 million
Texas3$521,280
Pennsylvania2$476,133
California2$315,000
Tennessee2$315,000
Illinois2$309,399
Wisconsin2$308,317
Alabama2$284,427
Massachusetts1$240,000
Oregon1$239,937
Ohio1$226,852
Minnesota1$210,094
Washington1$74,998

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.