Protecting and Improving Health Globally: Building and Strengthening Public Health Impact, Systems, Capacity and Security (93.318)
Protecting and Improving Health Globally: Building and Strengthening Public Health Impact, Systems, Capacity and Security (Assistance Listing 93.318) is run by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, part of the Department of Health and Human Services. It awarded $1.3 billion in 306 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $4.3 million per award on average. 3 funding opportunities are open or forecast now.
The typical award was $1.5 million. Half of the 306 awards fell between $587,973 and $3.9 million, and they ranged from $1 to $87.3 million.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$1.3 billion
- Grant awards306
- Typical award$1.5 million
- Awarded in FY 2025$37.7 million
- Size rank223 of 1824
- Type of assistanceCooperative agreements
Key findings
- Annual funding fell from $521 million in fiscal 2021 to $37.7 million in fiscal 2025.
- It is the 223rd largest of 1,824 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
- The 20 largest recipients received 63% of the money.
- Awards went to recipients in 20 states and territories.
What the program funds
CDC’s global health efforts are to assist Ministries of Health and other international partners to plan, manage effectively, and evaluate public health programs; achieve U.S. Government program and international organization goals to improve health, including disease eradication and elimination targets; expand CDC’s global health programs that focus on the leading causes of worldwide mortality, morbidity and disability, including chronic disease and injuries; generate and apply new knowledge to achieve health goals; and, strengthen health systems and their impact.
Open opportunities
- Capacity Building for Global, Regional, and National Immunization Programs
- Capacity Building for National Immunization Programs in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
- DHQP Global NOFO
Rules from the program listing
Who can apply
Eligibility also extends to foreign applicants. Dependent on the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), eligibility may range from open, competitive, limited, or single eligibility in accordance with authorizing legislation.
What the money can and cannot pay for
Support the implementation of programs and activities focusing on protecting and improving health globally through regional, national, and local partnerships to develop, implement and strengthen public health surveillance, health information systems (including monitoring and evaluation), public health laboratory capacity, workforce development, as well as systems and capacities for the prevention, detection, response, and control of infectious and non-communicable diseases, injury prevention efforts and public health emergencies. Support must also be aimed at building upon existing public health infrastructure focusing on country priorities that are of mutual interest to CDC in order to strengthen regional and national partnerships, public health capacity, leadership, strategic collaboration and integrated health programming through national ministries of health, national public health networks and inter-sectorial co-operation and collaborations with other health organizations, non-governmental health organizations, academic institutions and community groups as appropriate to accomplish program activities. In addition, projects must also consider monitoring and evaluation of overall program performance and the progress of projects or activities. Recipients may not use funds for clinical care. • Recipients may only expend funds for reasonable program purposes, including personnel, travel, supplies, and services, such as contractual.
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula. 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
Range: $200,000,000 - $350,000,000; Average: $278,098,793
Funding history and past recipients
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Protecting and Improving Health Globally: Building and Strengthening Public Health Impact, Systems, Capacity and Security (93.318) awarded$1.3 billion across 306 grant awards, an average of $4.3 million per award.
| Recipient | State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| African Field Epidemiology Network LTD | 6 | $147 million | |
| The Task Force for Global Health, Inc. | Georgia | 7 | $138 million |
| World Health Organization | 14 | $125 million | |
| Association of Public Health Laboratories, Inc. (the) | Maryland | 3 | $61.5 million |
| The Johns Hopkins University | Maryland | 5 | $42.7 million |
| The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | New York | 7 | $41.7 million |
| Global Health Development | 3 | $33.4 million | |
| Research Triangle Institute | North Carolina | 4 | $24.8 million |
| Ministry of Public Health | 3 | $23.8 million | |
| Integral Global Health, Inc. | Georgia | 1 | $21.2 million |
| National Center for Farmworker Health, Inc. | Texas | 1 | $19.1 million |
| Public Health Institute | California | 1 | $19.1 million |
| Washington State University | Washington | 4 | $19.1 million |
| Pan American Health Organization | District of Columbia | 5 | $18.7 million |
| University of Washington | Washington | 2 | $17.7 million |
| National Association of County and City Health Officials | District of Columbia | 1 | $17.6 million |
| Health Security Partners | District of Columbia | 2 | $16.9 million |
| Health Research and Educational Trust | Illinois | 1 | $15.4 million |
| Family Health International | North Carolina | 2 | $13.8 million |
| The Infectious Diseases Institute Limited | 2 | $13.8 million |
Who usually wins
Nonprofits received 49% of the money, colleges and universities 12% and state and local governments 3.6%.
| Recipient type | Awards | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonprofits | 110 | $649 million | 49% |
| Other | 146 | $460 million | 35% |
| Colleges and universities | 31 | $157 million | 12% |
| State and local governments | 15 | $48.1 million | 3.6% |
| Businesses | 2 | $8.5 million | 0.6% |
| Small businesses | 2 | $326,164 | less than 0.1% |
By state
19 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.
| State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 14 | $178 million |
| Maryland | 15 | $124 million |
| District of Columbia | 30 | $108 million |
| New York | 15 | $61.3 million |
| Virginia | 10 | $40.7 million |
| Washington | 9 | $40.0 million |
| Illinois | 9 | $39.4 million |
| North Carolina | 6 | $38.5 million |
| California | 12 | $33.3 million |
| Texas | 3 | $21.5 million |
| Ohio | 2 | $11.6 million |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | $6.4 million |
| Pennsylvania | 3 | $5.4 million |
| Massachusetts | 4 | $5.3 million |
| Connecticut | 2 | $5.1 million |
| Louisiana | 1 | $3.5 million |
| Tennessee | 1 | $2.5 million |
| Alabama | 1 | $2.3 million |
| Alaska | 1 | $1.2 million |
| Colorado | 1 | $249,392 |