CDC Partnership: Strengthening Public Health Laboratories (93.322)
CDC Partnership: Strengthening Public Health Laboratories (Assistance Listing 93.322) is run by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, part of the Department of Health and Human Services. It awarded $458 million in 7 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $65.5 million per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.
The typical award was $687,186. Half of the 7 awards fell between $653,324 and $1.1 million, and they ranged from $100,000 to $460 million.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$458 million
- Grant awards7
- Typical award$687,186
- Awarded in FY 2025-$3.9 million
- Size rank392 of 1,823
- Type of assistanceCooperative agreements
Key findings
- It is the 392nd largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
- The 6 largest recipients received 101% of the money.
- Awards went to recipients in 5 states and territories.
What the program funds
The activities under this cooperative agreement are aligned with the following Healthy People 2030 overarching objectives: Global Health, Environmental Health, Food Safety, Immunizations and Infectious Diseases, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, HIV, Health Communication and Health Information Technology, Preparedness, Public Health Infrastructure, and Occupational Safety and Health. The major objective is to enhance and strengthen the work and functionality of public health laboratories both domestically and abroad. The overarching goal is to improve several aspects of public health laboratories. These areas include the following: improving public health laboratory infrastructure, increasing the capacity through workforce development, promoting quality laboratory practices, expanding and improving health security, promoting and supporting informatics, and enhancing communication linkages.
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.
Past notices
Of 5 notices posted under this program since 2021, most went up in January (1), February (1) and March (1).
- NSF 25-538: Incorporating Human Behavior in Epidemiological Models (IHBEM)
- CDC-RFA-OE20-20010301SUPP23: CDC-RFA-OE20-2001: Enhancing Public Health Laboratory Capabilities and Increasing Capacity
- CDC-RFA-OE22-2202: Enhancing US Clinical Laboratory Workforce Capacity
- CDC-RFA-OE20-20010203SUPP21: Enhancing Public Health Laboratory Capabilities and Increasing Capacity
- CDC-RFA-OE20-20010202SUPP21: Enhancing Public Health Laboratory Capabilities and Increasing Capacity
Rules from the program listing
Who can apply
Applicants must have experience with enhancing and strengthening the work and functionality of public health laboratories both domestically and abroad. The overarching goal is to improve several aspects of public health laboratories.
What the money can and cannot pay for
Project funds may be used for costs associated with planning, organizing, conducting, and supporting public health laboratory infrastructure programs, and for the implementation of other program elements as described in the NOFO. Direct Assistance to pay for CDC fellows (particularly the Laboratory Leadership Service fellows) to help build laboratory capacity. The purpose of the program is to enhance the work of public health laboratories in the U.S. and abroad. The program aims to promote quality public health laboratory practice, improve public health laboratory infrastructure, strengthen the public health laboratory system, and to develop a well-trained public health laboratory workforce in the U.S. and globally. It also aims to ensure laboratory preparedness for emerging infectious diseases or other biologic and chemical public health threats, promote technology transfer to ensure up-to-date technologies for the testing laboratory, and enhance communication linkages between state and local public health laboratories and the clinical laboratory testing community Improvement of public health laboratory infrastructure, state-of-the-art training for the nation's laboratorians to be prepared in dealing with public health threats, improving laboratory leadership capabilities, enhancing inter-laboratory communications and provide programmatic and technical support to other focus areas including policy, emergency preparedness, global health, informatics and professional...
Matching requirements
Statutory Formula: Title OLSR, Part Statutory Authority, Subpart Statutory Authority,Public Law Statutory Authority.Statutory AuthorityMatching 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
FY23 obligation was due to COVID supplemental funding that is no longer available for this program. Awards range: $370,537 - $44,476,202 Average: $10,512,362
Funding history and past recipients
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, CDC Partnership: Strengthening Public Health Laboratories (93.322) awarded $458 million across 7 grant awards, an average of $65.5 million per award.
| Recipient | State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Association of Public Health Laboratories, Inc. (the) | Maryland | 2 | $460 million |
| American Society for Clinical Pathology | Illinois | 1 | $1.1 million |
| University of Maryland, Baltimore | Maryland | 1 | $687,186 |
| City of New York | New York | 1 | $685,095 |
| American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science | Virginia | 1 | $621,500 |
| Chickasaw Nation | Oklahoma | 1 | $100,000 |
Who usually wins
Almost all of the money went to nonprofits.
| Recipient type | Awards | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonprofits | 3 | $461 million | 100% |
| Businesses | 1 | $1.1 million | 0.2% |
| Colleges and universities | 1 | $687,186 | 0.1% |
| Tribal governments and organizations | 1 | $100,000 | less than 0.1% |
By state
2 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards. They are Maryland and Illinois.