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Public Health Service Evaluation Funds (93.343)

Also known as PHS Evaluation Funds

Public Health Service Evaluation Funds (Assistance Listing 93.343) is run by the Office of Assistant Secretary for Health, part of the Department of Health and Human Services. It awarded $15.6 million in 13 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $1.2 million per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.

The typical award was $644,000. Half of the 13 awards fell between $450,000 and $959,140, and they ranged from $187,886 to $4.6 million.

Key findings

What the program funds

To evaluate programs and services administered by public and private entities when the information will directly aid in determining the impact, need, and /or design of programs authorized under the PHS Act.

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

Who can apply

Any private (either profit or nonprofit) or public entity located in a State is eligible to apply for an award under this NOFO. “State” includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any agency or instrumentality thereof exclusive of local governments (45 C.F.R. §75.2). Eligible entities include private (either profit or nonprofit) or public faith-based organizations, community-based organizations, and American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander organizations.

What the money can and cannot pay for

Funds may be used for research, evaluation, and statistics projects that would make significant contributions to the mission of the funding office. Under this announcement, OASH could consider research and evaluation projects that further the understanding of what works, for whom and how in any of the subject matter areas covered by program areas in OASH.

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.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

Range of awards $400,000-$2,000,000, varies based on the particular focus of the evaluation activities.

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, Public Health Service Evaluation Funds (93.343) awarded $15.6 million across 13 grant awards, an average of $1.2 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
Child Trends, IncorporatedMaryland2$5.7 million
Healthy Teen Network Inc.Maryland1$4.5 million
Children's Hospital Los AngelesCalifornia1$959,140
University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonTexas1$786,096
University of South FloridaFlorida1$772,488
Amtc & Associates LLCWisconsin1$644,000
University of Maryland, BaltimoreMaryland1$625,057
Oregon Health & Science UniversityOregon1$474,290
Cherokee NationOklahoma1$450,000
The Curators of the University of MissouriMissouri1$400,000
The Research Foundation for the State University of New YorkNew York1$207,947
Rutgers the State University of New JerseyNew Jersey1$187,886

Top states: Maryland ($10.8 million), California ($959,140), Texas ($786,096), Florida ($772,488), Wisconsin ($644,000), Oregon ($474,290), Oklahoma ($450,000), Missouri ($400,000), New York ($207,947), New Jersey ($187,886).

Who usually wins

Nonprofits received 71% of the money, colleges and universities 22% and businesses 4.1%.

Recipient typeAwardsAmountShare
Nonprofits4$11.1 million71%
Colleges and universities7$3.5 million22%
Businesses1$644,0004.1%
Tribal governments and organizations1$450,0002.9%

By state

1 state has a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards. It is Maryland.

Grants by recipient's state, fiscal 2021 to 2025
StateAwardsAmount
Maryland4$10.8 million
California1$959,140
Texas1$786,096
Florida1$772,488
Wisconsin1$644,000
Oregon1$474,290
Oklahoma1$450,000
Missouri1$400,000
New York1$207,947
New Jersey1$187,886

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