Well Told Grants

Federal grant programs / Department of Health and Human Services

Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) Provider Education Grants (93.978)

Also known as STD Training Centers

Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) Provider Education Grants (Assistance Listing 93.978) is run by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, part of the Department of Health and Human Services. It awarded $50.4 million in 21 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $2.4 million per award on average. 2 funding opportunities are open or forecast now.

The typical award was $2.1 million. Half of the 21 awards fell between $1.1 million and $3.1 million, and they ranged from $650,000 to $6.4 million.

Key findings

What the program funds

The purpose of the assistance is to fund organizations to develop, deliver and evaluate training, and educational and clinical skills improvement activities for health care professionals and appropriate allied health personnel for the prevention, control and clinical management of gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and other STDs.

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

Open opportunities

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

As determined by the NOFOs.

What the money can and cannot pay for

Funds may be used to support academic institutions and clinical training organizations to develop, deliver and evaluate training, and educational and clinical skills improvement activities for health care professionals and allied health personnel for the prevention, control and clinical management of gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and other STD. Grant funds may be used for: (1) The costs associated with planning, organizing, and conducting professional STD education, training, and clinical skills improvement activities for health care providers and appropriate allied health personnel. Cooperative agreement funds may not be used for supplanting funds supporting existing STD control services provided by a State or locality. Proposals for applied research involving human subjects must follow current Public Health Service (PHS) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines on human experimentation.

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. Maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements AND total allocations over $100 million for the current fiscal year does not apply.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

Award Range $320,000 to $9,000,000; Average $3,321,762.

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, Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) Provider Education Grants (93.978) awarded$50.4 million across 21 grant awards, an average of $2.4 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
Denver Health and Hospital AuthorityColorado2$7.8 million
The Regents of the University of California, San FranciscoCalifornia3$6.6 million
University of WashingtonWashington1$6.4 million
Altarum InstituteMichigan2$5.5 million
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York1$3.2 million
The Washington UniversityMissouri1$3.1 million
University of Alabama at BirminghamAlabama1$3.1 million
The Johns Hopkins UniversityMaryland1$3.0 million
Massachusetts Department of Public HealthMassachusetts1$2.8 million
Health Care Education & Training IncIndiana1$2.1 million
Health Research, Inc.New York1$2.1 million
National Coalition of S T D DirectorsDistrict of Columbia1$1.8 million
Tuskegee UniversityAlabama1$960,000
Family Health InternationalNorth Carolina1$650,000
Cicatelli Associates, Inc.New York1$650,000
Community Health Councils IncCalifornia1$650,000
City of St. Louis Department of HealthMissouri1$650,000

Top states: Colorado ($7.8 million), California ($7.1 million), Washington ($6.4 million), New York ($6.0 million), Michigan ($5.5 million), Alabama ($4.0 million), Missouri ($3.8 million), Massachusetts ($2.8 million), Maryland ($2.5 million), Indiana ($2.1 million).

Who usually wins

Colleges and universities received 50% of the money, nonprofits 11% and state and local governments 5.8%.

Recipient typeAwardsAmountShare
Colleges and universities8$25.2 million50%
Other8$16.7 million33%
Nonprofits3$5.6 million11%
State and local governments2$2.9 million5.8%

By state

11 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
Colorado2$7.8 million
California4$7.1 million
Washington1$6.4 million
New York3$6.0 million
Michigan2$5.5 million
Alabama2$4.0 million
Missouri2$3.8 million
Massachusetts1$2.8 million
Maryland1$2.5 million
Indiana1$2.1 million
District of Columbia1$1.8 million
North Carolina1$591,271

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