CDC's Collaboration with Academia to Strengthen Public Health Workforce Capacity

The summary for the CDC's Collaboration with Academia to Strengthen Public Health Workforce Capacity grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Centers for Disease Control CSELS, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.
CDC's Collaboration with Academia to Strengthen Public Health Workforce Capacity: The purpose of this FOA is to advance the educational preparation of public health, medical, and baccalaureate and higher degree nursing students and provide opportunities that strengthen population health and public health practice competencies through innovative approaches which include, but are not limited to: 1) improved integration of public/population health concepts into health profession education, 2) hands-on experience for students and emerging health professionals, as well as faculty development opportunities, working with communities, professionals from related disciplines, and public health partners to address the leading causes of death and illness, 3) specific additional projects funded by CDC programs that provide workforce development opportunities in academic or public health practice settings or that introduce public health careers, and 4) programs that provide fellowships and rotational assignments at CDC's domestic offices, state, tribal, local, and territorial health departments, or in other community-based settings. The overall goal is to create the opportunities for academia to develop qualified, knowledgeable and experienced students and emerging health professionals suitably prepared to serve in governmental public health practice, or able to apply public health concepts in various healthcare or other settings, to collectively meet the challenge of improving the population’s health.
Federal Grant Title: CDC's Collaboration with Academia to Strengthen Public Health Workforce Capacity
Federal Agency Name: Centers for Disease Control CSELS (HHS-CDC-CSELS)
Grant Categories: Health
Type of Opportunity: Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-OE17-1701
Type of Funding: Cooperative Agreement
CFDA Numbers: 93.967
CFDA Descriptions: Information not provided
Current Application Deadline: March 31st, 2017
Original Application Deadline: March 31st, 2017
Posted Date: January 26th, 2017
Creation Date: January 26th, 2017
Archive Date: April 30th, 2017
Total Program Funding: $1,250,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award: $1,000,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award: $200,000
Expected Number of Awards: 4
Cost Sharing or Matching: No
Last Updated: January 26th, 2017
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity below), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
Additional Information on Eligibility
The intent of this FOA is to fund national organizations that represent domestic schools and programs for the education of public health professionals, physicians, nurses, and other allied health professionals so that students and emerging health professionals in these target groups will be better prepared to improve the public's health. Eligible applicants are groups and organizations that are: A national voice and representative organization for their respective accredited academic constituency member schools or programs; able to demonstrate evidence of existing and prior collaboration with all or the majority of Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH)-accredited schools or programs of public health, Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME)-accredited medical colleges; and, Committee on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)-accredited colleges of nursing at the baccalaureate or higher level; National in scope in order to ensure the broadest coverage; Engaged in established liaison relationships with related accreditation agency for their respective professional target audience; Experienced in implementing community-based activities to improve health; Experienced in convening deans or representative faculty of respective academic constituency schools; Experienced with influencing curriculum standards or requirements of membership schools; Experienced in working across disciplines at the national, regional, state, and/or community level to improve health; and Possess the organizational and administrative capacity, skill, and expertise to perform the stated activities contained in the funding announcement.
Grant Announcement Contact
LaVonne Ortega
[email protected]

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