Twinning Local Universities in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia with U.S. Universities under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief

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	Federal Grant Title:	Twinning Local Universities in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia with U.S. Universities under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
	CFDA Number:	93.067
	CFDA Description:	GLOBAL AIDS
	Federal Agency Name:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
	Category of Funding Activity:	Health
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	CDC-RFA-PS06-645
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Jul 11, 2006
	Creation Date:	Jul 11, 2006
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Aug 10, 2006 Applications must be received by 4:00 p.m. on the application deadline date.
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Information not provided
	Archive Date:	Sep 09, 2006
	Expected Number of Awards:	7
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$500,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$100,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$75,000
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: . Universities; and . Colleges. In addition, the awardee is required to meet the following requirements: Competition is limited to universities, whether public or private, based in the United States (defined as including the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau) that have medical schools, nursing schools, and/or departments or schools of public health. Preference will go to universities and colleges that have existing relationships with indigenous teaching hospitals in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. An "indigenous organization" is defined as any entity whose headquarters is in Ethiopia. As such, the majority of the entitys staff (senior, mid-level, support) is comprised of host country and/or regional nationals.
Grant Description: Secretarys Forecast Summary CDC-RFA-PS06-645 CDCs Procurement and Grants Office has published a new funding opportunity entitled, "Twinning of Local Universities in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia with U.S. Universities under the Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief." $500,000 will be available in FY2006 to fund seven awards to build progressively an indigenous, sustainable response to the national HIV epidemic through the rapid expansion of innovative, culturally appropriate, high-quality HIV/AIDS anti-retroviral treatment (ART) and improved linkages to HIV confidential counseling and testing that target university communities and facilities within the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. For complete program details, please see the full announcement on the CDC website at http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/FOAs.htm. The estimated funding date is August 31, 2006.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: CDC-RFA-PS06-645
http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/FOAs.htm
Grant Announcement Contact: PGOTIM
Phone 770-488-2700 pgotim@cdc.gov CDC Procurement and Grants Office
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