Enhancing the Environmental Public Health Workforce by Strengthening Environmental Health Academic Programs

The summary for the Enhancing the Environmental Public Health Workforce by Strengthening Environmental Health Academic Programs 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 and Prevention, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Enhancing the Environmental Public Health Workforce by Strengthening Environmental Health Academic Programs: CDCs Procurement and Grants Office has published a funding opportunity announcement entitled, "Enhancing the Environmental Public Health Workforce by Strengthening Environmental Health Academic Programs." Approximately $180,000 will be available in fiscal year 2008 to fund 1 award. The purpose of the program is to improve State, Tribal and local environmental health infrastructure by strengthening and diversifyng accredited environmental health programs; preparing future professionals to enter the environmental public health workforce and educating current professionals in the the core competencies of environmental health along with new and emerging environmental health technologies and methodologies; increasing recruitment, enrollment, retention and graduation rate at accredited environmental health programs; and increasing the number of programs accredited by the National Environmental Health Science and Protection Accreditation Council(NEHSPAC). For complete program details, please see the full announcement on the CDC website at http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/EH08-802.htm The estimated funding date is August 31, 2008.

Federal Grant Title:	Enhancing the Environmental Public Health Workforce by Strengthening Environmental Health Academic Programs
Federal Agency Name:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Grant Categories:	Health
Type of Opportunity:	Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number:	CDC-RFA-EH08-802
Type of Funding:	Cooperative Agreement
CFDA Numbers:	93.283
CFDA Descriptions:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention_Investigations and Technical Assistance
Current Application Deadline:	No deadline provided
Original Application Deadline:	Apr 28, 2008
Posted Date:	Feb 27, 2008
Creation Date:	Feb 27, 2008
Archive Date:	May 28, 2008
Total Program Funding:	$180,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award:	$180,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award:
Expected Number of Awards:	1
Cost Sharing or Matching:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: The Association of Environmental Health Academic Programs is the only eligible applicant that can apply for this funding opportunity.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Information not provided
Grant Announcement Contact: PGOTIMS
Phone 770/488-2700 [email protected] Technical Information Management Section
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