STD Laboratory-based Surveillance and Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project (GISP)

Post Date

May 14th 2013

Application Due Date

August 13th 2013

╔Letter of Intent Deadline Date: June 14, 2013 ╔Application Deadline Date: August 13th, 2013, 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Standard Time, on www.grants.gov

Funding Opportunity Number

CDC-RFA-PS14-1401

CFDA Number(s)

93.977

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Health

Number of Awards

5

Eligibility Categories

Other

1. Eligible Applicants: Limited competition- Eligible awardees must be located in the United States and must have the necessary infrastructure in place to perform the activities required for this national surveillance program. In addition, awardees must have the expertise and experience needed to successfully complete the required functions. Eligible applicants that can apply for this FOA are listed below: ╔For-profit organizations (other than small business) ╔Hospitals ╔Nonprofit with 501C3 IRS status (other than institution of higher education) ╔Nonprofit without 501C3 IRS status (other than institution of higher education) ╔Political subdivisions of States (in consultation with States) ╔Research institutions (that will perform activities deemed as non-research) ╔State and local governments or their Bona Fide Agents (this includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau). ╔Universities

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $7500000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $500000

Grant Description

The purpose of this FOA is to establish a network of reference laboratories to provide specialized laboratory-based testing and surveillance of sexually-transmitted pathogens. The primary purpose of the network is to provide timely antimicrobial susceptibility testing of N. gonorrhoeae isolates collected by GISP sentinel sites as part of the GISP protocol (see Figure). Awardees will each be a reference laboratory within this network. The network may serve as a platform for additional laboratory-based STD surveillance activities. The GISP laboratory principal investigators (PIs) will serve as consultative resources for CDC in the area of laboratory-based public health STD surveillance, clinical and laboratory aspects of N. gonorrhoeae, and antimicrobial-resistance in N. gonorrhoeae.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Health and Human Services

• Office:

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Agency Contact:

  CDC
  Procurement and Grants Office (PGO)
  Technical Information Management Section (TIMS)
  Phone: 770-488-2700
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  TECHNICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SECTION (TIMS)

• Agency Email Address:

  pgotim@cdc.gov

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