Institutional Research Collaboration between the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Post Date

December 21st 2015

Application Due Date

February 23rd 2016

Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.

Funding Opportunity Number

GH15-006-SUPP-16

CFDA Number(s)

93.326

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Health

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

Applicants must demonstrate an ability to organize malaria-focused consortia to conduct malaria epidemiologic and entomologic studies in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. This should include a proven track record in organizing and managing large groups of diverse research institutions, international public health groups, and Ministries of Health for the purpose of identifying the malaria research agenda and implementing research studies across multiple sites and epidemiologic transmission zones. Applicants must demonstrate previous malaria research or public health activities in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Applicants should document eligibility through manuscripts showing previous work in these regions or through reference letters from public health officials.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $17500000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to assist with the development of operational research, surveillance, and monitoring and evaluation activities in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Through this funding announcement, the Malaria Branch seeks to fund innovative research projects and evaluation activities with the potential to yield high impact public health findings or strategies that will decrease the overall burden of malaria and increase the health and well-being of the populations. CDC's Malaria Branch is a partner of the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) initiative, a partnership that seeks to support and coordinate global malaria program scale-up, surveillance, and evaluation efforts in malaria endemic countries.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Health and Human Services

• Office:

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Agency Contact:

  Sharon Campolucci
  ssc1@cdc.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Grants Policy

• Agency Email Address:

  ssc1@cdc.gov

• Location:

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• More Information:

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