Sentinel Enhanced Dengue Surveillance System (SEDSS) Sites to Evaluate the Epidemiology and Prevention of Dengue and other Acute Febrile Illnesses in Puerto Rico

Post Date

December 24th 2014

Application Due Date

March 10th 2015

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

Funding Opportunity Number

RFA-CK-15-002

CFDA Number(s)

93.084

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Health

Number of Awards

2

Eligibility Categories

Other

Additional Information on Eligibility Higher Education Institutions: Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education in Puerto Rico with the infrastructure to conduct research (institutions with established Institutional Review Boards, administrators familiar with supporting large research programs, etc.) Private Institutions of Higher Education in Puerto Rico with the infrastructure to conduct research (institutions with established Institutional Review Boards, administrators familiar with supporting large research programs, etc.) Foreign Organizations are not eligible to apply. Foreign components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $3800000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $600000

Grant Description

Dengue is an acute febrile illness caused by infection with any of the four dengue viruses (DENV), which are transmitted by selected species of Aedes mosquitoes. Dengue is a major public health problem in the tropics and subtropics, with an estimated 2.5-4 billion people living in areas at risk of infection (40-60% of the worldуs population). With an estimated 390 million DENV infections and 100 million cases annually, dengue ranks as the most frequent mosquito-borne viral disease in the world.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Health and Human Services

• Office:

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Agency Contact:

  Yarnell Martin
  hjz0@cdc.gov
  pgotim@cdc.gov
  Phone 770-488-2700

• Agency Mailing Address:

  pgotim@cdc.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  hjz0@cdc.gov@cdc.gov

• Location:

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention