GRA: National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program

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Funding Opportunity Number:	CDC-RFA-EH09-907
Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
Current Closing Date for Applications:	Jun 29, 2009
Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
Expected Number of Awards:
Estimated Total Program Funding:	$4,115,000
Award Ceiling:	$1,650,000
Award Floor:	$1,150,000
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Eligible Applicants

State governments
County governments
City or township governments
Special district governments
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)

Additional Information on Eligibility:

Agency Name

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Description

CDC’s Procurement and Grants Office has published a program announcement entitled, “National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program.” Approximately $4,115,000 will be available to fund five awards. The purpose of the program is to establish and maintain a nationwide tracking network to obtain integrated health and environmental data and use it to provide information in support of actions that improve the health of communities. The program also aims to build state and local public health capacity in the area of environmental health surveillance. For complete program details, please see the full announcement on the CDC website at www.grants.gov . The estimated funding date is August 31, 2009.