Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA · Department of Health and Human Services
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Centers: 2027 Special Interest Project Supplements (SIPS)
In short: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA expects to make 14 awards of up to $600,000.
Key facts
- Deadline
- Opens Jan 21, 2027 · due about Mar 23, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder ?
- Award size
- Up to $600K
- Total available
- $11.7M · about 14 awards
- Match ?
- Not required · Work out your budget and match
- Who can apply
- Set by the official notice: see Who can apply below
- Where
- Anywhere in the U.S., including Tennessee
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How this fits you
- Available in Unicoi County (nationwide program)
- No match required
- Past Tennessee awards on file: 1
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About this grant
This NOFO will provide supplemental funding to the currently funding twenty (20) CDC Prevention Research Centers (PRCs) to conduct Special Interest Projects (SIPs). The purpose of the SIPs is to inform public health practice through high-quality applied health promotion and disease prevention public health research in real-world settings to identify, design, test, assess, evaluate, disseminate, and translate interventions or resources to prevent and reduce risk for the leading causes of illness, disability, and death in the United States.
The ten (10) SIPs that will be included in this NOFO are: (1) Automating Cancer Survivorship Care Plans: A Feasibility Study; (2) Medicare Data on Prostate Cancer Patterns of Care and Quality Indicators; (3) Planning Better Ovarian Cancer Care: Using State and Local Data to Improve Access to Gynecologic Oncologists; (4) Messaging about the benefits of and community-level approaches to reducing alcohol use for cancer prevention; (5) Demonstration of the use of cancer registry data to improve cancer clinical trial enrollment; (6) Visual Aids for Sunscreen Application; (7) Demonstration project for weather-related emergency preparedness and response plans for cancer prevention and control; (8) Developing a framework for improving prostate cancer care and informing support services; (9) Public Health Approaches to Hereditary Cancer Prevention, Detection, and Treatment; and (10) Research on Recent Developments and Emerging Issues in Chronic Disease Prevention and Care.
Who can apply, from the official notice
Only applicants approved for funding under CDC NOFO RFA-DP-24-004 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Centers (PRCs)* are eligible to apply for SIP supplemental funding under this announcement. On the SIP applicant's SF424 (R&R), the institution's legal name, EIN, and UEI (sections 8a, b and c of SF424) must match the information of the institution selected for funding under RFA-DP-24-004 as listed in the Notice of Award. Special eligibility may apply to each SIP that will be listed in the NOFO. *The 20 PRCs currently approved for funding under CDC RFA-DP-24-004 are listed below: CDC Grant # PRC Recipient U48 DP006809 Emory University U48 DP006803 Georgia State University U48 DP006785 Harvard School of Public Health U48 DP006802 Morehouse School of Medicine U48 DP006778 New York University School of Medicine U48 DP006816 San Diego State University U48 DP006799 University of Arizona U48 DP006814 University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences U48 DP006806 University of California San Francisco U48 DP006812 University of Iowa U48 DP006808 University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester U48 DP006791 University of Michigan at Ann Arbor U48 DP006787 University of Minnesota U48 DP006807 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill U48 DP006801 University of Pennsylvania U48 DP006792 University of Pittsburgh U48 DP006779 University of Rochester U48 DP006780 University of South Carolina at Columbia U48 DP006789 University of Utah U48 DP006793 University of Wisconsin-Madison
Official notice: https://simpler.grants.gov/opportunity/9f5c5a97-af42-49ea-b8e0-0dcbd93a61eb · Printed from grantme.click/grants/54558bde-d52c-48f1-b151-5fe52f74aee5
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Tennessee groups that got this money through a state agency or another organization
This federal money also reaches local groups as pass-through grants. 1 pass-through grant on file · 0 in Unicoi County. Largest shown:
| Past winner | Where | Through | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville, Davidson County | University of Pennsylvania | $30K spent that year | 2025 |
Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).
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About the federal program
Centers for Research and Demonstration for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, also called “(Prevention Research Centers)”
Program number 93.135 (the federal Assistance Listing number) · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Cooperative agreement (a grant with close agency involvement)
How applications are judged
Prevention Research Center applications are reviewed on the basis of scientific/technical merit, with attention given to such matters as: (1) The degree to which the applicant satisfies the essential requirements and possesses other desired characteristics, such as depth, breadth, and scientific merit of the overall application relative to the types of research and demonstration projects proposed; (2) clarity of purpose and overall qualifications, adequacy and appropriateness of personnel to accomplish proposed prevention research projects and demonstration projects, and the nation's health priorities and needs; (3) ability to generalize, translate and disseminate to State or local health departments, boards of education and other appropriate national regional, and local public health agencies and organizations; (4) reasonableness of the proposed budget in relation to the work proposed.
Match
Match: none required (federal program listing). This program has MOE requirements, see funding agency for further details.