Prevention of Disease, Disability, and Death by Infectious Diseases

The purpose of this program is to prevent disease, disability and death by infectious diseases. The specific objectives may include, but are not limited to: strengthening public health fundamentals; increasing capacity to prevent disease, disability and death; infectious disease surveillance; laboratory detection; epidemiologic investigation and public health response; expansion of public health and clinical laboratories in disease control and prevention; workforce development and training to sustain and strengthen public health practice; and increase community and individual engagement in disease prevention efforts; strengthen global capacity to detect and respond to outbreaks with the potential to cross borders.

Dependent upon the individual NOFO, eligibility may range from open competition, limited competition, single-source, domestic and/or international in accordance with the authorizing legislation.

Applications will be evaluated on the review criteria described in the Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcements (NOFOs). In general, the review and selection process of complete and responsive applications to the NOFO consists of determination of the scientific and technical merit by objective or peer review, availability of funds, and relevance of program priorities and the priorities of CDC.

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