Deadline: 2 May 2017
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 funds for a cooperative agreement with organizations with demonstrated experience and capacity of implementing community engagement methods (e.g. community-based participatory research) and multisector partnerships to promote personal health, advance community wellness, influence personal health behavior and practices, and reduce STD disparities.
The FOA focuses on reducing the proportion of adolescents and young adults with Chlamydia trachomatis infections, reducing Chlamydia rates among females aged 15-44 years, reducing gonorrhea rates, reducing sustained domestic transmission of primary and secondary syphilis, congenital syphilis, GC incidence, and reducing the proportion of young adults with genital herpes infection due to herpes simplex type 2.
Focus Areas
- Implementation of community engagement methods (e.g. community-based participatory research) to achieve health equity
- Identification and implementation of systems and environmental change strategies that
- Promote personal health and support healthy behaviors
- Facilitate community clinical linkages to build support for interventions to prevent and reduce STD disparities
- Enhancement and sustainability of partnerships
- Support for communication strategies to promote STD program successes and leverage additional resources for STD control and prevention
- Evaluation of the efficacy of this approach and intervention implementation.
Award Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $3,750,000
- Award Ceiling: $312,500
- Award Floor: $250,000
- Total Project Period Length: 3 year(s)
Eligibility Criteria
Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity)
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted online via given website.
For more information, please visit Grants.gov.