Deadline: 31 March 2017
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an agency of Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is seeking applications for a program entitled “CDC’s Collaboration with Academia to Strengthen Public Health Workforce Capacity”.
The overall goal is to create the opportunities for academia to develop qualified, knowledgeable and experienced students and emerging health professionals suitably prepared to serve in governmental public health practice, or able to apply public health concepts in various healthcare or other settings, to collectively meet the challenge of improving the populations health.
The purpose of the program is to advance the educational preparation of public health, medical, and baccalaureate and higher degree nursing students and provide opportunities that strengthen population health and public health practice competencies through innovative approaches which include, but are not limited to:
- improved integration of public/population health concepts into health profession education,
- hands-on experience for students and emerging health professionals, as well as faculty development opportunities, working with communities, professionals from related disciplines, and public health partners to address the leading causes of death and illness,
- specific additional projects funded by CDC programs that provide workforce development opportunities in academic or public health practice settings or that introduce public health careers, and
- programs that provide fellowships and rotational assignments at CDC’s domestic offices, state, tribal, local, and territorial health departments, or in other community-based settings.
Funding Information
The estimated total program funding is $1,250,000
- Award Ceiling: $1,000,000
- Award Floor: $200,000
Eligibility Criteria
The intent of this FOA is to fund national organizations that represent domestic schools and programs for the education of public health professionals, physicians, nurses, and other allied health professionals so that students and emerging health professionals in these target groups will be better prepared to improve the public’s health.
Eligible applicants are groups and organizations that are:
- A national voice and representative organization for their respective accredited academic constituency member schools or programs;
- able to demonstrate evidence of existing and prior collaboration with all or the majority of Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH)-accredited schools or programs of public health, Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME)-accredited medical colleges; and, Committee on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)-accredited colleges of nursing at the baccalaureate or higher level;
- National in scope in order to ensure the broadest coverage;
- Engaged in established liaison relationships with related accreditation agency for their respective professional target audience;
- Experienced in implementing community-based activities to improve health;
- Experienced in convening deans or representative faculty of respective academic constituency schools;
- Experienced with influencing curriculum standards or requirements of membership schools;
- Experienced in working across disciplines at the national, regional, state, and/or community level to improve health; and
- Possess the organizational and administrative capacity, skill, and expertise to perform the stated activities contained in the funding announcement.
How to Apply
Interested applicants can access the application package via given website.
For more information, please visit Strengthening Public Health Workforce Capacity.