Deadline: 10-May-22
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) – CSELS has announced the applications for strengthening the Population & Public Health Workforce Pipeline Program.
This Notice of Funding Opportunity supports activities that build competencies and enhance the capacity of the nation’s public health workforce to reduce health disparities and advance health equity. The NOFO consists of three components providing funding for best practices in training, curriculum, and recruitment, fellowship program, and workforce improvement projects (WIPs).
Purpose
This NOFO will address workforce challenges to ensure adequate size, composition, and necessary skills to effectively deliver public health services. The NOFO supports best practices in training by generating and disseminating evidence-base for the execution of data science and leadership development training programs; developing and implementing a curriculum for public health leaders and data scientists; developing and implementing standards for applied learning experiences; developing and implementing strategy to support recruitment for a diverse workforce; and implementing fellowships.
Strategies
Three strategies are rooted in a theory of change to advance health equity, they must strive to:
- Strengthen design and execution of data science and leadership training programs;
- Assess, design and test a recruitment approach for developing a professional workforce that reflects the demographics of the populations served and the communities facing health inequities, to prepare them to advance health equity in public health practice; and
- Provide high-quality, tailored, and applied learning experiences to diverse and representative individuals in governmental public health organizations.
Funding Information
- Approximate Number of Awards: 4
- Total Period of Performance Funding: $1,830,000
- Average One Year Award Amount: $366,000
- Total Period of Performance Length: 5
Outcomes
The principal outcomes of the strategies and activities under the cooperative agreement are:
- Increased effectiveness of leadership and data science development training programs
- Increased leadership and data science competency of emerging public health professionals
- Increased diversity of effective public health workforce
- Enhanced capacity of the public health workforce
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=336960
