[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 204 (Wednesday, October 22, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63126-63127]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25133]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Notice of Intent To Award Ebola Response Outbreak Funding to
Eligible Ministries of Health and Their Bona Fide Agents
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice provides public announcement of CDC's intent to
award Ebola appropriations to select Ministries of Health and their
bona fide agents for response to the Ebola outbreak funding. This award
was proposed in Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 under funding opportunity
announcement GH14-1418, ``Protecting and Strengthening Public Health
Impact, Systems, Capacity, and Security.''
Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Number (CFDA): 93.318
Authority: Public Health Service 301(a) and 307 as amended [42
U.S.C. 241 and 242l]
Multiple awards may be awarded to grantees totaling $2,000,000 for
Ebola response outbreak.
Funding is appropriated under the Continuing Appropriations
Resolution, 2015, Public Law 113-164, 128 Stat. 1867 (2014).
DATES: Anticipated award date 10/30/2014 through 09/29/2015.
Application Due Date: 10/23/2014 Project Number is CDC-RFA-GH14-
1418.
ADDRESSES: CDC has waived the Grants.gov electronic submission process
for this requirement. Recipients are hereby authorized to submit a
paper copy application for (CDC-RFA-GH14-1418) via Express Mail (i.e.
FedEx, UPS, or DHL) and send the application via email. Mailed
applications must be address to Arthur C. Lusby, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, 2920 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341,
telephone (770) 488-2865, or email him at [email protected]. The
application must include a detailed line-item budget and justification
to support the Ebola activities from October 31, 2014 to September 29,
2015.
Please download the following to complete the application package:
http://apply07.grants.gov/apply/forms/sample/SF424_2_1-V2.1.pdf--
Application Package
http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/docs/CertificationsForm.pdf--
Certifications
http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/grants/Budget_Preparation_Guidelines_8-2-12.docx--CDC-PGO Budget Guidelines
http://apply07.grants.gov/apply/forms/sample/SF424A-V1.0.pdf--SF-424A
Budget Information
All applications must be submitted to and received by the Grants
Management Officer (GMO) no later than 11:59 p.m. EST on October 23,
2014 and please provide the GMO a PDF version of the application by
email to the following email address: [email protected] subject
line: CDC-RFA-GH14-1418.
Applicants will be provided with the Funding Opportunity
Announcement (FOA) and additional application submission guidance via
email notification. Applicants may contact the POCs listed with
questions regarding the application process.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For Programmatic or Technical Assistance
Kawi Mailutha, Project Officer, Department of Health and Human
Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd
MS E-29, Atlanta, GA 30333, Telephone: 404-639-8093, E-Mail:
[email protected].
For financial, awards management, or budget assistance: Arthur C.
Lusby, Grants Management Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 2920 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341, Telephone (770)
488-2865, Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this notice is to solicit
applications from eligible Ministries of Health and their bona fide
agents to quickly arrest the spread of the Ebola virus in West Africa
and contain the disease as quickly as possible. The funding will
support the impacted countries and the surrounding countries to combat
this health crisis. This funding will target the following countries:
Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Mauritania, Mali, Senegal, Guinea
Bissau, Ghana, Gambia, Cote d'Ivoire, Togo, Benin, and Nigeria to
support the responses of the CDC to the outbreak of Ebola virus in West
Africa. This funding will enable the U.S. to provide unified
mobilization to address a crisis of this magnitude. CDC will continue
to build partnerships and strengthen existing projects to respond to
Ebola. CDC and its partners will help to address the need for
surveillance, detection, coordination, response, and increase eligible
governments' capacity to respond to the Ebola outbreak.
Award Information:
Type of Award: Amended FOA.
Approximate Total Current Fiscal Year ACA Funding: $2,000,000.
Anticipated Number of Awards: multiple.
Fiscal Year Funds: 2015.
Anticipated Award Date: October 30, 2014.
Application Selection Process: Funding will be awarded to applicant
based on results from the technical review recommendation.
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Dated: October 17, 2014.
Ron A. Otten,
Acting Deputy Associate Director for Science, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2014-25133 Filed 10-17-14; 4:15 pm]
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