[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 205 (Thursday, October 23, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63405-63406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25248]
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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
African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET)
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 AFENET for response to the Ebola outbreak
funding. This award was proposed in Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 under funding
opportunity announcement GH10-1006 Strengthening the Development of
Applied Epidemiology and Sustainable Public Health Capacity through
Collaboration, Program Development and Implementation, Communication
and Information Sharing.''
Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Number (CFDA): 93.283
Authority: Public Health Service Act 42 U.S.C. 287b 31 U.S.C.
6305 42 CFR 63a.
Single award may be awarded totaling $1,800,000 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 09/14/2015
Application Due Date: 10/23/2014 Project Number is CDC-RFA-GH10-
1006
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-GH10-1006) 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-GH10-1006.
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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
Kenneth Johnson, Project Officer, Department of Health and Human
Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd
MS E-93, Atlanta, GA 30333, Telephone: 404 639-4203, [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 an
application from AFENET to assist in addressing the spread of the Ebola
virus in West Africa and contain the disease as quickly as possible.
The funding will support the impacted Ebola-affected countries and the
surrounding countries to combat this health crisis. This funding will
target the following countries: Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Burkina
Faso, Niger, Mauritania, Mali, Senegal, Guinea Bissau, Ghana, Gambia,
Cote d'Ivoire, Togo, Benin, and Nigeria to support the response 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: Expansion Supplement.
Approximate Total Current Fiscal Year ACA Funding: $1,800,000.
Anticipated Number of Awards: single.
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.
Dated: October 20, 2014.
Ron A. Otten,
Acting Deputy Associate Director, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2014-25248 Filed 10-20-14; 4:15 pm]
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