Opportunity Information: Apply for RFA GH 19 008
The grant opportunity titled "Advancing Infectious Disease Detection and Response in Uganda" (Funding Opportunity Number RFA GH 19 008) is a CDC cooperative agreement intended to strengthen how Uganda detects, studies, and responds to infectious disease threats. The core aim is to support a mix of epidemiologic, clinical, and laboratory-based work that improves disease surveillance and produces practical research findings that can be used directly in public health operations. In other words, the work is not meant to sit on a shelf; it is meant to feed into real-world prevention, detection, and outbreak response programs in Uganda while also building local expertise and systems that last.
The scope of activities is broad and centered on major causes of illness and outbreaks. Priority areas explicitly include acute febrile illness, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and hospital-acquired infections, respiratory infections including influenza, and enteric (gastrointestinal) illnesses. The NOFO also leaves room for other pressing public health threats, recognizing that the most urgent risks can shift quickly. Applicants are expected to conduct and monitor projects across surveillance and research, which typically implies ongoing data collection and analysis, improved diagnostic and laboratory capacity, and better linkage between clinical findings and public health decision-making.
Beyond these core disease categories, the opportunity encourages research and surveillance that address emerging and re-emerging infections, zoonotic and vector-borne diseases (diseases that spread between animals and humans or through vectors like mosquitoes and ticks), and environmental health factors that influence infectious diseases, such as water and air quality. It also calls out vaccine-preventable diseases and includes biosafety and biosecurity as relevant areas, highlighting the importance of safe laboratory practices, responsible handling of pathogens, and systems that reduce accidental or intentional risks. This flexibility suggests the program is designed to adapt to Uganda's evolving public health landscape and focus on threats of local importance, rather than restricting work to a narrow list of pathogens.
A major emphasis of the NOFO is translating evidence into action. The CDC is looking for work that not only generates results but also deliberately incorporates those results into operational disease detection, prevention, and response or control programs. Alongside this applied focus, the opportunity prioritizes strengthening the local workforce, which can include training, mentorship, and developing sustainable capacity in epidemiology, laboratory science, surveillance methods, and outbreak response. The NOFO also stresses dissemination of findings across the region and globally, implying expectations for sharing results with national partners, regional networks, and international stakeholders through reports, publications, presentations, and collaborative platforms.
Administratively, this is a discretionary funding opportunity offered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with funding provided through a cooperative agreement. A cooperative agreement typically means substantial federal involvement compared to a standard grant, often including close technical collaboration, shared planning, and ongoing coordination with CDC subject matter experts. The CFDA number listed is 93.326. The opportunity anticipated a single award (Expected Awards: 1) with an award ceiling of $2,000,000. The posting was created on December 21, 2018, and the original application closing date was February 21, 2019, with electronically submitted applications due by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. Eligibility is listed as "Others" with additional eligibility details referenced in the full announcement text.
Overall, the opportunity is designed to support a comprehensive, integrated approach to infectious disease surveillance and applied research in Uganda, connecting laboratory and clinical data with field epidemiology, improving readiness for both routine disease burdens and sudden outbreaks, and building a stronger public health workforce and knowledge base that can benefit Uganda, the surrounding region, and global health security efforts.Apply for RFA GH 19 008
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Advancing Infectious Disease Detection and Response in Uganda" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.326.
- This funding opportunity was created on Dec 21, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Feb 21, 2019 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 500 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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