Opportunity Information: Apply for RFA GH 21 004
The grant opportunity "Conducting Research to Inform Pandemic Response and Recovery of Emergency-Affected Populations by Determining Public Health Needs, Improving Methods, and Integrating Services to Mitigate Morbidity and Mortality" (Funding Opportunity Number RFA GH 21 004) is a CDC cooperative agreement designed to strengthen the evidence base for public health action in humanitarian and emergency settings, with a strong focus on COVID-19 and its impacts on displaced and emergency-affected populations. The central aim is to generate practical, decision-ready research that helps responders and health systems better understand needs, measure outcomes, and improve services in contexts where routine data systems are weak, populations are mobile, and risk factors are layered (conflict, disasters, displacement, food insecurity, and disrupted health services).
A major emphasis of the opportunity is improving epidemiologic methods that work in unstable, resource-constrained environments. This includes developing or adapting approaches to collect reliable data when sampling frames are incomplete, access is limited, and standard surveillance systems do not capture the experiences of people who are displaced, living in informal settlements, or otherwise outside typical health reporting structures. The notice also highlights the importance of better estimating morbidity and mortality during COVID-19 for these populations, recognizing that official counts often underrepresent true disease burden in emergencies due to limited testing, inconsistent reporting, and barriers to care. Projects are expected to help close these gaps by improving measurement, triangulating data sources, and producing clearer estimates that can guide program choices and resource allocation.
Beyond measurement, the grant targets a deeper understanding of health sector needs and best practices for improving outcomes among people affected by humanitarian and public health emergencies. This means identifying which health services are most disrupted, which groups are most at risk, and what interventions or service delivery models are most effective in maintaining essential health services during a pandemic. The intent is not only to document needs, but also to inform response and recovery by identifying strategies that integrate services, mitigate preventable illness and death, and strengthen continuity of care under emergency conditions. In practice, this can cover issues like access to primary care, maternal and child health services, vaccination, management of chronic diseases, mental health needs, infection prevention and control, and operational approaches that link public health, clinical care, and community-based services.
Administratively, this is a discretionary funding opportunity offered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The funding mechanism is a cooperative agreement, which generally indicates substantial involvement by the federal agency in the funded work, such as collaboration on technical direction, alignment with CDC priorities, and shared problem-solving during implementation. The activity category is Health, and the CFDA number listed is 93.269. The opportunity was created on November 9, 2020, with an original closing date of February 18, 2021, and applications were required to be submitted electronically by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date.
In terms of scale, the award ceiling is $3,000,000 per award, and the CDC anticipated making about five awards under this announcement. Eligible applicants include a wide range of organizations positioned to conduct rigorous applied research in complex settings: public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status, and for-profit organizations other than small businesses. The eligibility section also notes "Others" with additional clarification in the full notice, which typically signals that certain additional entity types may qualify if they meet program-specific requirements.
Overall, the opportunity is aimed at producing actionable research that directly improves pandemic response and recovery for emergency-affected and displaced populations. The CDC is seeking work that strengthens methods, generates more accurate estimates of health impacts such as morbidity and mortality, clarifies priority health needs in humanitarian/public health emergencies, and identifies practical service integration and delivery approaches that reduce preventable suffering and deaths in future crises.Apply for RFA GH 21 004
- 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 "Conducting Research to Inform Pandemic Response and Recovery of Emergency-Affected Populations by Determining Public Health Needs, Improving Methods, and Integrating Services to Mitigate Morbidity and Mortality" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.269.
- This funding opportunity was created on Nov 09, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Feb 18, 2021 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 $3,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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