Opportunity Information: Apply for CDC RFA EH11 1108
Apply for CDC RFA EH11 1108
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Enhancing Capacity for Environmental and Public Health Surveillance of Unregulated Drinking Water" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.070 Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 6, 2011 and posted on Jun 6, 2011.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 21, 2011 500pm Eastern Standard Time. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $1,000,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $70,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 7 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
- Federally recognized or state recognized American Indian/Alaska Native tribal governments American Indian/Alaska native tribally designated organizations State and local governments or their Bona Fide Agents (this includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau)
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Opportunity Summary:
The grant opportunity titled "Enhancing Capacity for Environmental and Public Health Surveillance of Unregulated Drinking Water" (Funding Opportunity Number CDC RFA EH11-1108) was a CDC discretionary funding program offered as a cooperative agreement. Its core aim was to strengthen the ability of public health agencies to better understand and track unregulated drinking water sources (UDWS), especially in communities where people rely on water supplies that fall outside typical regulatory oversight. Rather than focusing on building physical infrastructure, the program centered on improving surveillance and situational awareness: helping recipients identify what unregulated sources exist, characterize their conditions and risks, and use that information to support public health actions that can reduce exposures and improve community health outcomes.
The work emphasized data: applicants were expected to locate, access, and develop datasets that describe key UDWS characteristics. In practical terms, this could include pulling together information from environmental records, well and source inventories, local and state databases, tribal data systems, geographic and land-use data, water quality sampling histories, and other relevant sources that help define where UDWS are used and what potential hazards may affect them. The intent was to move agencies toward a more systematic, repeatable approach to monitoring and describing these water sources, and to translate the resulting information into decision-support for interventions, outreach, or policy and program actions aimed at protecting communities served by UDWS.
The opportunity was administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under CFDA 93.070 (Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response). It anticipated making 7 awards, with an estimated total funding amount of $1,000,000. The stated award ceiling was $70,000, and there was no cost sharing or matching requirement. Because the mechanism was a cooperative agreement, recipients could generally expect substantial involvement from CDC in areas such as technical guidance, collaboration on surveillance approaches, or alignment with broader CDC environmental public health objectives, consistent with how cooperative agreements typically function.
Eligibility was targeted to public-sector and tribal entities that have responsibility for public health and community health protection, including federally recognized or state recognized American Indian/Alaska Native tribal governments, American Indian/Alaska Native tribally designated organizations, and state and local governments or their bona fide agents. The eligible geography explicitly included U.S. states as well as multiple U.S. territories and freely associated states, such as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. This structure reflected the program purpose: building surveillance capacity in jurisdictions where unregulated sources may be common and where stronger data integration could materially improve public health response.
Key administrative details indicate this was a time-limited 2011 announcement. It was posted and created on June 6, 2011, with an original and final closing date of July 21, 2011 at 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time, and it was archived on August 20, 2011. For applicants needing help accessing the full announcement at the time, the notice directed them to contact the CDC Procurement and Grants Office (PGO), Technical Information and Management Section (TIMS), via the general submission inquiries phone line at 770-488-2700, and noted that the additional information link provided in the listing was not active and that the full announcement tab should be used instead.
Overall, the opportunity can be understood as a focused capacity-building effort: modestly funded awards intended to help a small number of jurisdictions improve how they gather and connect information about unregulated drinking water sources, so they can better describe risks and support practical actions that protect health in communities relying on those sources.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the title and funding opportunity number for this grant?
The opportunity is titled "Enhancing Capacity for Environmental and Public Health Surveillance of Unregulated Drinking Water" and the Funding Opportunity Number is CDC RFA EH11-1108.
Which federal agency administered this opportunity?
The program was administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
What type of funding mechanism was used?
This was offered as a cooperative agreement under a CDC discretionary funding program.
What does it mean that this award was a cooperative agreement?
Because the mechanism was a cooperative agreement, recipients could generally expect substantial involvement from CDC, such as technical guidance, collaboration on surveillance approaches, and alignment with broader CDC environmental public health objectives, consistent with how cooperative agreements typically function.
What was the main purpose of the program?
The core aim was to strengthen the ability of public health agencies to better understand and track unregulated drinking water sources (UDWS), particularly in communities where people rely on water supplies outside typical regulatory oversight.
What are "unregulated drinking water sources" (UDWS) in the context of this announcement?
In this context, UDWS refers to drinking water sources used by communities that fall outside typical regulatory oversight. The program focus was on identifying these sources, characterizing their conditions and risks, and improving situational awareness about them.
Was this grant intended to fund physical water infrastructure projects?
No. The program did not focus on building physical infrastructure. It focused on improving surveillance and situational awareness, including better identification, characterization, and tracking of UDWS and translating information into public health actions.
What kinds of activities or work did the program emphasize?
The work emphasized data-related capacity building. Applicants were expected to locate, access, and develop datasets describing key UDWS characteristics, and to use that information to support public health actions that reduce exposures and improve community health outcomes.
What types of data sources were examples of what applicants could use?
Examples included environmental records; well and source inventories; local and state databases; tribal data systems; geographic and land-use data; water quality sampling histories; and other relevant sources that help define where UDWS are used and what potential hazards may affect them.
What was the intended outcome of developing and integrating these datasets?
The intent was to move agencies toward a more systematic, repeatable approach to monitoring and describing UDWS, and to translate the resulting information into decision support for interventions, outreach, or policy and program actions aimed at protecting communities served by UDWS.
What CFDA number was associated with this opportunity?
The opportunity was administered under CFDA 93.070, Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response.
How many awards were anticipated?
The announcement anticipated making 7 awards.
What was the estimated total funding amount?
The estimated total funding amount was $1,000,000.
What was the award ceiling?
The stated award ceiling was $70,000.
Was cost sharing or matching required?
No. There was no cost sharing or matching requirement.
Who was eligible to apply?
Eligibility was targeted to public-sector and tribal entities responsible for public health and community health protection, including federally recognized or state recognized American Indian/Alaska Native tribal governments, American Indian/Alaska Native tribally designated organizations, and state and local governments or their bona fide agents.
What geographic areas were explicitly included as eligible?
The eligible geography included U.S. states and multiple U.S. territories and freely associated states, including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
When was this funding opportunity posted and created?
It was posted and created on June 6, 2011.
What were the application deadlines?
The original and final closing date was July 21, 2011 at 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time.
Was this opportunity time-limited, and is it archived now?
Yes. It was a time-limited 2011 announcement and it was archived on August 20, 2011.
What should an applicant have done if they needed help accessing the full announcement?
The notice directed applicants to contact the CDC Procurement and Grants Office (PGO), Technical Information and Management Section (TIMS), using the general submission inquiries phone line at 770-488-2700.
Was the "additional information" link active in the listing?
No. The notice stated the additional information link provided in the listing was not active and that the full announcement tab should be used instead.
How would this program have supported public health action in communities relying on UDWS?
By improving surveillance capacity and situational awareness, recipients could better identify unregulated sources, characterize risks and conditions, and use that information to support interventions, outreach, and policy or program actions intended to reduce exposures and improve health outcomes.
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