Increasing the Capacity of the Government of Suriname to expand Coordinated HIV Prevention, Strategic Information, and Laboratory Programs under the President’s Plan for AIDS Relief | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

This funding opportunity, titled "Increasing the Capacity of the Government of Suriname to expand Coordinated HIV Prevention, Strategic Information, and Laboratory Programs under the President's Plan for AIDS Relief," is a continuation cooperative agreement administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (HHS-CDC). It sits within the health funding activity category and is tied to CFDA 93.067, which is associated with global HIV/AIDS efforts under the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The overall purpose is to strengthen the Government of Suriname's ability to plan, coordinate, and deliver key elements of a national HIV response, with an emphasis on prevention programming, strong data systems (strategic information), and laboratory capacity that supports effective HIV services.

The focus on "increasing capacity" signals that the award is meant to reinforce systems and institutions rather than simply fund short-term service delivery. In practice, this typically involves improving how national and subnational partners coordinate HIV prevention activities, ensuring that prevention resources are directed to the right populations and locations, and building the management and technical capabilities needed to sustain the response over time. The inclusion of "coordinated" prevention suggests an intention to reduce duplication across partners, align activities to national plans, and strengthen mechanisms for oversight, monitoring, and quality improvement.

A major component highlighted in the title is "strategic information," which generally refers to the full set of data and analytics functions that allow an HIV program to understand the epidemic, track performance, and make evidence-based decisions. This can include strengthening HIV surveillance, improving routine program monitoring systems, assuring data quality, supporting reporting and dashboards, and building local capacity to analyze and use data for program planning. Strategic information is often central to PEPFAR-supported programs because it enables countries to measure progress against targets, identify gaps in prevention and treatment services, and adjust interventions to maximize impact.

The opportunity also emphasizes expanding laboratory programs, reflecting the critical role of lab systems in HIV prevention and care. Laboratory capacity commonly covers areas such as HIV diagnostic testing quality, confirmatory testing algorithms, quality management systems, proficiency testing, laboratory workforce development, biosafety practices, and strengthening specimen referral and result reporting systems. Depending on country needs and PEPFAR priorities, laboratory support can also relate to monitoring HIV treatment through relevant testing platforms and ensuring laboratories meet standards that make results reliable and actionable for clinicians and public health decision-makers.

Administratively, this is a continuation opportunity (Opportunity Category: Continuation), meaning it is intended to support ongoing work under an existing project rather than open a brand-new competition for a wide range of new applicants. The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which usually means CDC expects to have substantial involvement in the project beyond standard grant oversight. That involvement can include providing technical guidance, collaborating on work planning, supporting monitoring and evaluation approaches, and helping align activities with PEPFAR and CDC technical standards.

The opportunity is identified by Funding Opportunity Number "CDC RFA GH12 120705CONT16." It was created and posted on January 21, 2016, with an original and current closing date of March 21, 2016. The listing shows an award ceiling of 0 and does not provide a number for expected awards, which often indicates that the public notice is primarily informational for continuation actions and that specific funding levels or award counts may be determined internally based on program decisions, available appropriations, and the approved continuation scope of work.

Eligibility is listed broadly as "Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification)," which suggests that eligibility details were contained in an associated eligibility note rather than fully captured in the abbreviated listing. In continuation cooperative agreements, eligibility is frequently limited to the current recipient organization(s) or to a narrow set of entities already involved in the ongoing project, consistent with how continuation funding is typically structured.

In plain terms, the grant opportunity is about strengthening Suriname's national HIV response by improving coordination of prevention efforts, building stronger data systems to guide and measure the program, and ensuring laboratory services are robust and reliable. The intended outcome is a more effective, better-managed, and more sustainable HIV program infrastructure that can support PEPFAR goals and national priorities through improved planning, information, and laboratory foundations.

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