Opportunity Information: Apply for CDC RFA OE15 1502
Apply for CDC RFA OE15 1502
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "The National Syndromic Surveillance Program Enhancing Syndromic Surveillance Capacity and Practice" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.283 Centers for Disease Control and PreventionInvestigations and Technical Assistance.
- This funding opportunity was created on Feb 23, 2015 and posted on Feb 12, 2015.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 20, 2015 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 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.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $28,000,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $400,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 25 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) County governments City or township governments Special district governments State governments.
- Eligibility is limited to the following 1) A single state or local health department representing a population equal to or greater than 1 million people as estimated by the U.S. Census (2013 estimate). 2) A collaborating group of state or local health departments (e.g. MSAs, group of states, multiple counties, etc.) representing an area with a total combined population equal to or greater than 1 million people as estimated by the U.S. Census (2013 estimate) or the District of Columbia Department of Health. 3) A singel state health department representing a population less than 1 million people as estimated by the U.S. Census (2013 estimate) and/or the District of Columbia Department of Health. All applicants must have demonstrated capacity to conduct syndromic surveillance and must be able and willing to sign the cloud stewards, currently the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), Data Use Agreement (DUA) within 6 months of award. Applicants that have current DUAs with the cloud steward, currently the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), are required to submit a copy of their DUA with the request for funding. Applicants that do not have a current DUA with the cloud steward are required to submit a letter signed by the health officer committing to signing the DUA within the first six months of funding. DUAs signed by applicants are necessary to ensure theyll be able to share data in the cloud to promote the mission of the national Syndromic Surveillance program use of high quality syndromic surveeillance data for improved nationwide all hazard situational awareness for public health decision making and enhanced responses to hazardous events, and outbreaks which cross geo political boundaries.
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Opportunity Summary:
The National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) grant opportunity, titled "Enhancing Syndromic Surveillance Capacity and Practice," is a CDC-funded cooperative agreement designed to strengthen how state and local public health agencies collect, improve, and use near-real-time health data to spot and respond to outbreaks and other public health threats. At its core, the program focuses on building nationwide, all-hazards situational awareness by promoting the routine use of high-quality syndromic surveillance data for public health decision-making. Syndromic surveillance generally refers to the rapid collection and analysis of health-related data (often from emergency departments, urgent care clinics, and sometimes inpatient settings) to detect unusual patterns that may signal infectious disease outbreaks, environmental exposures, natural disasters, or other hazardous events before traditional laboratory-confirmed reporting catches up.
The main purpose of the funding is to help public health authorities implement and enhance syndromic surveillance systems so they can detect, characterize, and respond quickly to local threats. A major emphasis is ensuring that the data being analyzed are both representative of the population and useful in practice. That means not just having a system in place, but having broad enough coverage and strong enough data quality to support confident public health action. Another key goal is to support jurisdictions in advancing "Meaningful Use" of syndromic surveillance data coming from electronic health records (EHRs), reflecting the federal push to improve health information exchange and ensure electronic clinical data are being used for public health reporting and action.
The opportunity supports three main categories of activities. First, recipients are expected to improve the representativeness of their syndromic surveillance data by recruiting additional hospitals or other clinical data sources, particularly emergency department, urgent care, or inpatient facilities, so that the incoming data better reflect the jurisdiction's population. Second, the program prioritizes improvements in data quality, timeliness, utility, and sharing, which can include cleaning and standardizing incoming data feeds, improving how quickly data arrive, making the data more actionable for analysts and epidemiologists, and enabling appropriate sharing across partners. Third, the CDC seeks to strengthen collaboration among state and local jurisdictions through a National Syndromic Surveillance Community of Practice, recognizing that health threats do not stop at county or state lines and that shared methods, shared learning, and cross-jurisdiction coordination improve preparedness and response.
Administratively, this was a discretionary CDC funding opportunity offered as a cooperative agreement, meaning recipients should expect substantial involvement from CDC beyond a typical pass-through grant structure. The funding opportunity number is CDC-RFA-OE15-1502, and it falls under CFDA 93.283 (CDC Investigations and Technical Assistance). The CDC anticipated making about 25 awards, with an estimated total funding amount of $28,000,000. Individual awards were expected to range from $100,000 (floor) to $400,000 (ceiling). There was no cost sharing or matching requirement, which reduces financial barriers for eligible public agencies.
Eligibility is limited to governmental public health authorities, including state governments, county governments, city or township governments, special district governments, and federally recognized tribal governments. The population-based rules are central: applicants could be (1) a single state or local health department serving a population of at least 1 million (based on 2013 U.S. Census estimates), (2) a collaborating group of health departments whose combined population is at least 1 million (such as multi-county regions, metropolitan statistical areas, or groups of states), or (3) a single state health department serving a population under 1 million and/or the District of Columbia Department of Health. Across all categories, applicants must already have demonstrated capacity to conduct syndromic surveillance, indicating the program is intended to strengthen and expand operational capability, not start from zero.
A notable requirement is the expectation of data sharing through a cloud-based environment stewarded at the time by the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO). All awardees had to be able and willing to sign a Data Use Agreement (DUA) with the cloud steward within six months of the award. Applicants with an existing DUA were required to submit a copy with their application, while those without one needed to submit a letter signed by the health officer committing to execute the DUA within the first six months. This requirement reflects the program's national mission: improving nationwide situational awareness depends on the ability to share data securely across geopolitical boundaries, especially when outbreaks and emergencies spread across jurisdictions.
Key timeline details from the announcement include a posted date of February 12, 2015, and an application due date of April 20, 2015 (with electronic submissions due by 11:59 p.m. ET). The opportunity was archived on May 20, 2015. The sponsoring agency is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the listed contact for access issues was Philip Baptiste (pmb2@cdc.gov). Overall, the grant is aimed at improving both the coverage and the practical public health value of syndromic surveillance, while also building a stronger, more connected national ecosystem for rapid detection and response to health threats.
FAQs: National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) - Enhancing Syndromic Surveillance Capacity and Practice (CDC-RFA-OE15-1502)
What is this grant opportunity?
This is a CDC-funded discretionary cooperative agreement under the National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) titled "Enhancing Syndromic Surveillance Capacity and Practice." It is designed to strengthen how state and local public health agencies collect, improve, and use near-real-time health data to detect and respond to outbreaks and other public health threats.
What is the main goal of the NSSP cooperative agreement?
The central goal is to build nationwide, all-hazards situational awareness by promoting routine use of high-quality syndromic surveillance data for public health decision-making. The funding supports jurisdictions in detecting, characterizing, and responding quickly to local threats using near-real-time data.
What is syndromic surveillance in the context of this program?
Syndromic surveillance generally refers to the rapid collection and analysis of health-related data (often from emergency departments, urgent care clinics, and sometimes inpatient settings) to identify unusual patterns that may indicate infectious disease outbreaks, environmental exposures, natural disasters, or other hazardous events before traditional laboratory-confirmed reporting is available.
Why does the opportunity emphasize "representativeness" of the data?
The program emphasizes that syndromic surveillance data should be representative of the jurisdiction's population so public health authorities can make confident, actionable decisions. This typically involves increasing coverage by adding more hospitals or other clinical data sources so the data better reflect the population being served.
What types of activities does the funding support?
The opportunity supports three main categories of work: (1) improving representativeness by recruiting additional hospitals or clinical data sources (especially emergency department, urgent care, or inpatient facilities); (2) improving data quality, timeliness, utility, and sharing (such as cleaning/standardizing feeds and improving how quickly usable data arrive); and (3) strengthening collaboration across jurisdictions through a National Syndromic Surveillance Community of Practice.
What does "Meaningful Use" refer to in this opportunity?
The announcement highlights support for advancing "Meaningful Use" of syndromic surveillance data coming from electronic health records (EHRs), aligning with federal efforts to improve health information exchange and ensure electronic clinical data are used for public health reporting and action.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is limited to governmental public health authorities, including state governments, county governments, city or township governments, special district governments, and federally recognized tribal governments.
Are there population requirements for applicants?
Yes. Applicants had to meet one of these population-based categories (based on 2013 U.S. Census estimates): (1) a single state or local health department serving at least 1 million people; (2) a collaborating group of health departments whose combined population is at least 1 million (such as multi-county regions, metropolitan statistical areas, or groups of states); or (3) a single state health department serving under 1 million and/or the District of Columbia Department of Health.
Can multiple health departments apply together?
Yes. The opportunity allows a collaborating group of health departments to apply if their combined population is at least 1 million (examples given include multi-county regions, metropolitan statistical areas, or groups of states).
Does an applicant need to already have a syndromic surveillance program in place?
Yes. Applicants were required to have demonstrated capacity to conduct syndromic surveillance. The intent is to strengthen and expand operational capability rather than start from zero.
What type of award is this (grant vs. cooperative agreement)?
This was offered as a cooperative agreement, which means recipients should expect substantial involvement from CDC beyond what is typical for a standard pass-through grant.
What is the funding opportunity number and CFDA number?
The funding opportunity number is CDC-RFA-OE15-1502. It falls under CFDA 93.283 (CDC Investigations and Technical Assistance).
How much funding was available?
CDC anticipated making about 25 awards with an estimated total funding amount of $28,000,000.
What was the expected award size per recipient?
Individual awards were expected to range from $100,000 (floor) to $400,000 (ceiling).
Was cost sharing or matching required?
No. There was no cost sharing or matching requirement.
What are the data-sharing expectations for awardees?
Awardees were expected to share data through a cloud-based environment stewarded at the time by the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO). This requirement supports the program's national situational awareness mission by enabling secure data sharing across jurisdictions.
What is the Data Use Agreement (DUA) requirement?
All awardees had to be able and willing to sign a Data Use Agreement (DUA) with the cloud steward within six months of the award.
What if an applicant already had a DUA in place?
Applicants with an existing DUA were required to submit a copy with their application.
What if an applicant did not yet have a DUA?
Applicants without a DUA needed to submit a letter signed by the health officer committing to execute the DUA within the first six months after award.
Who stewarded the cloud-based environment referenced in the announcement?
The cloud-based environment was stewarded at the time by the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO).
What were the key dates for this opportunity?
The opportunity was posted on February 12, 2015. The application due date was April 20, 2015, with electronic submissions due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. The opportunity was archived on May 20, 2015.
Which federal agency sponsored this opportunity?
The sponsoring agency was the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Who was listed as the contact for access issues?
The listed contact for access issues was Philip Baptiste (pmb2@cdc.gov).
Why does the program emphasize cross-jurisdiction collaboration?
The program recognizes that health threats do not stop at county or state lines. Strengthening collaboration through a National Syndromic Surveillance Community of Practice supports shared learning, shared methods, and coordination that improves preparedness and response.
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