Opportunity Information: Apply for CDC RFA GH20 2099
This funding opportunity, titled "Protecting and Improving Public Health in Pakistan: Strengthening and Sustaining Public Health Impact, Systems, Capacity, and Security" (Funding Opportunity Number CDC RFA GH20-2099), is a CDC-led cooperative agreement designed to support Pakistan in meeting core requirements under the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005) through implementation of the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA). The overall purpose is to strengthen national public health capacity in a durable way so the country can prevent outbreaks where possible, spot health threats quickly when they emerge, and respond effectively before they escalate into large-scale emergencies.
The announcement is centered on three tightly linked focus areas: prevention, detection, and response. On prevention, the CDC signals an emphasis on stopping avoidable epidemics by improving integrated surveillance systems that can monitor and help slow antimicrobial resistance. It also highlights the need for a whole-of-government national laboratory and biosecurity system, indicating interest in coordinated policies and operational capabilities that reduce biological risks, strengthen safe laboratory practices, and improve oversight across sectors. Another major prevention theme is reducing spillover of emerging and zoonotic diseases from animals to humans, pointing toward One Health style collaboration that connects human health, animal health, and environmental stakeholders. Increasing immunization coverage is also included as a core prevention objective, reflecting the role of vaccines in lowering the likelihood of outbreaks and limiting the impact of vaccine-preventable diseases.
On detection, the opportunity prioritizes earlier warning through real-time biosurveillance and modern diagnostics. This includes strengthening surveillance systems and building interoperable, interconnected electronic reporting systems, which implies moving away from fragmented reporting toward faster, more standardized data flows across programs, laboratories, and jurisdictions. Laboratory system strengthening is another core pillar, specifically the ability to detect and characterize pathogens, which typically involves improvements in testing capacity, quality systems, specimen referral networks, and the ability to generate actionable results quickly. The workforce component is treated as essential to detection, with the description explicitly calling out the need for trained epidemiologists, physicians, veterinarians, biostatisticians, and laboratory scientists, suggesting support for training pipelines and practical, field-ready competencies rather than purely academic development.
On response, the grant aims to ensure that detection capabilities translate into timely action by connecting surveillance and laboratory findings to decision-making and operations. It emphasizes building local emergency response expertise, including linkages to law enforcement and the development of multi-sectoral rapid response teams, which suggests a push for coordinated outbreak investigation and incident management that can address both public health and security-related aspects of emergencies. The opportunity also notes improving access to countermeasures during emergencies, a broad term that can include medical supplies, vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics, and other resources needed for effective response. Finally, it calls for interconnected and robust public health emergency management programs, including strengthening the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) structure, indicating a focus on institutionalizing incident management processes, coordination mechanisms, and operational readiness across the system.
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), under CFDA 93.318, using a cooperative agreement funding instrument. A cooperative agreement typically means substantial involvement by CDC in project implementation, such as joint planning, technical assistance, and close collaboration on deliverables and performance expectations. The opportunity lists an expected number of awards as one, with an award ceiling shown as 0 in the source data (which usually indicates the ceiling is not specified in the synopsis text rather than implying no funding). The posting date is March 20, 2020, with an original closing date of May 19, 2020, and electronic submissions due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the deadline. Eligibility is listed as "Others" with additional clarification referenced in the full eligibility section of the announcement.
Overall, the grant is framed as a comprehensive health security and systems-strengthening effort in Pakistan, spanning surveillance, laboratory networks, workforce development, immunization support, biosecurity, zoonotic disease prevention, and emergency management infrastructure. The common thread across the three focus areas is sustainability: building integrated systems and trained teams that can repeatedly detect and manage threats, rather than addressing one disease at a time.Apply for CDC RFA GH20 2099
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control - CGH in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Protecting and Improving Public Health in Pakistan: Strengthening and Sustaining Public Health Impact, Systems, Capacity, and Security" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.318.
- This funding opportunity was created on Mar 20, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 19, 2020 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 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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1) What is the title and funding opportunity number for this grant?
The opportunity is titled "Protecting and Improving Public Health in Pakistan: Strengthening and Sustaining Public Health Impact, Systems, Capacity, and Security" and the Funding Opportunity Number is CDC RFA GH20-2099.
2) Which U.S. agency is offering this funding?
This is a discretionary funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
3) What type of funding instrument is being used?
The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement.
4) What does it mean that this is a cooperative agreement?
Based on the description provided, a cooperative agreement typically involves substantial CDC involvement in implementation, such as joint planning, technical assistance, and close collaboration on deliverables and performance expectations.
5) What is the overall purpose of this opportunity?
The overall purpose is to strengthen Pakistan's national public health capacity in a durable way so the country can prevent outbreaks where possible, detect health threats quickly, and respond effectively before they escalate into large-scale emergencies.
6) How does this opportunity connect to the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005) and the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA)?
The opportunity is designed to support Pakistan in meeting core requirements under the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005) through implementation of the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA).
7) What are the main focus areas of the announcement?
The announcement is centered on three linked focus areas: prevention, detection, and response.
8) What prevention activities are emphasized?
Prevention themes described include improving integrated surveillance systems that can monitor and help slow antimicrobial resistance, establishing a whole-of-government national laboratory and biosecurity system, reducing spillover of emerging and zoonotic diseases from animals to humans (One Health-style collaboration), and increasing immunization coverage.
9) How is antimicrobial resistance addressed in this opportunity?
The prevention section highlights improving integrated surveillance systems that can monitor and help slow antimicrobial resistance.
10) What does the opportunity say about laboratory systems and biosecurity on the prevention side?
It highlights the need for a whole-of-government national laboratory and biosecurity system, with interest in coordinated policies and operational capabilities that reduce biological risks, strengthen safe laboratory practices, and improve oversight across sectors.
11) Does the opportunity address zoonotic disease risk and One Health collaboration?
Yes. It calls for reducing spillover of emerging and zoonotic diseases from animals to humans, pointing toward One Health-style collaboration connecting human health, animal health, and environmental stakeholders.
12) Is immunization included as part of the prevention strategy?
Yes. Increasing immunization coverage is included as a core prevention objective to lower the likelihood of outbreaks and limit the impact of vaccine-preventable diseases.
13) What detection activities are prioritized?
Detection priorities include earlier warning through real-time biosurveillance and modern diagnostics; strengthening surveillance systems; building interoperable, interconnected electronic reporting systems; strengthening laboratory systems to detect and characterize pathogens; and developing a trained workforce across key public health and laboratory disciplines.
14) What does "interoperable, interconnected electronic reporting systems" imply?
It implies moving away from fragmented reporting toward faster, more standardized data flows across programs, laboratories, and jurisdictions.
15) What laboratory capabilities are emphasized under detection?
The opportunity emphasizes laboratory system strengthening, specifically the ability to detect and characterize pathogens. The description links this to improvements such as testing capacity, quality systems, specimen referral networks, and the ability to generate actionable results quickly.
16) What types of workforce development are mentioned?
The description explicitly calls out the need for trained epidemiologists, physicians, veterinarians, biostatisticians, and laboratory scientists, suggesting support for training pipelines and practical, field-ready competencies.
17) What response activities are emphasized?
Response priorities include connecting surveillance and laboratory findings to decision-making and operations, building local emergency response expertise, establishing linkages to law enforcement, developing multi-sectoral rapid response teams, improving access to countermeasures during emergencies, and strengthening interconnected public health emergency management programs including the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) structure.
18) How does the opportunity link detection to response?
It emphasizes ensuring that detection capabilities translate into timely action by connecting surveillance and laboratory findings to decision-making and operations.
19) Does the opportunity mention coordination with law enforcement?
Yes. It includes building local emergency response expertise with linkages to law enforcement and development of multi-sectoral rapid response teams.
20) What are "countermeasures" in the context of this opportunity?
The announcement uses "countermeasures" as a broad term that can include medical supplies, vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics, and other resources needed for effective emergency response.
21) What is the role of Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs) in this opportunity?
The opportunity calls for interconnected and robust public health emergency management programs, including strengthening the EOC structure, with an emphasis on institutionalizing incident management processes, coordination mechanisms, and operational readiness.
22) What CFDA number is associated with this funding?
The CFDA number listed is 93.318.
23) How many awards does CDC expect to make?
The expected number of awards is one.
24) Is an award ceiling listed, and how should the "0" ceiling be interpreted?
The source data shows an award ceiling as 0. The description notes this usually indicates the ceiling is not specified in the synopsis text, rather than implying there is no funding.
25) When was the opportunity posted, and what were the submission deadlines?
The posting date is March 20, 2020. The original closing date is May 19, 2020, with electronic submissions due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the deadline.
26) What is listed for eligibility?
Eligibility is listed as "Others," with additional clarification referenced in the full eligibility section of the announcement.
27) What country is the program focused on?
The opportunity is framed as a comprehensive health security and systems-strengthening effort in Pakistan.
28) What is the common thread across prevention, detection, and response in this announcement?
The common thread is sustainability: building integrated systems and trained teams that can repeatedly detect and manage threats, rather than addressing one disease at a time.
29) What kinds of systems does the opportunity aim to strengthen?
It aims to strengthen integrated surveillance and reporting systems, laboratory networks and diagnostics, workforce capacity, immunization efforts, biosecurity systems, zoonotic disease prevention collaboration, and public health emergency management infrastructure (including EOCs).
30) What is the stated intent regarding outbreaks and emergencies?
The stated intent is to help Pakistan prevent outbreaks where possible, spot health threats quickly when they emerge, and respond effectively before they escalate into large-scale emergencies.
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