OpportunityTitle: STD Laboratory-based Surveillance and Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project (GISP)
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: 1. Eligible Applicants:   Limited competition-  Eligible awardees must be located in the United States and must have the necessary infrastructure in place to perform the activities required for this national surveillance program.  In addition, awardees must have the expertise and experience needed to successfully complete the required functions.  Eligible applicants that can apply for this FOA are listed below:  &#149;For-profit organizations (other than small business)  &#149;Hospitals  &#149;Nonprofit with 501C3 IRS status (other than institution of higher education)  &#149;Nonprofit without 501C3 IRS status (other than institution of higher education)  &#149;Political subdivisions of States (in consultation with States)  &#149;Research institutions (that will perform activities deemed as non-research)  &#149;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).   &#149;Universities
Description: The purpose of this FOA is to establish a network of reference laboratories to provide specialized laboratory-based testing and surveillance of sexually-transmitted pathogens. The primary purpose of the network is to provide timely antimicrobial susceptibility testing of N. gonorrhoeae isolates collected by GISP sentinel sites as part of the GISP protocol (see Figure). Awardees will each be a reference laboratory within this network. The network may serve as a platform for additional laboratory-based STD surveillance activities. The GISP laboratory principal investigators (PIs) will serve as consultative resources for CDC in the area of laboratory-based public health STD surveillance, clinical and laboratory aspects of N. gonorrhoeae, and antimicrobial-resistance in N. gonorrhoeae.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: TECHNICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SECTION (TIMS)
GrantorContactText: CDC  &lt;br/&gt;Procurement and Grants Office (PGO) &lt;br/&gt;Technical Information Management Section (TIMS) &lt;br/&gt;Phone: 770-488-2700 &lt;br/&gt;
CloseDateExplanation: &#149;Letter of Intent Deadline Date: June 14, 2013    &#149;Application Deadline Date: August 13th, 2013, 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Standard Time, on www.grants.gov