OpportunityTitle: PREDICT - USAID Avian &amp; Pandemic Influenza and Zoonotic Disease Program
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Potential bidders should be U.S. based institutions of higher education, research institutions, for profit, non-profit, or private voluntary organizations with capacity and experience in wildlife surveillance, epidemiology, data analysis and reporting, modeling, threat detection and forecasting, and other related activities.
Description: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau for Global Health, Office of Health, Infectious Disease and Nutrition (GH/HIDN) anticipates awarding two (2) cooperative agreements, PREDICT and RESPOND, under its Avian and Pandemic Influenza and Zoonotic Disease Program. The goal of PREDICT is to establish a global early warning system for disease emergence that is capable of detecting, tracking and predicting the emergence of new infectious diseases in high-risk wildlife (e.g. bats, rodents, and non-human primates) that could pose a major threat to human health. Questions regarding this RFA will be accepted until 4:30 pm, June 22, 2009. The closing date for applications is July 27, 2009.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: USAID
GrantorContactText: Patricia Bradley &lt;br/&gt;Contract/Agreement Specialist &lt;br/&gt;Phone 202-712-5421