OpportunityTitle: Reducing the burden of neglected parasitic infections (NPIs) in the United States through evidence-based prevention and control activities
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: The award ceiling for this FOA is $200,000. CDC will consider any application requesting an award higher than this amount as non- responsive and it will receive no further review. Applicants can focus on a single objective, single disease of the 5 included here, or apply to work on any combination of the 5 diseases in this FOA.
Description: The purpose of this FOA is to reduce the overall burden of neglected parasitic infections (NPIs) in the United States through evidence-based prevention and control activities including the development of new strategies, educational tools and materials, and guidelines. NPIs are a group of five parasitic diseases that have been targeted by the CDC as priorities for public health action based on the number of people infected, severity of the illnesses, and the ability to prevent and treat them. They are: Chagas disease, neurocysticercosis, toxocariasis, toxoplasmosis, and trichomoniasis. These educational tools and materials and guidelines developed will be used to improve NPI related preventive health knowledge and practices, improve recognition of signs and symptoms of NPIs, increase availability of best approaches and recommendations, improve availability of education training tools and materials, enhance capacity for public education on NPIs, and enhance capacity in the identification of NPIs. Successful strategies should have the potential to yield high impact public health outcomes, reach a high proportion of those at risk, and have the highest potential for significant impact on population health.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Grants Policy
GrantorContactText: Liz Wilkins MSc MBA &lt;br/&gt;BVL5@CDC.GOV &lt;br/&gt;pgotim@cdc.gov &lt;br/&gt;770-488-2700
CloseDateExplanation: Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.