OpportunityTitle: US Public Health Pathogens Genomics Centers of Excellence
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: To be deemed responsive, applications must include an Academic Letter of Support from at least one academic partner organization. If an applicant fails to submit at least one letter of support from an academic partner organization, the application will be deemed non-responsive and will receive no further review.&#160;&#160;  Applicants must clearly state in the Project Abstract Summary if they are applying to only the Mandatory Components (Core, Response Implementation), or if they are applying to both the Mandatory Components (Core, Response Implementation) and Optional Component (Lead PGCoE for Education). When including this information in the Project Abstract Summary, please indicate one of the following: a) &#8220;This application is only for the Mandatory Components (Core, Response Implementation)&#8221; or b) &#8220;This application is for the Mandatory Components (Core, Response Implementation) and also includes the Optional Component (Lead PGCoE for Education).&#8221;&#160;&#160;If an applicant fails to clearly state which components are being applied for in the Project Abstract, the application will be deemed non-responsive and will receive no further review.  *See Attachment A titled Additional Information on Eligibility (Continued)
Description: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the availability of fiscal year (FY) 2022 funds for a cooperative agreement program to establish The US Pathogen Genomics Centers of Excellence (PGCoE) network. The underlying objective of the PGCoE network is, through partnerships between academic and public-health organizations, to foster innovation in pathogen genomics and molecular epidemiology in order to improve the control of and response to microbial threats of public-health importance. This NOFO will implement a three-pronged strategy of 1) accelerated translation of relevant pathogen genomic technologies and innovations into the US public health system, particularly in public health agencies at the local, state, tribal, territorial and national level; 2) training of the public health workforce in microbial genomics and genomic epidemiology; and 3) rapid and scalable use of pathogen genomics in responding to public health emergencies from infectious diseases in order to improve detection, characterization, and prevention of infectious disease threats.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: pgcoecoag@cdc.gov
GrantorContactText: Eleanor Click&lt;br/&gt;pgcoecoag@cdc.gov
CloseDateExplanation: Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 pm ET on the listed application due date.