OpportunityTitle: CDC&apos;s Collaboration with Academia to Strengthen Public Health Workforce Capacity
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: The intent of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to fund national organizations that represent domestic schools and programs for the education of public health professionals and nurses who are already funded by NOFO CDC-RFA-OE17-1701. These eligible applicants are: National in scope and representative organizations for their respective accredited academic constituency member schools or programs;  Able to demonstrate evidence of existing collaboration with Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH)-accredited schools or programs of public health or Committee on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)-accredited colleges of nursing at the baccalaureate or higher level; Experienced with, and have documented experience in, organizational, staffing, and administrative capacity, skill, and expertise to run a fellowship program and the related activities described in this funding announcement.
Description: The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to support the applicant&apos;s management of domestic fellowships for students or recent graduates of CEPH-accredited schools or programs of public health or CCNE-accredited baccalaureate and higher degree colleges of nursing. Fellowships and other similar experiential placements are vital to CDC&apos;s strategic interests to ensure students and emerging health professionals receive adequate hand-on experience in public health practice at CDC&apos;s domestic offices, at state, tribal, local, and territorial health departments, and at other community-based settings. For the purposes of this NOFO, fellowships are for recent graduates within five years of graduation. The overall goal is to create the opportunities for academia to develop qualified, knowledgeable and experienced students and emerging health professionals suitably prepared to serve in governmental public health practice, or able to apply public health concepts in various healthcare or other settings, to collectively meet the challenge of improving the population&#8217;s health. An application that exceeds the upper value of the specified dollar range will be considered non-responsive and will not receive further review.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Grants Policy
GrantorContactText: Technical Information Management Section&lt;br/&gt;ogstims@cdc.gov&lt;br/&gt;
CloseDateExplanation: Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m., ET, on the application due date.