Enhancing Public Health Laboratory Capabilities and Increasing Capacity
State, local, and territorial public health laboratories (PHLs) play an indispensable role in protecting the health of Americans from new, emerging, and existing health threats by conducting laboratory testing and providing other science-based services.
The work of public health laboratory systems is interdigitated with other aspects of public health work, including epidemiology.
Public health professionals and policy makers use actionable information from PHLs daily to identify and prioritize these population health threats, and to develop and implement effective interventions.
In order to fulfill their critical public health mission, PHLs must be capable of and effective at detecting and responding to a myriad of threats across a broad and expanding spectrum of health domains, including infectious diseases, such as the COVID-19 emergency public health response in the United States and globally.
The work of public health laboratory systems is interdigitated with other aspects of public health work, including epidemiology.
Public health professionals and policy makers use actionable information from PHLs daily to identify and prioritize these population health threats, and to develop and implement effective interventions.
In order to fulfill their critical public health mission, PHLs must be capable of and effective at detecting and responding to a myriad of threats across a broad and expanding spectrum of health domains, including infectious diseases, such as the COVID-19 emergency public health response in the United States and globally.
Related Programs
CSELS Partnerships: Enhancing Public Health laboratories
Department of Health and Human Services
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Office: Centers for Disease Control - CSELS
Estimated Funding: $20,000,000
Office: Centers for Disease Control - CSELS
Estimated Funding: $20,000,000
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
NSF Publication 21-574
Additional Information of Eligibility:
This supplemental funding opportunity announcement is a single-source eligibility to the only recipient under this award.
The only applicant eligible to apply is the Association for Public Health Laboratories (APHL) because of the specialized skills and abilities to enhance the capacity of public health laboratories (PHLs).
Full Opportunity Web Address:
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf21574
Contact:
Agency Email Description:
OE20-2001@cdc.gov
Agency Email:
Date Posted:
2021-03-22
Application Due Date:
Archive Date:
2021-06-17
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