[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 228 (Wednesday, November 26, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66440-66442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-29525]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Program Announcement 04003]


Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Centers; Notice 
of Availability of Funds; Amendment

    A notice announcing the availability of fiscal year 2004 funds for 
Cooperative Agreements to support Health Promotion and Disease 
Prevention Research Centers was published in the Federal Register on 
March 27, 2003, Volume 68, Number 59, pages 14984-14990. A fully 
amended version of the original program announcement is posted on the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Web site at: http://www.cdc.gov. Click on ``Funding'' then ``Grants and Cooperative 
Agreements.''
    The notice is amended as follows:
    Page 14984, third column, ``Application Deadline: June 16, 2003'' 
should be removed and replaced with: ``Application Deadline: March 1, 
2004.''
    Page 14985, first column, Section C. Eligible Applicants, 
subsection First Round of Competition, delete this subsection. Second 
column, subsection, Second Round of Competition, delete the subsection 
header and the first paragraph.
    Page 14985, second column, Section D. Funding, subsection 
Availability of Funds, line 1, delete the sentence, ``Approximately 
$14,000,000 will be available in FY 2004 to fund approximately 18 
awards.'' Replace it with ``Approximately $9,000,000 is available in FY 
2004 to fund approximately 12 awards.''
    Page 14985, second column, Section D. Funding, insert a second 
paragraph with heading and text as follows: Optional Funding In 
addition, special interest projects related to chronic disease 
prevention and health promotion will be announced and funded in fiscal 
year 2004. Award of these projects, which are funded by centers, 
institutes, or offices within CDC or by other federal agencies, can be 
made to Prevention Research Centers only. Thus, applicants selected to 
be funded as a Prevention Research Center under this announcement will 
be eligible to compete for this optional funding of new special 
interest projects whenever they are announced by CDC. However, all 
applicants to this announcement can simultaneously apply for special 
interest projects. Those applicants not selected as Prevention Research 
Centers will then automatically be excluded from the competition for 
special interest projects. Specific guidance related to fiscal year 
2004 special interest projects will be published in a separate Federal 
Register announcement in March, 2004.

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    Page 14985, second column, Section D. Funding, insert the following 
heading ``Continuation of Funding'' before the paragraph that begins 
``Continuation awards * * *''
    Page 14985, third column, Section D. Funding, subsection Funding 
Preferences, delete the paragraph and replace it with, ``Funding 
preference will be based on selecting applicants in order to maintain 
an equitable geographic distribution of centers and for the 
distribution of centers among areas containing a wide range of 
population groups.''
    Page 14985, third column, Section E. Program Requirements, 
subsection Recipient Activities, paragraph a., delete the word 
``center-level'' and replace it with, ``center''.
    Page 14985, third column, Section E. Program Requirements, 
subsection Recipient Activities, paragraph b., delete the paragraph and 
replace it with, ``Evaluate the center based on the center's logic 
model, particularly focusing on the critical components of the center's 
logic model. Describe how the center's evaluation will contribute to 
the CDC's national program evaluation, including the core performance 
indicators. (See Appendix D for a list of the indicators.)''
    Page 14986, second column, Section F. Content, subsection 
Applications, insert the following paragraph, ``You are required to 
have a Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number 
to apply for a grant or cooperative agreement from the Federal 
government. Your DUNS number must be entered in item 11 of the face 
page of the PHS 398 application form. The DUNS number is a nine-digit 
identification number, which uniquely identifies business entities. 
Obtaining a DUNS number is easy and there is no charge. To obtain a 
DUNS number, access http://www.dunandbradstreet.com or call 1-866-705-
5711. For more information, see the CDC Web site at: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/pubcommt.htm
    Page 14986, third column, Section F. Content, subsection 
Evaluation, delete the first paragraph, and replace with, ``An 
infrastructure of resources and personnel is required to support 
program evaluation at the center (see the glossary for a definition of 
program evaluation). Applicants should have the capacity to (1) 
establish a five-year evaluation plan; (2) conduct program evaluations; 
and (3) collaborate with national partners in the planning and 
implementation of national PRC Program evaluation strategies (see 
Appendix B for a description of Developing and Evaluation Framework: 
Insuring National Excellence (Project DEFINE).) To assure that 
applicants have this capacity, applicants should, at a minimum, address 
the following:''
    Page 14986, third column, Section F. Content, subsection 
Evaluation, second paragraph (numbered ``1.'') delete the first 
sentence, and replace with, ``1. Create a logic model for the center, 
specifying the center's health priorities and expected outcomes.''
    Page 14986, third column, Section F. Content, subsection 
Evaluation, third paragraph (numbered ``2.'') delete the paragraph, and 
replace with, ``2. Document experiences in conducting program 
evaluations in the past five years. Describe how the center will 
continue or enhance its evaluation expertise as it relates to program 
evaluation.''
    Page 14986, third column, Section F. Content, subsection 
Evaluation, last paragraph (numbered ``3.'') delete the paragraph, and 
replace with, ``3. Create and describe a five-year evaluation plan, 
focusing on the critical components of the center's logic model. The 
plan should include the goals of the evaluation and evaluation 
questions to be addressed. The plan should also describe how the center 
has collaborated or will collaborate with the center's community 
committee for the evaluation (see the glossary for additional 
information regarding the center community committee.)''
    Page 14987, second column, Section F. Content, subsection 
Collaborations/Partnerships, second paragraph (numbered ``3.''), delete 
sub-item (a), and replace it with, ``(a) past, current, and proposed 
partners, as applicable to the center;''
    Page 14987, second column, Section F. Content, subsection Research, 
fourth paragraph (numbered ``3.''), delete the first sentence, and 
replace it with, ``3. Describe the center's five-year research agenda, 
including the five-year goals.''
    Page 14988, second column, Section F. Content, subsection 
Infrastructure, fifth paragraph (numbered ``4.''), delete the first 
sentence, and replace it with, ``4. Describe the center's proposed 
strategies or activities to enhance its core capacity over the five-
year period.''
    Page 14989, first column, Section G. Submission and Deadline, 
subsection Letter of Intent (LOI) Submission, delete the phrase ``First 
Round of Competition.'' Delete the date April 10, 2003, and replace 
with January 7, 2004. Subsection Submission Date, Time, and Address, 
delete the phrase ``First Round of Competition.'' Delete the date June 
16, 2003, and replace with March 1, 2004.
    Page 14989, second column, Section H. Evaluation Criteria, 
subsection Application, sub-topic Evaluation, first paragraph (numbered 
``1.''), first sentence, delete the word ``center-level'' and replace 
it with ``center''.
    Page 14989, second column, Section H. Evaluation Criteria, 
subsection Application, sub-topic Evaluation, second paragraph 
(numbered ``2.''), delete the paragraph and replace it with, ``2. To 
what extent does the applicant sufficiently describe and justify how 
the components of the center's logic model relate to or differentiate 
from the national PRC Program conceptual framework?''
    Page 14989, second column, Section H. Evaluation Criteria, 
subsection Application, sub-topic Evaluation, fourth paragraph 
(numbered ``4.''), delete the paragraph and replace it with, ``4. To 
what extent does the applicant adequately lay out a five-year 
evaluation plan, focused on the critical components of the center's 
logic model? To what extent does the plan include the goals and 
objectives for the evaluation and describe past or future collaboration 
with the center's community committee in the evaluation?
    Page 14989, third column, Section H. Evaluation Criteria, 
subsection Application, sub-topic Collaborations/Partnerships, fourth 
paragraph (numbered ``4.''), delete the paragraph and replace it with, 
``4. To what extent does the applicant adequately describe their 
partnerships (past, current, and proposed, as applicable), the roles of 
these partners, and the methods for establishing and maintaining the 
partnerships?''
    Page 14989, third column, Section H. Evaluation Criteria, 
subsection Application, sub-topic Research, third paragraph (numbered 
``3.''), second line, delete the words ``and objectives''.
    Page 14990, second column, Section H. Evaluation Criteria, 
subsection Application, sub-topic Training/Education, second paragraph 
(numbered ``2.''), insert the words, ``goals and objectives,'' between 
the words ``including'' and ``how''.
    Page 14990, third column, Section J. Where to Obtain Additional 
Information, after the paragraph that starts, ``For program technical 
assistance * * *'' insert the following:
    A forum for questions and answers between CDC and applicants during 
the application process will be available as a LISTSERV, a system that 
allows for creating, managing, and controlling mailing lists on a 
network or the Internet. The mailing list, which will be titled PREV-
CENTERS allows for

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questions and answers via electronic mail, which are simultaneously 
sent to everyone on the list and delivered in seconds or, occasionally, 
minutes. PREV-CENTERS is a closed list available only to persons and 
entities associated with the application process for Announcement 
Number 04003.
    To subscribe to the listserv, the applicant must send an E-mail 
message to [email protected] with the following command in the 
body of the message: SUBSCRIBE PREV-CENTERS. There is no need to write 
a ``Subject'' or anything else in the message. The subscriber will then 
receive a welcome E-mail message and instructions on how to use 
commands for the LISTSERV. After the applicant is subscribed, questions 
to the PREV-CENTERS LISTSERV may be sent to the following E-mail 
address: [email protected]. Do not post confidential 
information on the listSERV because every member of the mailing list 
will receive the message and the reply. All confidential matters should 
be conducted through direct E-mail, paper correspondence, or telephone.
    Please use the PREV-CENTERS LISTSERV exclusively for posting 
questions about the application process for Announcement Number 04003. 
Questions will be accepted until the application deadline. All 
subscribers to the list will be deleted after the application due date. 
Furthermore, a list of previously generated questions and answers 
regarding this Program Announcement can be found at the following Web 
site: http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/RFAQA/rfaqa.asp
    In addition, a pre-applications workshop will be held in Atlanta 
for all eligible applicants. The workshop will provide information on 
CDC's Prevention Research Centers Program and the contents of this 
Program Announcement. Specific information about the workshop can be 
found on the CDC Prevention Research Centers Web site: http://www.cdc.gov/prc.

    Dated: November 20, 2003.
Edward Schultz,
Acting Director, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-29525 Filed 11-25-03; 8:45 am]
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