[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 5, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38683-38688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-13133]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Enhancing Professional Education, Research Infrastructure, and 
Capacity Building in Minority Serving Institutions

    Announcement Type: New.
    Funding Opportunity Number: AA131.
    Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.283.
    Key Dates: Application Deadline: August 4, 2005.

I. Funding Opportunity Description

    Authority: This program is authorized under Sections 317(k)(2) of 
the Public Health Service Act, (42 U.S.C. Section 247b(k)(2)). In 
addition, the program is authorized under Presidential Executive Orders 
13256, 13230, and 13270 which relate to advancing opportunities for 
higher education and strengthening capacity of Historically Black 
Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribal Colleges and Universities, 
(TCUs), and Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs).
    Purpose: The purpose of the program announcement is to assist 
organizations which provide support for the advancement of professional 
development, education, and research and training for racial and ethnic 
minorities. These organizations consist of representatives from member 
institutions (medical, dental public health, pharmacy, and/or 
veterinarian schools) who work to ensure racial and ethnic parity in 
health professions.

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Specifically, the program is intended to assist these organizations to:
    1. Build and strengthen institutional infrastructure supporting the 
development and implementation of innovative organizational strategies 
and effective programs to advance professional development, education, 
and research training for racial and ethnic minorities.
    2. Improve program and institutional capacity to foster community 
leadership development, promote community mobilization strategies and 
community resource development, and encourage partnerships and 
coalition building.
    3. Enhance quantitative and qualitative research efforts of the 
participating institutions.
    4. Strengthen the educational and professional development of 
minority health professionals and educators.
    5. Support student training initiatives, in order to introduce 
public health to racial and ethnic minority students.
    This program addresses the ``Healthy People 2010'' focus area(s) of 
Educational and Community-Based Programs and Public Health 
Infrastructure. This program also addresses the performance of 
executive agency actions under Executive Orders 13256, 13230, and 13270 
in order to advance the development of the Nation's full human 
potential and to advance equal opportunity in higher education, to 
strengthen the capacity of HBCUs, HSIs, and TCUs, respectively, to 
provide the highest quality education, and to increase opportunities 
for these institutions to participate in and benefit from Federal 
programs.
    Measurable outcomes of the program will be in alignment with one 
(or more) of the following performance goal(s) for the Office of 
Minority Health:
    Goal 1: Prepare disadvantaged minority medical, veterinary, 
pharmacy, and graduate students for careers in public health.
    Goal 2: Support HBCUs, HSIs, and TCUs by increasing the number of 
funding mechanisms and the number of minority-serving institutions 
receiving support.
    This announcement is only for non-research activities supported by 
CDC/ATSDR. If research is proposed, the application will not be 
reviewed. For the definition of research, please see the CDC Web site 
at the following Internet address: http://www.cdc.gov/od/ads/opspoll1.htm.
    Activities:
    1. Recipient Activities Required by all Applicants:
    A. Capacity Building and Resource Development Provide technical and 
consultative capacity building assistance of lead organization and/or 
member institutions to:
    1. Identify, coordinate and implement strategic planning activities 
to advance organizational development and change.
    2. Develop, coordinate and implement faculty/student learning 
programs.
    3. Identify appropriate additional academic partners, including 
community-based organizations, academic foundations, private entities 
and institutions to strengthen the lead organizations' and/or member 
institution's overall ability to carry out proposed activities.
    4. Provide technical assistance, guidance, and support to 
strengthen the lead organization or member institutions' ability to 
carry out proposed activities.
    5. Establish an organizational structure that includes working 
groups to address critical program issues.
    6. Facilitate awarding of funds to constituents (sub-awardees) 
through a variety of mechanisms, including but not limited to CDC 
identified extramural project activities and/or Investigator Initiated 
non-research activities.
B. Student Training Opportunities, Fellowships Programs, and Internship 
Programs
    1. Initiate internship and fellowship programs and pre and post 
doctoral opportunities designed to encourage minority students to 
choose and pursue graduate careers in public health and biomedical 
sciences.
    2. Identify, conduct, and evaluate new opportunities for public 
health field experiences that will provide students with an opportunity 
to apply the concepts and principals of public health practice and 
epidemiology as it relates to their community and help to increase the 
participation of minority students that are under represented in the 
biomedical, environmental, and public health sciences.
C. Needs Assessment and Public Health Research (Prevention Research, 
Policy Research, Dissemination Research)
    1. Identify effective strategies to address pressing public health 
problems affecting minority population groups. This activity will range 
from gathering initial information regarding the health status of 
communities and determining effective intervention strategies, to 
determining how to encourage the use of scientific findings in public 
health programs.
    2. Initiate innovative strategies for minority research recruitment 
and retention by enhancing the competency and capacity of member 
organizations' research administration process, policy development 
procedures, needs assessment framework, program evaluation guidelines, 
and community development structures.
    3. Conduct activities that promote the development and utilization 
of public health strategies to lead organizations and/or member 
institutions. The strategies should include coalition building, 
technical assistance workshops, language assistance planning for 
persons with LEP (limited English proficiency), community outreach, 
health communications, and cultural competency.
    4. Conduct activities that will increase the capacity of 
participation of minority principal investigators in prevention 
research.
    5. Identify and work to develop new opportunities for research and 
project collaboration among prevention health professionals.
    6. Regularly explore project ideas in instruction practice, and 
research in prevention which respond to health promotion and disease 
prevention objectives as stated in ``Healthy People 2010''.
D. Program Evaluation
    Identify data sources, establish outcomes, and process evaluation 
measures for determining the overall effectiveness of the lead 
organization and the member institutions.
    In a cooperative agreement, CDC staff is substantially involved in 
the program activities, above and beyond routine grant monitoring.
    CDC Activities for this program are as follows:
    A. Convene semi-annual meetings with the recipient to facilitate 
collaboration and information sharing.
    B. Conduct onsite visits with the recipient and sub-awardees to 
provide consultation and technical support; and help recipients meet 
program objectives and cooperative agreement requirements.
    C. Inform recipients about the laws and regulations pertaining to 
human subjects research and conduct inquiries concerning allegations of 
scientific misconduct.
    D. Evaluate and monitor recipients' progress toward meeting program 
objectives and goals.
    E. Provide technical assistance and guidance on analyzing data and 
evaluation of the program's progress.
    F. Provide to the lead organization, guidance on collaborating with 
HBCU's, HSI's, and TCU's.
    G. Work collaboratively with the lead organization to assist in its 
efforts to build research and training capacity and serve as a resource 
for HBCU's, HSI's,

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and TCU's interested in expanding biomedical opportunities, public 
health academic opportunities and field experience among students and 
faculty.
    H. Provide to the lead organization, guidance and technical 
assistance on identifying health disparities priorities that the HBCU, 
HSI, and TCU member schools can investigate. This will help achieve 
CDC's health disparities goals and objectives.

II. Award Information

    Type of Award: Cooperative Agreement. CDC involvement in this 
program is listed in the Activities Section above.
    Fiscal Year Funds: 2005.
    Approximate Total Funding: $900,000 (This amount is an estimate, 
and is subject to availability of funds.).
    Approximate Number of Awards: Three (one from each academic group).
    Approximate Average Award: $300,000 (This amount is for the first 
12-month budget period, and includes both direct and indirect costs.).
    Floor of Award Range: None.
    Ceiling of Award Range: $300,000 (This ceiling is for the first 12-
month budget period.).
    Anticipated Award Date: August 31, 2005.
    Budget Period Length: 12 months.
    Project Period Length: Five years.
    Throughout the project period, CDC's commitment to continuation of 
awards will be conditioned on the availability of funds, evidence of 
satisfactory progress by the recipient (as documented in required 
reports), and the determination that continued funding is in the best 
interest of the Federal Government.

III. Eligibility Information

III.1. Eligible Applicants

    Applications may be submitted by a lead organization that serves 
the targeted racial and ethnic minority population. Lead organizations 
are nonprofit educational, scientific and charitable 501(c)(3) 
organizations, that engage the collaborative resources, scholarship and 
technology of HBCUs, HSIs, including Hispanic-Serving Health 
Professions Schools (HSPHS); or TCUs. The applicant organizations must 
serve as the umbrella organizations for HBCUs, HSIs, including HSHPS; 
or TCUs. For the purpose of this announcement, umbrella organizations 
are defined as nonprofit educational, scientific, and charitable 501 
(c)(3) organizations that serve as the management, administrative, and 
clearinghouse arm for member HBCU, HSI/HSPHS, and TCU institutions. 
Applications may also be submitted by eligible member institutions 
which are defined as minority health professions schools (HBCUs, HSIs/
HSHPS or TCUs) which may include medical, dental, pharmacy and 
veterinary medicine schools and other minority academic institutions 
that are funded and supported by the lead organization to provide 
support for the advancement of professional development, education, and 
research and training for racial and ethnic minorities. Eligible member 
institutions must have at least a 10 percent enrollment of minority 
students, prevention research centers, and primary care centers that 
serve racial and ethnic minority populations. The applicant must have 
existing partnerships with HBCUs, TCUs, or HSIs.
    A Bona Fide Agent is an agency/organization identified by the state 
as eligible to submit an application under the state eligibility in 
lieu of a state application. If you are applying as a bona fide agent 
of a state or local government, you must provide a letter from the 
state or local government as documentation of your status. Place this 
documentation behind the first page of your application form.

III.2. Cost Sharing or Matching

    Matching funds are not required for this program.

III.3. Other

    If you request a funding amount greater than the ceiling of the 
award range, your application will be considered non-responsive, and 
will not be entered into the review process. You will be notified that 
your application did not meet the submission requirements.
    Special Requirements:
    1. Lead Organization.
    a. The lead organization must have experience providing guidance 
and oversight to sub-award recipients (members' institutions), 
administrative infrastructure to manage comprehensive public health 
educational programs, and expertise implementing programs that 
strengthen the public health system by preparing public health workers.
    b. The lead organization must provide administrative oversight in 
accordance with appropriate federal guidelines to sub-award recipients, 
and provide updates as well as progress reports to CDC regarding 
project activities and resources.
    c. The lead organization must have direct fiduciary responsibility 
for the administration and management of the cooperative agreement 
program.
    d. The lead organization must show proof or documentation that they 
have a formal partnership with at least three (3) academic institutions 
that have relationships with HBCUs, HSIs, and TCUs. These collaborative 
relationships should be described in the narrative, and evidenced by a 
detailed and signed memoranda of agreement among the participants.
    If your application is incomplete or non-responsive to the special 
requirements listed in this section, it will not be entered into the 
review process. You will be notified that your application did not meet 
submission requirements.
     Late applications will be considered non-responsive. See 
section ``IV.3. Submission Dates and Times'' for more information on 
deadlines.
     Note: Title 2 of the United States Code Section 1611 
states that an organization described in Section 501(c)(4) of the 
Internal Revenue Code that engages in lobbying activities is not 
eligible to receive Federal funds constituting an award, grant, or 
loan.

IV. Application and Submission Information

IV.1. Address To Request Application Package

    To apply for this funding opportunity use application form PHS 
5161-1.

Electronic Submission

    CDC strongly encourages you to submit your application 
electronically by utilizing the forms and instructions posted for this 
announcement on http://www.Grants.gov, the official Federal agency wide 
E-grant Web site. Only applicants who apply online are permitted to 
forego paper copy submission of all application forms.

Paper Submission

    Application forms and instructions are available on the CDC Web 
site, at the following Internet address: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/forminfo.htm.
    If you do not have access to the Internet, or if you have 
difficulty accessing the forms on-line, you may contact the CDC 
Procurement and Grants Office Technical Information Management Section 
(PGO-TIM) staff at: 770-488-2700. Application forms can be mailed to 
you.

IV.2. Content and Form of Submission

    Application:
    You must submit a project narrative with your application forms. 
The narrative must be submitted in the following format:
     Maximum number of pages: 40

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    If your narrative exceeds the page limit, only the first pages 
which are within the page limit will be reviewed.
     Font size: 12 point unreduced
     Double-spaced
     Paper size: 8.5 by 11 inches
     Page margin size: One inch
     Printed only on one side of page
     Held together only by rubber bands or metal clips; not 
bound in any other way.
    Your narrative should address activities to be conducted over the 
entire project period, and must include the following items in the 
order listed:
1. Project Abstract
    Provide a brief summary that includes: Brief overview of the lead 
organization (history, structure, experience and member institutions),
    b. Summary of the program plan;
    c. Description of the Evaluation plan;
    d. Summary of the lead Organization's operational and management 
plan.
2. Describe Lead Organization (History and Experience)
    a. Describe member schools in the organization (types and 
capacity).
    b. Describe all appropriate partners, including community-based 
organizations, academic, and foundations, from which to strengthen the 
community's overall ability to eliminate the health disparities of the 
target population, and to demonstrate the changes in health 
disparities.
3. Program Plan
    a. Describe program plans with specific, time-phased program 
objectives and the priorities to be addressed (include timeline and/or 
action plan).
    b. Describe the project by identifying the purpose and problems 
addressing the goals and objectives, and the activities to attain these 
goals.
    c. The plan should describe the project objectives that fit the 
activities in the application including expected outcomes.
    d. Discuss specific goals related to program requirements, and 
indicate expected program outcome at the end of the five-year project 
period.
    e. Describe goals and objectives that are specific measurable and 
feasible.
4. Program Evaluation
    a. Describe how progress toward meeting project objectives will be 
monitored.
    b. The evaluation plan should address measures considered critical 
to determine the success of the plan outlined by the applicant, and 
results should be used for improvement of the intended plan.
    c. Describe plan to evaluate all major program activities and 
services supported with CDC Office of Minority Health funds.
5. Operational and Management Plan
    a. Describe an operational and management plan, including 
coordination and collaboration efforts with other organizations and 
agencies involved in program activities, especially those serving the 
target populations.
    b. Describe the proposed staffing for the project and submit job 
descriptions of key personnel illustrating their qualification and 
experience to carryout project activities.
6. Budget Plan and Budget Justification
    a. Provide a detailed budget and budget justifications which 
indicate the anticipated costs for personnel, fringe benefits, travel, 
supplies, contractual, consultants, equipment, indirect, and other 
items.
    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. 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. If your application form does not have a 
DUNS number field, please write your DUNS number at the top of the 
first page of your application, and/or include your DUNS number in your 
application cover letter.
    Additional requirements that may require you to submit additional 
documentation with your application are listed in section ``VI.2. 
Administrative and National Policy Requirements.''

IV.3. Submission Dates and Times

    Application Deadline Date: August 4, 2005.
    Explanation of Deadlines: Applications must be received in the CDC 
Procurement and Grants Office by 4 p.m. Eastern Time on the deadline 
date.
    Applications may be submitted electronically at http://
www.grants.gov. Applications completed on-line through Grants.gov are 
considered formally submitted when the applicant organization's 
Authorizing Official electronically submits the application to http://
www.grants.gov. Electronic applications will be considered as having 
met the deadline if the application has been submitted electronically 
by the applicant organization's Authorizing Official to Grants.gov on 
or before the deadline date and time.
    If submittal of the application is done electronically through 
Grants.gov (http://www.grants.gov), the application will be 
electronically time/date stamped, which will serve as receipt of 
submission. Applicants will receive an e-mail notice of receipt when 
CDC receives the application.
    If submittal of the application is by the United States Postal 
Service or commercial delivery service, the applicant must ensure that 
the carrier will be able to guarantee delivery by the closing date and 
time. If CDC receives the submission after the closing date due to: (1) 
carrier error, when the carrier accepted the package with a guarantee 
for delivery by the closing date and time, or (2) significant weather 
delays or natural disasters, the applicant will be given the 
opportunity to submit documentation of the carrier's guarantee. If the 
documentation verifies a carrier problem, CDC will consider the 
submission as having been received by the deadline.
    If a hard copy application is submitted, CDC will not notify the 
applicant upon receipt of the submission. If questions arise on the 
receipt of the application, the applicant should first contact the 
carrier. If the applicant still has questions, contact the PGO-TIM 
staff at (770) 488-2700. The applicant should wait two to three days 
after the submission deadline before calling. This will allow time for 
submissions to be processed and logged.
    This announcement is the definitive guide on application content, 
submission address, and deadline. It supersedes information provided in 
the application instructions. If your submission does not meet the 
deadline above, it will not be eligible for review, and will be 
discarded. You will be notified that you did not meet the submission 
requirements.

IV.4. Intergovernmental Review of Applications

    Your application is subject to Intergovernmental Review of Federal 
Programs, as governed by Executive Order (EO) 12372. This order sets up 
a system for state and local governmental review of proposed federal 
assistance applications. You should contact your state single point of 
contact (SPOC) as early as possible to alert the SPOC to prospective 
applications, and to receive

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instructions on your state's process. Click on the following link to 
get the current SPOC list: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/spoc.html.

IV.5. Funding Restrictions

    Restrictions, which must be taken into account while writing your 
budget, are as follows:
     Reimbursement of pre-award costs is not allowed.
     Funds may not be used for construction costs.
     Funds may not be used for research.
    If you are requesting indirect costs in your budget, you must 
include a copy of your indirect cost rate agreement. If your indirect 
cost rate is a provisional rate, the agreement should be less than 12 
months of age.
    Guidance for completing your budget can be found on the CDC Web 
site, at the following Internet address: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/budgetguide.htm.

IV.6. Other Submission Requirements

    Application Submission Address:

Electronic Submission

    CDC strongly encourages applicants to submit applications 
electronically at http://www.Grants.gov. The application package can be 
downloaded from http://www.Grants.gov. Applicants are able to complete 
it off-line, and then upload and submit the application via the 
Grants.gov Web site. E-mail submissions will not be accepted. If the 
applicant has technical difficulties in Grants.gov, costumer service 
can be reached by e-mail at http://www.grants.gov/CustomerSupport or by 
phone at 1-800-518-4726 (1-800-518-GRANTS). The Customer Support Center 
is open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. eastern time, Monday through Friday.
    CDC recommends that submittal of the application to Grants.gov 
should be early to resolve any unanticipated difficulties prior to the 
deadline. Applicants may also submit a back-up paper submission of the 
application. Any such paper submission must be received in accordance 
with the requirements for timely submission detailed in Section IV.3. 
of the grant announcement. The paper submission must be clearly marked: 
``BACK-UP FOR ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION.'' The paper submission must 
conform to all requirements for non-electronic submissions. If both 
electronic and back-up paper submissions are received by the deadline, 
the electronic version will be considered the official submission.
    It is strongly recommended that the applicant submit the grant 
application using Microsoft Office products (e.g., Microsoft Word, 
Microsoft Excel, etc.). If the applicant does not have access to 
Microsoft Office products, a PDF file may be submitted. Directions for 
creating PDF files can be found on the Grants.gov Web site. Use of file 
formats other than Microsoft Office or PDF may result in the file being 
unreadable by staff.
     OR

Paper Submission

    Applicants should submit the original and two hard copies of the 
application by mail or express delivery service to: Technical 
Information Management--RFA AA131, CDC Procurement and Grants Office, 
2920 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341.

V. Application Review Information

V.1. Criteria

    Applicants are required to provide measures of effectiveness that 
will demonstrate the accomplishment of the various identified 
objectives of the cooperative agreement. Measures of effectiveness must 
relate to the performance goals stated in the ``Purpose'' section of 
this announcement. Measures must be objective and quantitative, and 
must measure the intended outcome. These measures of effectiveness must 
be submitted with the application and will be an element of evaluation.
    Your application will be evaluated against the following criteria:
Evaluation Criteria (100 Points)
    Each application will be evaluated individually against the 
following criteria, by an independent review group:
1. Program Plan (40 Points)
    a. The extent to which the proposed goals and objectives are 
specific, measurable, time-phased, consistent with the program purpose 
and the proposed activities, and consistent with the applicant 
organization's overall mission.
    b. The extent to which the applicant has included objectives and a 
timeline, which are feasible to be accomplished during the budget 
period, and which address all activities necessary to accomplish the 
purpose of the proposal.
    2. Description of Lead Organization (History and Experience) (25 
Points)
    a. Extent to which the applicant documents it's experience and 
successes in operating and centrally administering a coordinated public 
health or related program serving the target population for at least 
two years for the selected priority area(s) (including appended letters 
of support).
    b. Extent of experience in other public health programs, and public 
health research or related data collection.
    3. Evaluation Plan (25 Points)
    a. Extent to which the applicant presents a reasonable and thorough 
evaluation plan.
    b. Appropriateness of the evaluation methods, goals, objectives, 
and time lines prepared for the development of the overall planning 
effort; and identification of data and information sources needed to 
track progress toward the project's objectives.
4. Operational and Management Plan (10 Points)
    The extent to which applicant describes the history, nature, and 
extent of its relevant experience within the last two years with 
supporting documentation.
5. Project Abstract
    a. The extent to which the applicant clearly defines the targeted 
population group, geographic community, and priority area(s) to be 
addressed.
    b. The extent to which the applicant uses data, if such data are 
available and other supporting evidence to document the disparities 
within the targeted population, and the appropriateness of the target 
population sizes for the priority area selected.
    c. The degree of the disparity between the targeted population and 
the non-Hispanic white population based on local, State, and National 
data which directly supports the basis for the health disparity in the 
priority area(s) selected.
6. Budget (Not Scored)
    Extent to which a line-item budget is presented, justified, and is 
consistent with the purposes and objectives of the cooperative 
agreement.

V.2. Review and Selection Process

    Applications will be reviewed for completeness by the Procurement 
and Grants Office (PGO) staff, and for responsiveness by the Office of 
Minority Health (OMH). Incomplete applications and applications that 
are non-responsive to the eligibility criteria will not advance through 
the review process. Applicants will be notified that their application 
did not meet submission requirements.
    An objective review panel will evaluate complete and responsive 
applications according to the criteria listed in the ``V.1. Criteria'' 
section above. The objective review process will follow the policy 
requirements as stated

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in the GPD 2.04 [http://198.102.218.46/doc/gpd204.doc]. The application 
review will be performed by CDC employees within the agency's CIOs. In 
addition, the following factors may affect the funding decision:
    (a) Funding preference will be given to organizations that have a 
recent history of collaborating with the CDC on public health student 
training programs.
    (b) Preference will be given to institutions with at least a five-
year track record of implementing public health internship and 
fellowship programs for minority students.
    (c) Funding preference will be given to institutions that have 
appropriate staff expertise and other sources of support for 
implementing public health internship and/or fellowship programs.
    (d) At least one organization will be funded from each academic 
group (i.e., HBCU, HSI/HSHPS, TCU).
    CDC will provide justification for any decision to fund out of rank 
order.

V.3. Anticipated Announcement and Award Dates

    Anticipated Award Date: August 31, 2005.

VI. Award Administration Information

VI.1. Award Notices

    Successful applicants will receive a Notice of Award (NoA) from the 
CDC Procurement and Grants Office. The NoA shall be the only binding, 
authorizing document between the recipient and CDC. The NoA will be 
signed by an authorized Grants Management Officer, and mailed to the 
recipient fiscal officer identified in the application.
    Unsuccessful applicants will receive notification of the results of 
the application review by mail.

VI.2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements

    Successful applicants must comply with the administrative 
requirements outlined in 45 CFR Part 74 and Part 92 as Appropriate. For 
more information on the Code of Federal Regulations, see the National 
Archives and Records Administration at the following Internet address: 
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html.
    An additional Certifications form from the PHS5161-1 application 
needs to be included in your Grants.gov electronic submission only. 
Refer to http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/PHS5161-1 Certificates.pdf. 
Once the form is filled out attach it to your Grants.gov submission as 
Other Attachments Form.
    The following additional requirements apply to this project:
     AR-7 Executive Order 12372
     AR-10 Smoke-Free Workplace Requirements
     AR-11 Healthy People 2010
     AR-12 Lobbying Restrictions
     AR-15 Proof of Non-Profit Status
     AR-16 Security Clearance Requirement
     AR-21 Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Business
    Additional information on these requirements can be found on the 
CDC web site at the following Internet address: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/ARs.htm.

VI.3. Reporting Requirements

    You must provide CDC with an original, plus two hard copies of the 
following reports:
    1. Interim progress report, due no less than 90 days before the end 
of the budget period. The progress report will serve as your non-
competing continuation application, and must contain the following 
elements:
    a. Current Budget Period Activities Objectives.
    b. Current Budget Period Financial Progress.
    c. New Budget Period Program Proposed Activity Objectives.
    d. Budget.
    e. Measures of Effectiveness.
    f. Additional Requested Information.
    2. Annual progress report, due 90 days after the end of the budget 
period.
    3. Financial status report due no more than 90 days after the end 
of the budget period.
    4. Final financial and performance reports, no more than 90 days 
after the end of the project period.
    These reports must be mailed to the Grants Management or Contract 
Specialist listed in the ``Agency Contacts'' section of this 
announcement.

VII. Agency Contacts

    We encourage inquiries concerning this announcement.
    For general questions, contact: Technical Information Management 
Section, CDC Procurement and Grants Office, 2920 Brandywine Road, 
Atlanta, GA 30341. Telephone: 770-488-2700.
    For program technical assistance, contact: Yvonne Lewis, HBCU 
Project Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 
Clifton Road MS E67, Atlanta, GA 30333. Telephone: 404-498-2320. E-
mail: [email protected].
    Mike Snesrud, TCU Project Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road MS E67, Atlanta, GA 30333. Telephone: 
404-498-2320. E-mail: [email protected].
    Ana Rivera, HSI Project Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road MS E67, Atlanta, GA 30333. Telephone: 
404-498-2320. E-mail: [email protected].
    For financial, grants management, or budget assistance, contact: 
Mattie B. Jackson, Grants Management Specialist, CDC Procurement and 
Grants Office, 2920 Brandywine Road MS K14, Atlanta, GA 30341. 
Telephone: 770-488-2696. E-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: June 27, 2005.
Alan A. Kotch,
Acting Deputy Director, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
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