[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 204 (Wednesday, October 22, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63126-63127]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25133]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Notice of Intent To Award Ebola Response Outbreak Funding to 
Eligible Ministries of Health and Their Bona Fide Agents

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice provides public announcement of CDC's intent to 
award Ebola appropriations to select Ministries of Health and their 
bona fide agents for response to the Ebola outbreak funding. This award 
was proposed in Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 under funding opportunity 
announcement GH14-1418, ``Protecting and Strengthening Public Health 
Impact, Systems, Capacity, and Security.''

Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Number (CFDA): 93.318


    Authority:  Public Health Service 301(a) and 307 as amended [42 
U.S.C. 241 and 242l]

    Multiple awards may be awarded to grantees totaling $2,000,000 for 
Ebola response outbreak.
    Funding is appropriated under the Continuing Appropriations 
Resolution, 2015, Public Law 113-164, 128 Stat. 1867 (2014).

DATES: Anticipated award date 10/30/2014 through 09/29/2015.
    Application Due Date: 10/23/2014 Project Number is CDC-RFA-GH14-
1418.

ADDRESSES: CDC has waived the Grants.gov electronic submission process 
for this requirement. Recipients are hereby authorized to submit a 
paper copy application for (CDC-RFA-GH14-1418) via Express Mail (i.e. 
FedEx, UPS, or DHL) and send the application via email. Mailed 
applications must be address to Arthur C. Lusby, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, 2920 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341, 
telephone (770) 488-2865, or email him at [email protected]. The 
application must include a detailed line-item budget and justification 
to support the Ebola activities from October 31, 2014 to September 29, 
2015.
    Please download the following to complete the application package:

http://apply07.grants.gov/apply/forms/sample/SF424_2_1-V2.1.pdf--
Application Package
http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/docs/CertificationsForm.pdf--
Certifications
http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/grants/Budget_Preparation_Guidelines_8-2-12.docx--CDC-PGO Budget Guidelines
http://apply07.grants.gov/apply/forms/sample/SF424A-V1.0.pdf--SF-424A 
Budget Information

    All applications must be submitted to and received by the Grants 
Management Officer (GMO) no later than 11:59 p.m. EST on October 23, 
2014 and please provide the GMO a PDF version of the application by 
email to the following email address: [email protected] subject 
line: CDC-RFA-GH14-1418.
    Applicants will be provided with the Funding Opportunity 
Announcement (FOA) and additional application submission guidance via 
email notification. Applicants may contact the POCs listed with 
questions regarding the application process.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For Programmatic or Technical Assistance

    Kawi Mailutha, Project Officer, Department of Health and Human 
Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd 
MS E-29, Atlanta, GA 30333, Telephone: 404-639-8093, E-Mail: 
[email protected].
    For financial, awards management, or budget assistance: Arthur C. 
Lusby, Grants Management Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, 2920 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341, Telephone (770) 
488-2865, Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this notice is to solicit 
applications from eligible Ministries of Health and their bona fide 
agents to quickly arrest the spread of the Ebola virus in West Africa 
and contain the disease as quickly as possible. The funding will 
support the impacted countries and the surrounding countries to combat 
this health crisis. This funding will target the following countries: 
Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Mauritania, Mali, Senegal, Guinea 
Bissau, Ghana, Gambia, Cote d'Ivoire, Togo, Benin, and Nigeria to 
support the responses of the CDC to the outbreak of Ebola virus in West 
Africa. This funding will enable the U.S. to provide unified 
mobilization to address a crisis of this magnitude. CDC will continue 
to build partnerships and strengthen existing projects to respond to 
Ebola. CDC and its partners will help to address the need for 
surveillance, detection, coordination, response, and increase eligible 
governments' capacity to respond to the Ebola outbreak.
    Award Information:
    Type of Award: Amended FOA.
    Approximate Total Current Fiscal Year ACA Funding: $2,000,000.
    Anticipated Number of Awards: multiple.
    Fiscal Year Funds: 2015.
    Anticipated Award Date: October 30, 2014.
    Application Selection Process: Funding will be awarded to applicant 
based on results from the technical review recommendation.


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    Dated: October 17, 2014.
Ron A. Otten,
Acting Deputy Associate Director for Science, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2014-25133 Filed 10-17-14; 4:15 pm]
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