[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 211 (Friday, October 31, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64800-64801]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25920]


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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.''
    This notice replaces the Notice of Intent to award Ebola Response 
outbreak funding to eligible Ministries of Health and their bona fide 
agents which was published on October 22, 2014 (79 FR 63126, October 
22, 2014). CDC is correcting the application date, award dates, amount 
of funding available, and one of the points of contact.
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 $300,000 to 
$1,500,000 per award for the Ebola response outbreak.
    Funding is appropriated under the Continuing Appropriations 
Resolution, 2015, Public Law 113-164, 128 Stat. 1867 (2014).

DATES: Anticipated award date is 12/11/2014.
    Application Due Date: 12/1/2014.
    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 Dionne Bounds, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, 2920 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341, 
telephone (770) 488-2082, or email at [email protected]. The application 
must include a detailed line-item budget and justification to support 
the Ebola activities from December 11, 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 December 1, 
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: Dionne 
Bounds, Grants Management Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, 2920 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341, Telephone (770) 
488-2082, 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,

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Mauritania, Mali, Senegal, Guinea Bissau, Ghana, Gambia, Cote d'Ivoire, 
Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger 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: Cooperative Agreement.
    Approximate Total Current Fiscal Year Funding: $10,000,000.
    Anticipated Number of Awards: Multiple.
    Fiscal Year Funds: 2015.
    Anticipated Award Date: December 11, 2014.
    Application Selection Process: Funding will be awarded to applicant 
based on results from the technical review recommendation.

    Dated: October 28, 2014.
Ron A. Otten,
Acting Deputy Associate Director for Science, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2014-25920 Filed 10-28-14; 11:15 am]
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