[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 205 (Thursday, October 23, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63405-63406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25248]


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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 
African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET)

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 AFENET for response to the Ebola outbreak 
funding. This award was proposed in Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 under funding 
opportunity announcement GH10-1006 Strengthening the Development of 
Applied Epidemiology and Sustainable Public Health Capacity through 
Collaboration, Program Development and Implementation, Communication 
and Information Sharing.''

Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Number (CFDA): 93.283


    Authority:  Public Health Service Act 42 U.S.C. 287b 31 U.S.C. 
6305 42 CFR 63a.

    Single award may be awarded totaling $1,800,000 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 09/14/2015
    Application Due Date: 10/23/2014 Project Number is CDC-RFA-GH10-
1006

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-GH10-1006) 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cd8c81b8beafb48daea9aee3aaa2bb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="17565b6264756e5774737439707861">[email protected]</span></a>. 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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#93e3f4fcf6f1fcfff2e1f6e0e3fcfde0f6d3f0f7f0bdf4fce5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="daaabdb5bfb8b5b6bba8bfa9aab5b4a9bf9ab9beb9f4bdb5ac">[email protected]</span></a> subject 
line: CDC-RFA-GH10-1006.

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    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

    Kenneth Johnson, Project Officer, Department of Health and Human 
Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd 
MS E-93, Atlanta, GA 30333, Telephone: 404 639-4203, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#347f757e7b745750571a535b42"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="470c060d080724232469202831">[email protected]</span></a>.
    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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#53121f2620312a133037307d343c25"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="50111c25233229103334337e373f26">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this notice is to solicit an 
application from AFENET to assist in addressing the spread of the Ebola 
virus in West Africa and contain the disease as quickly as possible. 
The funding will support the impacted Ebola-affected countries and the 
surrounding countries to combat this health crisis. This funding will 
target the following countries: Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Burkina 
Faso, Niger, Mauritania, Mali, Senegal, Guinea Bissau, Ghana, Gambia, 
Cote d'Ivoire, Togo, Benin, and Nigeria to support the response 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: Expansion Supplement.

Approximate Total Current Fiscal Year ACA Funding: $1,800,000.

    Anticipated Number of Awards: single.
    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.

    Dated: October 20, 2014.
Ron A. Otten,
Acting Deputy Associate Director, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2014-25248 Filed 10-20-14; 4:15 pm]
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