Deadline: 28 March 2019

The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control – National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), is seeking applications for its Immunization and Vaccines for Children Project.

The National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) is committed to the prevention of disease, disability, and death through immunization and by the control of respiratory and related diseases. NCIRD protects individuals and communities from vaccine-preventable disease through provision of federal funds and contracts to purchase and distribute vaccine, provision of technical and financial support of immunization programs, vaccine preventable disease surveillance, provider and public education, and evaluation.

This cooperative agreement will support recipients with development, implementation, assessment, and promotion of immunization related activities with the goal of achieving and sustaining high immunization coverage, and with administration of the Vaccines for Children (VFC) and Section 317 vaccine program for eligible individuals and to maintain or improve response activities to vaccine preventable disease public health threats.

Funding Information

• Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,988,608,755
• Award Ceiling: $36,500,000
• Award Floor: $150,000

Eligibility Criteria

• Special district governments
• State governments
• City or township governments
• Territorial governments or their bona fide agents in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.

For more information, please visit Grants.gov.