Emerging Infectious Disease Detection in the Veterinary Public Health Sector in India

Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-GH-14-004 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.283Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-CDC-HHSCDCERAClosing Date: Mar 28, 2014Award Ceiling: $5,000,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Feb 04, 2014Funding Opportunity Description: The purpose of this FOA is to support capacity enhancement to detect etiologies of emerging infectious diseases in the veterinary public health sector in India and strengthen existing capacity of Central, State and District level laboratories in the country. Through improved diagnostics, bio-safety measures, and quality testing as well as an increased awareness of new and emerging diseases in India, the veterinary public health labs and epidemiologists will have the capacity to detect and control public health diseases with the potential to transmit from animals to humans.
Source: Grants.gov - Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding