Using Influenza-like Illness-specific School Absenteeism as an Early Warning System for Detecting Community Influenza

Funding Opportunity ID: 290012 Opportunity Number: RFA-CK-17-003 Opportunity Title: Using Influenza-like Illness-specific School Absenteeism as an Early Warning System for Detecting Community InfluenzaOpportunity Category: DiscretionaryOpportunity Category Explanation: Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCategory Explanation: CFDA Number(s): 93.084Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Additional Information on Eligibility: Single Source Competition - The University of Wisconsin (UW)-Madison ORCHARDS group is eligible to apply.Agency Code: HHS-CDC-HHSCDCERAAgency Name: Department of Health and Human ServicesCenters for Disease Control and Prevention - ERAPosted Date: Nov 09, 2016Close Date: Mar 01, 2017 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.Last Updated Date: Nov 09, 2016Award Ceiling: $600,000Award Floor: $580,000Estimated Total Program Funding: $2,400,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Description: The project aims at further developing and implementing an influenza-like illness (ILI)-specific absentee monitoring system and assessing its usability for early detection of influenza and other respiratory pathogens in the surrounding community. To achieve this aim, the project will: 1) rapidly determine the causes of school absenteeism in 4K-12 students...
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