STD Surveillance Network (SSuN)

Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-PS13-1306 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.977Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-CDCClosing Date: Apr 30, 2013Award Ceiling: $1,100,000Expected Number of Awards: 18Creation Date: Feb 13, 2013Funding Opportunity Description: The activities described in this FOA are designed to generate new data that will address longstanding gaps and issues in national STD surveillance. Additionally, this FOA will fund innovative and robust collaborations with private and public healthcare partners and model technological approaches to integrated STD surveillance that make sustainable use of advances in electronic health data. Awardees successfully conducting both Part A and Part B activities described in this FOA will significantly enhance core capacity for STD surveillance in the United States and better meet CDC’s overall surveillance mandate by serving as ‘Centers of Excellence for STD Surveillance’. The purpose of Part A activities is to sustainably enhance and improve STD surveillance data available to inform a more comprehensive understanding of trends and determinants of STDs of interest, monitor public health program impact and provide a more robust evidence base for directing public health action. STDs of inter...
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