National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a sub-agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, administers federal grants to support disease surveillance, prevention research, public health infrastructure, and epidemiological capacity-building across state, local, and institutional partners. The CDC is the federal government's primary civilian agency for communicable disease control, prevention science, and population health monitoring, and it funds this mission almost exclusively through grants rather than contracts.

The CDC obligated $10.92 billion in federal grant funding across 1,882 awards since 2010. Recent grant-making activity has been uneven: 141 awards in 2022, 341 in 2023, 245 in 2024, 61 in 2025, and 8 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent grant award closed on 30 September 2026. Combined federal and non-federal dollars obligated total $10.97 billion across 517 distinct grant recipients, indicating substantial leverage of federal seed funding into broader public health spending.

Grant recipients are highly fragmented, with the top five recipients by award count accounting for only 7 percent of recent awards over the last five years. Michigan Department Of Health And Human Services leads by award count with 12 awards and $68.3 million in federal dollars obligated, followed by Utah Department Of Health And Human Services and Minnesota Department Of Health at 11 awards each. By federal dollars obligated over the same window, Emory University leads with 8 awards and $144.7 million federal share, followed by Health Research, Inc. with 10 awards and $125 million, and Utah Department Of Health And Human Services with 11 awards and $94.2 million. The top five recipients by federal dollars account for only 5 percent of total federal dollars obligated, reflecting the agency's distributed funding model across state health departments, academic institutions, and specialized public health research organizations.

The grant portfolio is dominated by Cooperative Agreements, which comprise 1,821 awards or 97 percent of all grants; Project Grants account for the remaining 3 percent. Cooperative Agreements allow the CDC to maintain active involvement with recipients during performance, aligning with the agency's direct oversight role in disease surveillance and prevention programs.

No recent contract opportunities or grant opportunities are recorded against the CDC or its descendant offices in the source material.