National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a sub-agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, administers federal grant funding for public health surveillance, disease prevention, emergency response, and research programs across state and local health departments, universities, and nonprofit organizations.

CDC has obligated $6.52 billion in federal grant funding across 2,832 awards since 2009, with 1,444 distinct grant recipients. Recent activity shows volatility: 121 awards in 2022, 284 in 2023, 250 in 2024, 26 in 2025, and 134 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent recorded grant award closed on September 30, 2026. Grant funding is split predominantly between Cooperative Agreements (58% of awards, 1,650 total) and Project Grants (42%, 1,179 total), with minimal formula-grant activity.

Grant recipient concentration is highly fragmented, with the top five recipients by award count holding only 4 percent of recent awards and the top five by federal dollars holding 4 percent of recent federal dollars obligated. Among recent awardees, the Regents of the University of Michigan leads by award count with 11 grants totaling $31.5 million in federal obligations, followed by the State of Georgia Department of Public Health with 7 awards and $60.7 million obligated. By federal dollars, the Department of Public Health Illinois leads at $67.5 million across 4 awards, followed by the Ohio Department of Health with $61.4 million across 4 awards and Georgia at $60.7 million. State and local health departments and research universities dominate the recipient pool; the long tail includes hundreds of smaller academic institutions and nonprofit health organizations across the United States.

No recent federal contract opportunities are recorded against CDC or its descendant offices. No recent federal grant opportunities are recorded against CDC or its descendant offices.