FAQs for the $1M FOA.pdf

Updated December 29, 2014

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for the Ebola Healthcare Preparedness and Response for Select Cities with Enhanced Airport Entrance Screenings from Affected Countries in West Africa Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) (EP-U3R-15-001).

• Clarification of “M&E grid” reference on page 10 of the subject FOA:

ASPR has determined that the reference on page 10 of the subject FOA was a typographical error and does not pertain to this FOA. Applicants should disregard this reference in their responses.

• Clarification on use of funds:

Eligible jurisdictions can provide funding to only hospitals within 75 miles of the five airports conducting enhanced airport entrance screening for Ebola and whose capabilities to safely manage patients with Ebola have been jointly assessed by the department of public health and a HHS Rapid Ebola Preparedness (REP) team or a comparable team comprised of administrators and clinicians from facilities that have safely and successfully treated patients with Ebola in the United States. Eligible jurisdictions will have discretion to decide which hospital(s) that meet the criteria they will support with the requested funding. Applicants are not required to support every eligible hospital but do need to identify the hospital(s) that they wish to support and describe the hospital Ebola preparedness and response initiatives they plan to undertake with the funding.

Clarification of how the funding levels will be determined for the eight eligible applicants:

This is not a competitive grant program. A total of $1 million is available for this grant program. Applicants can apply for anywhere from $50,000 to $1 million. Each application will be reviewed against the criteria in the FOA. The amount awarded per applicant will be based on the number of applicants, the number of facilities the applicants plan to support, and the activities proposed.

• Clarification on whether it is possible to use the funding to reimburse for previously expended costs:

Eligible applicants may request to use funding from the subject FOA to reimburse facilities for expenditures incurred prior to the budget start date of the award.

However, previous or pre-award costs must be allowable, fall within the project objectives, and be included within the grant application. Applicants should state how much funding is requested for pre-award reimbursement and how those pre-award activities support the goals and objectives of the project.

• Explanation of what it means to have a regional ETC strategy This question is related to the larger Ebola supplemental funding and will be addressed along with that FOA.