Public Awareness Campaigns on Embryo Adoption

To increase public awareness of embryo adoption and donation as a method of family building and provide individuals adopting embryos the medical and administrative services deemed necessary for such adoptions.

This program is intended to increase public awareness of embryo adoption/donation as a method of family building and provide individuals adopting embryos the medical and administrative services deemed necessary for such adoptions.

Eligible applicants include public agencies, non-profit organizations, and for-profit organizations. Only entities, and not individuals, are eligible to apply. Faith-based organizations, community-based organizations, American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander organizations are eligible to apply.

Project activities must not involve the selection or exclusion of participants based on race or ethnicity.

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Awards are generally funded in 12-month budget period(s). Awards generally have a period of performance of 1 to 3 years, but may be up to 5 years. Support beyond the first year is contingent upon acceptable evidence of satisfactory progress, availability of funds, continuing program relevance, and best interests of the government. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: Recipients are notified of an award by Notice of Award (NoA) issued by the grants management officer. The NoA will contain instructions for drawing funds electronically from the HHS Payment Management System. In drawing funds from the award, the recipient certifies compliance with the terms of the award and designates whether the draw is a reimbursement or advance.

An independent review panel evaluates applications that pass the initial screening and meet the responsiveness criteria in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). These reviewers are experts in their fields, and are drawn from academic institutions, non-profit organizations, state and local government, and Federal government agencies. Based on the Application Review Criteria as outlined in the NOFO, the reviewers will comment on and rate the applications, focusing their comments and recommendations on the identified criteria. In addition to the independent review panel, Federal staff will review each application for programmatic, budgetary, risk, and grants management compliance.

Final award recommendations will be made by the head of the program office to the Grants Management Officer, using information from the independent merit review panel and the Federal staff reviews. Following a risk assessment as required by 45 CFR part 75, the Grants Management Officer may issue awards. Funded organizations receive a Notice of Award that includes all of the details of their award, and are assigned to a project officer from the program office and a Grants Management Specialist from the OASH Grants and Acquisitions Management Division.

Not applicable. Support is recommended for a specified period of performance, not in excess of five years. Awards are generally made in 12-month budget periods. Budget periods after the first are generally made after review and approval of a non-competing continuation application subject to satisfactory performance, availability of funds, and the best interest of the government. A recipient may request a no cost extension or may compete for a new award under a posted notice of funding opportunity in this program.

All award decisions are final, including the level of funding, and may not be appealed.