Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Centers: PPHF - Affordable Care Act Projects

To: (1) To maintain, and operate academic-based centers for high-quality research and demonstration with respect to health promotion and disease prevention; (2) to establish linkages, where applicable, between ongoing, basic research in a wide array of fields and applied research in disease prevention and health promotion; (3) to bring the knowledge and expertise of academic health centers to bear on practical public health problems; (4) to field test and rigorously evaluate more cost-effective methods and strategies for preventing unnecessary illness and promoting good health; (5) to shorten the time lag between the development of new and proven effective disease prevention and health promotion techniques and their widespread application, and; 6) to involve the community in the development, conduct, and implementation of prevention research. Prevention Research Centers will: (1) focus on the major causes of death and disability, with an emphasis on underserved and vulnerable populations (2) improve public health practice through community-based participatory research, and (3) design, test, disseminate, or translate effective public health programs at the state and community level. Funding will support key elements of (1) infrastructure and administration, (2) community engagement and partnerships, (3) communication and dissemination, (4) training and education, (5) evaluation, (6) a community-based participatory core research project, and -- for some Prevention Research Centers, 7) special interest projects (SIPS).

Only applicants who have applied for and have been selected as Prevention Research Centers under CDC Program Announcement DP-14-001 are eligible to apply for the annual continuation funding for the core award and Special Interest Project (SIPS) awards. Funding is limited to Prevention Research Centers under CDC Program Announcement PA DP-14-001 because they are uniquely positioned to perform, oversee, and coordinate community-based participatory research that promotes the field of prevention research due to their established relationships with community partners.

Academic health centers, scientist/researchers, operational public health programs, targeted high risk groups, selected demonstration areas, and the general public.

Applicants must have applied for and been selected as Prevention Research Centers under CDC Program Announcement DP-14-001. Applicants must document the need for assistance, state the objectives of the proposed project, outline the method of operation, describe the evaluation procedures and provide a budget justification for funds requested.

Funds may be used for cost associated with planning, data collection, organizing, and the implementation of program elements related to the objectives identified in 050 above. Recipients may only expend funds for reasonable program purposes, including personnel, travel, supplies, and services, such as contractual.

The project period is 12 months with one budget period of 12 months.

Application Procedure: The CDC Procurement and Grants Office (PGO) will provide a Prevention Research Center (PRC) Program Guidance document to eligibility applicants entitled "How to Prepare the PRC Non-Competing Continuation Application and Progress Report." Applicants must manually submit an annual continuation application to PGO by the deadline provided in the Program Guidance document. If the applicant has difficulty, contact the CDC Procurement and Grants Office Technical Information Management Section (PGO-TIMS) staff. For this, or further assistance, contact PGO-TIMS: Telephone (770) 488-2700, Email: PGOTIM@cdc.gov.

CDC will complete a review to evaluate responsive applications according to criteria provided in Section V of the Application Review Information of the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). Applicants will be notified of the evaluation results.

CDC will not review incomplete and non-responsive continuation applications for core awards and Special Interest Projects (SIPS) awards. Applications that are complete and responsive will be evaluated for scientific and technical merit by the CDC Scientific Collaborator for the project, the CDC Project Officer for the Prevention Research Center, and a Scientific Program Official within the CDC Extramural Research Program Office. Successful applicants will receive a Notice of Grant Award (NGA) from the CDC Procurement and Grants Office. The NGA shall be the only binding, authorizing document between the recipient and CDC. The NGA will be signed by an authorized Grants Management Officer. The award will provide funds for the budget period of 12 months and the NGA will indicate allocation of Federal funds by budget categories and special conditions, if any. The project period for continuation funding is 12 months.

No renewals; the project period is 12 months.