Opportunity Information: Apply for CDC RFA GH14 140104CONT17
The grant opportunity titled "Protecting the Advances in Polio, Rubella and Measles Elimination: Strengthening Immunization Programs in the Americas" is a U.S. government public health funding action administered by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), specifically CDC's Center for Global Health (CGH). It is framed around safeguarding hard-won regional progress toward eliminating polio, rubella, and measles in the Americas by reinforcing core immunization system functions. The emphasis implied by the title is not simply on running isolated vaccination events, but on strengthening the underlying program capacity that prevents the reintroduction of these diseases and ensures outbreaks are rapidly detected and stopped if they occur.
This opportunity is listed as a continuation funding action (OpportunityCategory: Continuation), meaning it is intended to support ongoing work rather than launch a brand-new competitive program. The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates substantial involvement by CDC during implementation. In practice, cooperative agreements often involve close technical collaboration, joint planning, and shared decision-making on key activities such as surveillance improvements, immunization program performance monitoring, outbreak preparedness, and evaluation. The activity category is health, and it is associated with CFDA number 93.185, which is CDC's assistance listing tied to global health-related work.
Only one award was expected (ExpectedAwards: 1), which further signals that this continuation was likely designed to extend or modify an existing partnership rather than open broad, multi-recipient competition. The award ceiling is listed as 0, which generally means an explicit maximum was not specified in the summary record and the final amount would depend on CDC's approved budget, available appropriations, and the specific continuation scope. The application window in the record shows a creation date of November 1, 2016, with an original closing date of January 3, 2017, giving a roughly two-month period for submission tied to that continuation cycle.
Eligibility is broadly labeled as "Others," with the note to consult the additional eligibility information in the full announcement. That phrasing commonly appears when eligibility is limited to specific entities (for example, an existing awardee or a narrowly defined class of organizations) rather than open to all public or nonprofit applicants. In many continuation announcements, the practical eligibility is restricted to the current implementing partner, but the definitive rule would be stated in the full text referenced by the eligibility note.
From a programmatic standpoint, the title signals several core public health priorities. "Protecting the advances" reflects that the Americas have historically achieved major milestones, including the interruption of endemic measles transmission for periods and the elimination of rubella and congenital rubella syndrome in many settings, alongside long-standing polio-free status. Those gains can erode quickly if routine immunization coverage drops, if surveillance becomes less sensitive, or if health systems struggle to respond to importations. Strengthening immunization programs usually includes improving routine vaccine delivery (especially reaching under-immunized communities), assuring high-quality vaccination data and coverage monitoring, maintaining strong cold chain and vaccine management systems, training and supporting the immunization workforce, and coordinating with laboratory and epidemiology systems so suspected cases are identified, confirmed, and investigated quickly.
The diseases named in the opportunity highlight complementary needs. Polio requires ongoing vigilance because eradication has not been completed globally and importations remain a risk; maintaining high population immunity and sensitive acute flaccid paralysis surveillance is central. Measles is extremely contagious and often resurges when coverage slips, making rapid outbreak detection and high coverage with measles-containing vaccine critical. Rubella control and elimination depend on sustained immunity among children and women of childbearing age, along with surveillance that can detect rubella and congenital rubella syndrome and verify elimination status. In the Americas context, strengthening these systems often aligns with regional strategies coordinated through national ministries of health and partners, emphasizing surveillance quality, rapid response capacity, and sustained routine immunization performance.
In short, this CDC continuation cooperative agreement opportunity centers on keeping the Americas protected from the return of polio and from setbacks in measles and rubella elimination by reinforcing the core functions that make immunization programs resilient: high and equitable vaccination coverage, strong surveillance and laboratory networks, reliable vaccine logistics, and well-coordinated outbreak preparedness and response. The listing provides the administrative essentials (CDC RFA GH14-140104CONT17; CFDA 93.185; one expected award; cooperative agreement mechanism; 2016-2017 timing), while the full announcement would contain the detailed scope of work, eligibility constraints, and required application components.Apply for CDC RFA GH14 140104CONT17
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control - CGH in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Protecting the Advances in Polio, Rubella and Measles Elimination: Strengthening Immunization Programs in the Americas" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.185.
- This funding opportunity was created on Nov 01, 2016.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 03, 2017. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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