Opportunity Information: Apply for RFA GH 24 033
The grant opportunity titled "Advancing Public Health Research in Bangladesh" (Funding Opportunity Number RFA GH 24 033) is a CDC-funded cooperative agreement focused on strengthening Bangladesh's ability, along with global partners, to detect, prevent, and respond to disease threats using high-quality public health research and surveillance. The overall aim is not just to generate research findings, but to directly support practical public health decision-making and readiness, tying together disease monitoring, laboratory capability, and outbreak response in a way that improves both national and broader global health security.
The funded work is organized around several major activity areas. First, it supports research to measure and understand priority diseases in Bangladesh by determining disease burden, tracking trends over time, identifying causes (etiology), and analyzing risk factors. This kind of work typically informs where public health resources should be concentrated and helps identify which populations face the greatest risk. Second, the cooperative agreement supports developing and testing interventions and diagnostic tools, meaning it can cover work that improves how diseases are prevented and how cases are detected or confirmed. Third, it includes evaluating vaccine effectiveness, with an explicit goal of generating evidence that can inform global vaccination policy. This signals an emphasis on real-world performance of vaccines in the field, rather than only controlled trial results, which is often critical for deciding whether and how vaccines should be deployed at scale.
A fourth core component is capacity strengthening for Bangladesh's public health system, specifically improving surveillance systems, laboratory functions, and outbreak response capability. In practice, this can include making routine disease detection more reliable, improving confirmation of pathogens through stronger lab systems, and increasing the speed and quality of investigations when outbreaks occur. The intent is to make Bangladesh and its partners better prepared for emerging and ongoing health threats, with improvements that last beyond a single project cycle.
Administratively, this opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding and uses a cooperative agreement mechanism, which generally implies substantial involvement from the funding agency compared with a standard grant. The awarding agency is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), listed under "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA," and the activity category is Health (CFDA/Assistance Listing 93.326). The opportunity anticipates a single award (Expected Awards: 1) with an award ceiling of $6,000,000. The original closing date was March 8, 2024, and the posting was created on December 14, 2023.
Eligibility is restricted: icddr,b (formerly the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh) is identified as the sole eligible applicant. That means the award is effectively intended to support work implemented through icddr,b, likely reflecting its longstanding role and technical infrastructure for conducting surveillance, field epidemiology, and applied public health research in Bangladesh.Apply for RFA GH 24 033
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Advancing Public Health Research in Bangladesh" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.326.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2023-12-14.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-03-08. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $6,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Advancing Public Health Research in Bangladesh (RFA GH 24 033)
What is the title of this funding opportunity?
The funding opportunity is titled "Advancing Public Health Research in Bangladesh".
What is the Funding Opportunity Number (FON)?
The Funding Opportunity Number is RFA GH 24 033.
Which agency is offering this opportunity?
The awarding agency is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), listed as Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA.
What type of funding is this?
This opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding.
What funding mechanism is used?
The award is made through a cooperative agreement. This generally means CDC is expected to have substantial involvement in the funded work compared with a standard grant.
What is the overall purpose of the cooperative agreement?
The overall purpose is to strengthen Bangladesh's ability, along with global partners, to detect, prevent, and respond to disease threats using high-quality public health research and surveillance. The aim goes beyond publishing findings and is intended to directly support practical public health decision-making and readiness, linking disease monitoring, laboratory capability, and outbreak response to improve national and global health security.
What are the main activity areas supported by this award?
The funded work is organized around several major activity areas:
- Measuring and understanding priority diseases in Bangladesh (disease burden, trends, etiology, and risk factors)
- Developing and testing interventions and diagnostic tools to improve prevention and detection/confirmation of disease
- Evaluating vaccine effectiveness to generate evidence that can inform global vaccination policy
- Strengthening capacity in surveillance systems, laboratory functions, and outbreak response capability
What does "research to measure and understand priority diseases" include?
It includes determining disease burden, tracking trends over time, identifying etiology (causes), and analyzing risk factors. This type of research is used to inform where public health resources should be concentrated and which populations face the greatest risk.
What kinds of work fall under interventions and diagnostic tools?
The opportunity supports work to develop and test interventions and diagnostic tools, meaning activities that improve how diseases are prevented and how cases are detected or confirmed.
What is meant by evaluating vaccine effectiveness in this opportunity?
Vaccine effectiveness evaluation is included with an explicit goal of generating evidence that can inform global vaccination policy. The emphasis is on real-world performance of vaccines in field settings, which can be critical for decisions about whether and how vaccines should be deployed at scale.
What does capacity strengthening cover?
Capacity strengthening focuses on improving Bangladesh's public health system through stronger surveillance, laboratory functions, and outbreak response. In practice, this can include making routine disease detection more reliable, strengthening confirmation of pathogens through better lab systems, and increasing the speed and quality of outbreak investigations.
Is the goal mainly to generate research publications?
No. While research is central, the stated aim is to ensure research and surveillance outputs are tied to practical public health decision-making and readiness, improving how disease threats are detected and responded to in ways that strengthen health security.
How many awards does CDC expect to make?
The opportunity anticipates one award (Expected Awards: 1).
What is the maximum funding amount available?
The award ceiling is $6,000,000.
What is the Assistance Listing (CFDA) number and category?
The Assistance Listing (CFDA) is 93.326, and the activity category is Health.
When was the opportunity posted?
The posting was created on December 14, 2023.
What was the application closing date?
The original closing date was March 8, 2024.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is restricted. icddr,b (formerly the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh) is identified as the sole eligible applicant.
Can other organizations apply directly?
No. Based on the eligibility statement provided, the award is effectively intended to be implemented through icddr,b as the only eligible applicant.
Why is eligibility limited to icddr,b?
The opportunity indicates that limiting eligibility likely reflects icddr,b's longstanding role and technical infrastructure for conducting surveillance, field epidemiology, and applied public health research in Bangladesh.
How does this opportunity relate to global health security?
The work is designed to improve Bangladesh's and partners' ability to detect, prevent, and respond to health threats, with improvements that support both national health security and broader global health security through stronger surveillance, labs, and outbreak response readiness.
Does the opportunity connect surveillance, laboratories, and outbreak response?
Yes. A central theme is tying together disease monitoring, laboratory capability, and outbreak response so that evidence generated through research and surveillance supports real-world public health action.
Are the improvements intended to last beyond a single project period?
Yes. The opportunity emphasizes strengthening systems and capabilities in ways that improve preparedness for emerging and ongoing threats, with benefits intended to last beyond a single project cycle.
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