Opportunity Listing - Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) Increasing Educational Support for CJD Families and the Nation

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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) Increasing Educational Support for CJD Families and the Nation

Agency: Centers for Disease Control - NCEZID

Assistance Listings: 93.317 -- Emerging Infections Programs

Last Updated: January 17, 2025

Funding opportunity

Summary

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is an incurable brain disorder that occurs with an incidence of one case per million annually. The majority of patients die within six months of illness onset. The disease causes damage to the brain leaving patients completely dependent on their caregivers for the most basic needs of daily living. In 1996, a variant form of CJD emerged in the United Kingdom, which was causally linked to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Over 230 variant CJD cases have been identified worldwide, including four cases in the United States whose BSE exposure is believed based on...

epidemiological evidence to have occurred outside of the United States.This Notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) will help provide the latest information on human prion diseases to families of loved ones affected by these diseases as well as to public health service providers, other health professionals, and groups at highest risk for these diseases. Providing this information in a timely manner will strengthen efforts to more effectively monitor, to better understand and to ultimately reduce the incidence of those forms of prion diseases such as variant CJD that are preventable. It will also strengthen efforts to identify early the emergence of potentially new prion diseases in people such as possible human chronic wasting disease (CWD). In the United States, the ongoing prion disease outbreak among deer and elk called CWD continues to spread.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

City or township governments

Special district governments

Nonprofits non-higher education without 501(c)(3)

Federally recognized Native American tribal governments

For-profit organizations other than small businesses

Small businesses

Independent school districts

Unrestricted

Public and state institutions of higher education

State governments

Other Native American tribal organizations

Private institutions of higher education

Public and Indian housing authorities

Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)

County governments

Additional information

Eligible applicants include states, political subdivisions of states and other public and nonprofit private entities.The award ceiling for this NOFO is $100,000. CDC will consider any application requesting an award higher than this amount as non-responsive, and it will receive no further review.

Grantor contact information

Description

Tracey Ponder TPonder@cdc.gov

Email

TPonder@cdc.gov

Documents

Link to additional information

Closing: March 18, 2025

Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 pm ET on the listed application due date.

Application process

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Award

$500,000

Program Funding

Expected awards

$100,000

Award Ceiling

$75,000

Award Floor

Funding opportunity number:

CDC-RFA-CK-25-0144

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

Funding instrument type:

Cooperative agreement

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

Category of Funding Activity:

Health

Category Explanation:

History

Version:

Posted date:

January 17, 2025

Archive date:

April 17, 2025