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Strengthening Global Health Security by improving public health capacity to detect, notify, and respond to disease outbreaks globally

Agency: Centers for Disease Control-GHC

Assistance Listings: 93.318 -- Protecting and Improving Health Globally: Building and Strengthening Public Health Impact, Systems, Capacity and Security

Last Updated: March 12, 2026

Description

This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) seeks to build upon activities funded by CDC to support Global Health Security (GHS) through implementation of programs and activities that focus on protecting and improving health globally through partnerships with Ministries of Health and other governmental institutions. This NOFO will build on lessons learned from the global COVID outbreak and other significant public health events. After ten years of implementing and strengthening global health security systems, the U.S. Government (USG) will continue to advance strategies to prevent, detect, and respond to public health threats. This NOFO's main outcomes are to: 1) Improve prevention of avoidable epidemics including naturally occurring outbreaks and intentional or accidental releases of dangerous pathogens; 2) Improve ability to rapidly detect threats early, including detecting characterizing, and reporting emerging biological threats; 3) Responding rapidly and effectively to public health threats of international concern.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Education

  • Private institutions of higher education
  • Public and state institutions of higher education
  • Independent school districts

Nonprofit

  • Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)
  • Nonprofits non-higher education without 501(c)(3)
  • Other Native American tribal organizations

Government

  • State governments
  • Special district governments
  • City or township governments
  • County governments
  • Public and Indian housing authorities
  • Federally recognized Native American tribal governments

Business

  • For-profit organizations other than small businesses
  • Small businesses

Miscellaneous

  • Unrestricted

Additional information

N/A

Grantor contact information

Description

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Email

DGHPNOFOs@cdc.gov

DGHPNOFOs@cdc.gov

Documents

No documents are currently available.

Link to additional information

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Forecasted

Estimated Post Date:

April 24, 2026

Estimated Application Due Date:

June 25, 2026

Estimated Due Date Description:

Not available

Estimated Award Date:

August 31, 2026

Estimated Project Start Date:

September 30, 2026

Fiscal Year:

2026

Application process

This site is a work in progress. Go to www.grants.gov to apply, track application status, and subscribe to updates.

Award

$75,000,000

Program Funding

8

Expected awards

$--

Award Minimum

$--

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

CDC-RFA-JG-26-0056

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

No

Funding instrument type:

Cooperative agreement

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

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Category of Funding Activity:

Health

Category Explanation:

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History

Version:

7

Forecast posted date:

August 22, 2025

Archive date:

July 25, 2026

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