2015-07-23: PPHF 2015: Immunization- Strengthening Surveillance for Diseases Among Newly-Arrived Immigrants and Refugees – financed solely by 2015 Prevention and Public Health Funds
Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-CK12-1205PPHFSUPP15
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity: Health
Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Agency Name: HHS-CDC
Closing Date: 2015-07-23
Award Ceiling: $140,000
Expected Number of Awards: 4
Description: The purpose of this FOA is to assist current, eligible grantees under CK12-1205, Strengthening Surveillance for Diseases Among Newly-Arrived Immigrants and Refugees, to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and/or quality of refugee immunization data practices by establishing or strengthening the capacity of grantees to submit data to, and retrieve data from, state Immunization Information Systems (IIS) in order to characterize and followup vaccination information of refugees at risk for vaccine preventable diseases.
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Funding Opportunity Number: SCAPPD-15-AW-170-SCA-06192015
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity: Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)
Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Agency Name: DOS-SA
Closing Date: 2015-07-20
Award Ceiling: $175,000
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Description: The Office of Press and Public Diplomacy of the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA) of the U. S. Department of State announces an open competition for a cooperative agreement to administer the Empowering Women in IT program. This program seeks to help young women in the countries of South and Central Asia to use their technical skills and abilities in the IT field to obtain employment or pursue entrepreneurial activities. The countries of South and Central Asia are: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. This program reflects and supports the foreign policy goals of the United States. SCA seeks proposals from nonprofit organizations for the development and implementation of this program. Proposals can focus on helping young women gain employment at existing IT or technology firms, on helping young women establish their own IT or technology firms, or both of these areas. To this end, applicants are expected to help program participants gain soft or business skills, such as interviewing, networking, leadership, and/or business planning. This program is not intended to provide training in technical IT skills such as programming, coding, or network administration.
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