Deadline Date: July 15, 2026
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Global Health Center invites applications for a cooperative agreement opportunity focused on strengthening global health security through improved surveillance systems that accelerate outbreak detection, notification, and response.
The key focus areas of this opportunity include strengthening early warning surveillance, developing or enhancing electronic tools and interoperable surveillance systems, and improving how surveillance data is used for action.
The initiative aims to support global health security partners in implementing surveillance activities that improve the speed and effectiveness of outbreak detection and response while enhancing regional and national health system capacities and expanding global health partnerships.
The funding opportunity, titled “Preventing global health threats by strengthening surveillance systems to accelerate outbreak detection, notification, and response,” is offered under CDC’s Global Health Center, Division of Global Health Protection. The program seeks to build robust and resilient systems for early detection and response to global health threats.
The cooperative agreement has an expected total Year 1 funding of $3,000,000, with approximately 1–2 awards anticipated. Projects are expected to have a five-year period of performance with five 12-month budget periods. Funding will support core global health security priorities and may also support responses to infectious disease outbreaks or other public health emergencies through additional components.
Eligible applicants include government entities, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, tribal organizations, private institutions, for-profit organizations, small businesses, and foreign or non-U.S.-based entities. Applicants must submit proposals aligned with the scope of the opportunity and include all required components.
Projects must be conducted in specified regions and countries, including Central and South America, East Africa, Eastern Europe/Central Asia, the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia, Central and Southern Africa, and West Africa. Eligible focus countries include India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Armenia, Georgia, Ukraine, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, South Africa, and other listed countries.
The opportunity does not require cost-sharing or matching funds. Applications must be submitted in English, use U.S. dollar budgets, remain within the specified project narrative limit, and focus on program activities rather than research.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
