Notice of Intent To Award Affordable Care Act (ACA) Funding, RFA-TP-08-001

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This notice provides public announcement of CDC's intent to award Affordable Care Act (ACA) appropriations to the following 4 Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Center (PERRCs) grantees: the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, NC; the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, MN; the University of California in Berkeley; and the University of California in Los Angeles, CA. The purpose of the PERRC program is to conduct public health systems research to strengthen preparedness and response capabilities at the national, state, local, and tribal levels for preventing morbidity and mortality from threats to the public's health such as infectious disease outbreaks, and man-made and natural disasters. These activities are proposed by the above mentioned grantees in their FY 2011 application for continuation submitted under Funding Opportunity Announcement RFA-TP-08-001, "Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Centers: A Public Health Systems Approach," Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Number (CFDA): 93.061 Approximately $5,000,000 in ACA funding will be awarded to these grantees for sustaining approved program activities. Funding is appropriated under the A