Research, Monitoring and Outcomes Definitions for Vaccine Safety

 

Enhance the work of local communities and their partnerships with immunization champions to identify, plan, implement, and evaluate evidence-based practices.

Active 93.344 Office of The Assistant Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services B - Project Grants Not applicable. 42 U.S.C. 300u-1(a)
42 U.S.C. 301u-2(a & c)
Section 1702(a) [42 U.S.C. 300u-1(a)] and Section 1703(a) and (c) [42 U.S.C. 300u-2(a) and (c)] of the Public Health Service Act, as amended Any private (either profit or nonprofit) or public entity located in a State is eligible to apply for an award under this NOFO. "State" includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any agency or instrumentality thereof exclusive of local governments (45 C.F.R. ?75.2). Eligible entities include private (either profit or nonprofit) or public faith-based organizations, community-based organizations, and American Indian/Alaska Native/Native American (AI/AN/NA) organizations. Improving vaccine safety for adults. Nonprofit organizations may be requested to provide evidence of tax-exempt status. When projects involve the collaborative efforts of more than one organization or require the use of services or facilities not under the direct control of the applicant, written assurances of specific support or agreements may be required from the affected parties. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. To apply, applicants must access the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) thru www.grants.gov. Enter the Assistance Listing number and follow the website instructions. Applications submitted after the deadlines will not be accepted for review. The submission deadline will not be extended. Applications which do not conform to the requirements of the NOFO will be deemed ineligible and not reviewed. Applications may only be submitted electronically via www.grants.gov. Any applications submitted via any other means of electronic communication, including facsimile or electronic mail, will not be accepted for review. Applications will be screened upon receipt. Those that are incomplete or arrive after the deadline will not be forwarded for merit review. Applications that fail to meet the eligibility screening criteria will be disqualified and will receive no further consideration. All eligible applications are evaluated for merit by a panel of independent experts who assess the application against the criteria published in the NOFO. After considering the panel reviews, the Office Director makes recommendations to the Grants Management Officer for funding. The Grants Management Officer will conduct a risk assessment in accordance with 45 CFR part 75, and will then make the awards based on the recommendations. All applicants are notified in writing of actions taken on their applications. More information can be found at https://www.hhs.gov/grants/grants/get-ready-for-grants-management/grant-process/index.html. Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines From 60 to 90 days. Not applicable. Not applicable. The rating criteria and the weight attached to each criterion is included in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) that requests project proposals. An independent review panel evaluates applications that pass the screening and meet the responsiveness criteria in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). These reviewers are experts in their fields, and are drawn from academic institutions, non-profit organizations, state and local government, and Federal government agencies. Based on the Application Review Criteria as outlined in the NOFO, the reviewers will comment on and rate the applications, focusing their comments and scoring decisions on the identified criteria. In addition to the independent review panel, Federal staff will review each application for programmatic, budgetary, and grants management compliance. The assistance can be applied to improving vaccine safety knowledge and confidence, and improving the monitoring of adverse events following immunization. Examples of applicability are predicting the safety profile of new vaccines during the early development stage, developing or modifying existing vaccines to improve their safety, conducting applied research that will have a direct impact on the current vaccine safety monitoring system, conducting research that will improve the safety profile of currently marketed vaccines, conducting research that will improve the understanding of the safety profile of immunizations that are or will be recommended for adults over 65 years old. Not applicable. Audit procedures are described in 45 C.F.R. part 75. HHS and the Comptroller General of the United States or any of their authorized representatives shall have the right of access to any books, documents, papers, or other records of a grantee, sub-grantee, contractor, or subcontractor, which are pertinent to the HHS grant, in order to make audits, examinations, excerpts and transcripts. In accordance with 45 CFR, Part 74.53 and 45 CFR, Part 92, grantees are required to maintain grant accounting records 3 years after the end of a project period. If any litigation, claim, negotiation, audit or other action involving the records has been started before the expiration of the 3-year period, the records shall be retained until completion of the action and resolution of all issues which arise from it, or until the end of the regular 3-year period, whichever is later. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. Awards are generally funded in 12-month budget period(s). Awards may generally have a period of performance of 1 to 3 years, but may be up to 5 years. Support beyond the first year is contingent upon acceptable evidence of satisfactory progress, availability of funds, continuing program relevance, and best interests of the government. Recipients are notified of an award by Notice of Award (NoA) issued by the grants management officer. The NoA will contain instructions for drawing funds electronically from the HHS Payment Management System. In drawing funds from the award, the recipient certifies compliance with the terms of the award and designates whether the draw is a reimbursement or advance. None/Not specified. Duane Barlow
1101 Wootton Parkway
Plaza Level
Rockville, MD 20852 US
duane.barlow@hhs.gov
Phone: (240) 453-8822.

Scott Moore
OASH Grants and Acquisition Management Division
1101 Wootton Parkway, Plaza Level
Rockville, MD 20852 US
scott.moore@hhs.gov
Phone: 2404538822 https://www.hhs.gov/vaccines/index.html 75-0150-0-1-120 (Cooperative Agreements (Discretionary Grants)) FY 22$750,000.00; FY 23 est $750,000.00; FY 24 est $1,000,000.00; FY 21$749,900.00; - Award range $125,000 - $170,000 per year 45 CFR part 75 The HHS Grants Policy Statement is available online: http://www.ahrq.gov/funding/policies/hhspolicy/index.html HHS Grants Policies and Regulations are available online: http://www.hhs.gov/grants/grants/grants-policies-regulations/ Not applicable.