Centers of Excellence in Healthcare Quality: Detecting and Responding to Threats to Healthcare Safety

The Centers for Disease Control - NCEZID is seeking applicants for a grant program aimed at creating a collaborative network of healthcare systems, facilities, and public health partners to detect, respond to, and prevent threats to patient and healthcare worker safety. The program will support work that improves the safety, quality, and resilience of U.S. healthcare delivery. The program will be made up of healthcare systems inclusive of multiple facilities in various settings, including acute care hospitals, long-term acute care hospitals, nursing homes, dialysis centers, emergency rooms, and urgent care centers. Key aspects of this opportunity include: • The program will include healthcare systems and facilities partnering with public health departments and other entities or groups with relevant expertise. • Each individual applicant is not expected to have all elements. • The program will support work that improves the safety, quality, and resilience of U.S. healthcare delivery. • The estimated funding for this program is $750,000,000, with an award ceiling of $15,000,000 and an award floor of $2,500,000.