Support for laboratory diagnosis and monitoring to scale up and improve HIV/AIDS care and treatment services for Caribbean countries supported under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is seeking applications to support laboratory diagnosis and monitoring to scale up and improve HIV/AIDS care and treatment services for Caribbean countries supported under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The goal of this project is to strengthen laboratory systems, build staff capacity, and achieve accreditation for public health laboratories. The project will focus on five key areas: supporting and achieving accreditation of public health laboratories, strengthening the laboratory workforce through in-service training, facilitating the expansion of laboratory information systems and integration with health information systems, enhancing HIV/TB-related testing and diagnostic capacity for opportunistic infections, and establishing efficient laboratory programs to facilitate HIV-related diagnostic and monitoring services in PEPFAR-supported countries. • The project will be funded through a cooperative agreement with an approximate total fiscal year funding amount of $1,500,000 for Year 1. • The project will start on September 30, 2026, and the award will be made on the same date. • The applicant must be an eligible entity, which includes public housing authorities, for-profit organizations, city or township governments, nonprofits, independent school districts, Native American tribal governments, private institutions of higher education, state governments, small businesses, and unrestricted entities. • The application must be submitted electronically by February 17, 2026, at 11:59 pm ET.