BILLING CODE: 4163-18-P
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Notice of Award of a Single Source Cooperative Agreement to Fund Tuskegee
University
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located within the
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announces the award of
approximately $320,000.00, with an expected total funding of approximately
$1,600,000.00 over a 5-year period, to Tuskegee University. The award will enhance
ethical public health practice through educational activities geared towards professionals
and students in schools of public health particularly from Historically Black Colleges and
Universities (HBCU) and other minority serving institutions such as Hispanic-Serving
Institutions (HSI), Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCU), and Asian American and
Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISI).
DATES: The period for this award will be January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2030.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Norman A. Hayes, National Center
for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP). Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, (H24-4), Atlanta, GA 30333, Telephone:
(404) 639-8991, E-Mail: Nhayes3@cdc.gov
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (hereafter referred to as program) is to
enhance ethical public health practice through educational activities geared towards
professionals and students in schools of public health particularly from Historically Black

Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other minority serving institutions such as Asian
American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISI);
Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI); Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCU). CDC has
supported public health ethics education (formerly known as the Bioethics program)
since 1999 in response to the unethical syphilis study at Tuskegee and its implications to
public health, and continuing needs for understanding complex ethical issues in public
health. The program will require to implement the following integrated
strategies/components: Curriculum Development, Intensive Public Health Ethics (PHE)
Training, Mentorship, Partnership Building, USPHS Study of Untreated Syphilis at
Tuskegee Commemoration, and Dissemination and geared towards populations who have
been affected by unethical research.
Tuskegee University is in a unique position to conduct this work, as its goals: : 1)
conduct research, scholarship, and training in public health ethics and bioethics for underserved populations; 2) educate students, faculty, scholars, and the general public about
public health ethics issues to improve public health services to under-served populations;
3) promote racial/ethnic and geographic diversity in the field of public health ethics and
bioethics; and 4) facilitate effective community partnerships to address inequities in
health and health care and support health promotion for all Americans closely align with
the purpose and goals of this program. Additionally, Tuskegee University’s prior
experience developing a public health ethics curriculum, facilitating a public health ethics
intensive training, and make it the best suited institution to carry out the strategies and
activities of this program.
Summary of the award:
Recipient: Tuskegee University

Purpose of the Award: The purpose of this award is to enhance ethical public health
practice through educational activities geared towards professionals and students in
schools of public health particularly from Historically Black Colleges and Universities
(HBCUs) and other minority serving institutions such as Asian American and Native
American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISI); Hispanic-Serving
Institutions (HSI); Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCU). CDC has supported public
health ethics education (formerly known as the Bioethics program) since 1999 in
response to the unethical syphilis study at Tuskegee and its implications to public health,
and continuing needs for understanding complex ethical issues in public health. The
program will require to implement the following integrated strategies/components:
Curriculum Development, Intensive Public Health Ethics (PHE) Training, Mentorship,
Partnership Building, USPHS Study of Untreated Syphilis at Tuskegee Commemoration,
and Dissemination and geared towards populations who have been affected by unethical
research.
Amount of Award: $320,000.00 in Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2025 funds, with a total
estimated $1,600,000.00 for the 5-year period of performance, subject to availability of
funds.
Authority: This program is authorized under section 301(a) of the Public Health Service
Act (42 U.S.C. 241(a)) and 318 (a)(b)(c) of the Public Health Service Act [42 U.S.C.
247c (a)(b) and (c)] as amended. Regulations governing the implementation of this
legislation are covered under 42 CFR part 51b, subpart A.
Period of Performance: January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2030.
Dated: June 27, 2024.
Jamie Legier,
Acting Director, Office of Grants Services,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

[FR Doc. 2024-14621 Filed: 7/2/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 7/3/2024]