Opportunity Information: Apply for CDC RFA DD18 1803
This grant opportunity, titled "Reaching Healthcare Professionals in the Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders through National Professional Organizations" (CDC RFA DD18-1803), is a CDC cooperative agreement designed to reduce fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) by strengthening how healthcare professionals prevent alcohol-exposed pregnancies in real-world practice. The focus is not on broad public outreach, but on influencing clinical norms and expectations within a single national professional community so that conversations about alcohol use and pregnancy become routine, consistent, and based on current science. The CDC is looking to fund a small set of national partners that can reach large numbers of practicing clinicians and help translate public health guidance into everyday patient care.
Applicants are expected to work through national medical societies or professional organizations that have active memberships of health professionals who commonly serve women of childbearing age. A key requirement is that each applicant must choose and concentrate on one specific professional specialty on a national scale, rather than trying to cover multiple disciplines at once. Examples given include obstetrics and gynecology, nursing, family practice, internal medicine, social work, and medical assisting. The intent is to tailor prevention strategies, messaging, and practice supports to the culture, workflows, and professional expectations of one specialty, making it more likely that members will actually adopt alcohol screening and counseling behaviors in clinical settings.
The main program purpose is FASD prevention through increased clinician awareness and improved clinical practice related to alcohol use, including the message that any alcohol use during pregnancy carries risk. The funded activities are meant to move beyond general education and into systems-level change within the profession. Expected activities include raising member awareness about the risks of excessive alcohol use and alcohol use during pregnancy, promoting the use of science-based messages, encouraging adoption and use of clinical guidelines and organizational policies that support alcohol screening and brief intervention (SBI), and developing or implementing recertification requirements that embed relevant content. The recertification component signals that the CDC wants prevention content to be institutionalized through professional standards and continuing competency expectations, not treated as optional training that clinicians may ignore.
The NOFO lays out specific short-term outcomes that awardees are expected to achieve by the end of the project period. These outcomes include increased member knowledge about alcohol-related risks (including during pregnancy), greater awareness of the importance of talking with patients about alcohol use, and increased uptake of online courses that support this work. Awardees are also expected to expand networks of "champions," meaning trained and motivated members who can promote best practices within their organizations, at conferences, in committees, and across professional communication channels. Another expected outcome is that professional recertification requirements will begin to include content related to alcohol, alcohol screening and brief intervention, and alcohol-exposed pregnancies, helping ensure the topic remains embedded in the profession over time. The NOFO also expects increased use of CDC communication products by both members and patients, suggesting that awardees should actively distribute and normalize CDC materials as part of patient education and clinical workflow. Ultimately, the practical endpoint is increased use of alcohol SBI by members in their practice settings, reflecting a shift from awareness to routine implementation.
From an administrative standpoint, this is a discretionary federal funding opportunity under the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, specifically the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD). The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates substantial involvement from the CDC during implementation, such as collaboration on strategy, technical assistance, or alignment with CDC resources and messaging. The CFDA number listed is 93.073. Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning it is open to many entity types, though applicants still need to meet any constraints described in the full eligibility language. The opportunity was created on March 16, 2018, with an original application due date of May 16, 2018, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time for electronically submitted applications. The award ceiling is $250,000, and the CDC anticipated making about five awards, indicating a competitive but targeted investment in a handful of national partners capable of shifting professional practice at scale.Apply for CDC RFA DD18 1803
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control - NCBDDD in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Reaching Healthcare Professionals in the Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders through National Professional Organizations" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.073.
- This funding opportunity was created on Mar 16, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 16, 2018 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 500 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $250,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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