Opportunity Information: Apply for RFA DP 25 041
Connecting Organizations and People to Empower Diabetes Prevention and Treatment (Connections) is a CDC funding opportunity (RFA DP 25 041; CFDA 93.945) designed to strengthen the evidence base for real-world programs that link health care and community supports, or that intentionally build social connectedness, with the goal of improving diabetes-related outcomes and reducing inequities. The focus is not on creating brand-new interventions from scratch, but on rigorously evaluating existing Community-Clinical Linkage (CCL) programs and Social Connectedness programs to understand whether, how, and for whom they work when it comes to lowering diabetes risk factors, reducing new cases of diabetes, and preventing or minimizing diabetes complications, especially in populations experiencing higher burdens of disease.
At its core, this opportunity funds research that can demonstrate measurable impact on disparities in diabetes outcomes. Applicants are expected to study whether these programs reduce differences across communities or groups in key diabetes indicators, such as risk factors (for example, obesity, physical inactivity, food insecurity-related diet quality, or hypertension), diabetes incidence, and downstream complications. The CDC is also explicitly interested in unpacking the "why" behind the outcomes, meaning the funded evaluation should examine mechanisms of change. The NOFO highlights examples of mechanisms that may drive diabetes improvements, including changes in social or environmental conditions (such as access to healthy foods, safe spaces for physical activity, transportation, or housing stability), mental health improvements, and increased self-efficacy or confidence in managing health behaviors and chronic conditions. In practice, this means the work should go beyond documenting outcomes and also assess pathways and mediators that explain how CCL and social connectedness efforts translate into better diabetes prevention and treatment results.
The intended payoff from the funded projects is threefold. First, results should guide future scaling by identifying which models of community-clinical linkage and social connectedness are most promising and under what implementation conditions they can be expanded effectively. Second, the research should provide credible evidence that these approaches can mitigate documented disparities in diabetes risk factors, incidence, and complications, which is central to the program's emphasis on health equity. Third, the evaluations should help define what "effective" looks like by clarifying the features of successful programs and the mechanisms through which they achieve positive health outcomes, producing practical knowledge that other communities and systems can adopt.
The award mechanism is a cooperative agreement, indicating that CDC expects an active partnership role rather than a hands-off grant relationship, which typically involves substantial federal involvement in areas like project direction, coordination, technical assistance, or shared learning. The opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding in the health activity area. The application deadline listed is January 6, 2025, and the NOFO anticipates making about three awards. The award ceiling is $350,000, which signals relatively focused project scopes, often emphasizing evaluation design, data collection and analysis, and dissemination rather than large-scale service delivery expansion.
Eligibility is broad and includes many types of public and private entities. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education); for-profit organizations other than small businesses; small businesses; and the listing notes "unrestricted," reinforcing the wide range of organizational types that may apply. Overall, the Connections NOFO is aimed at producing actionable, equity-centered evidence on how community and social relationship-based strategies can be linked with clinical care to prevent diabetes and improve outcomes for people most at risk.Apply for RFA DP 25 041
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Connecting Organizations and People to Empower Diabetes Prevention and Treatment (Connections)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.945.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2024-10-25.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-01-06. (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 $350,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 3 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Unrestricted.
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