ForecastedAtlas Opportunity Score 92/100
RFA-IP-27-026
CDC Forecast: Improving Protection against Influenza and Other Respiratory Pathogens: US Flu VE Network (RFA-IP-27-026)
Forecast status: RFA-IP-27-026 is not yet open. CDC forecasts $75.25 million in program funding, 6 expected awards, an estimated October 30, 2026 posting date, and an estimated December 31, 2026 application due date. Forecast only; no outreach or application action until the posted NOFO is verified.
Funding$75,250,000 forecast program funding; 6 expected awards; forecast award minimum $1,350,000 and maximum $3,550,000.
DeadlineEstimated application due date: December 31, 2026. Exact submission deadline and time zone are not yet posted.
Last verified2026-09-20
Required next actionReverify on or after the estimated October 30, 2026 posting date. Publish or route only after CDC posts the NOFO and controlling open status, exact deadline/time zone, component requirements, final eligibility, award limits, forms, attachments, amendments, and submission mechanics are verified.
Broad Eligibility
Forecast categories include public and private institutions of higher education, independent school districts, qualifying nonprofits, state/county/city/special-district governments, federally recognized tribes and other Native American tribal organizations, public and Indian housing authorities, and for-profit organizations other than small businesses. Reverify against the posted NOFO.
Atlas Analysis
High Atlas public-health relevance for infectious-disease surveillance, vaccine effectiveness, respiratory pathogen monitoring, and research partnerships. Forecast only and not open; no application documents are currently available.
Forecast only. This opportunity is not currently open for application.
CDC forecasts a cooperative agreement to continue the U.S. Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Network and related respiratory-pathogen vaccine-effectiveness work. The forecast describes surveillance and research components covering outpatient vaccine-effectiveness and correlates-of-protection surveillance, electronic acute respiratory illness surveillance, household transmission studies, and immunogenicity studies.
The current federal forecast lists $75,250,000 in total program funding, 6 expected awards, an award range of $1,350,000 to $3,550,000, no cost sharing, an estimated posting date of October 30, 2026, and an estimated application due date of December 31, 2026. Eligible applicant categories currently include public and private higher education, independent school districts, nonprofit organizations, state/local/tribal governments, public housing authorities, and for-profit organizations other than small businesses.
Forecast hold: Keep this record unpublished. Do not create applicant outreach, an Atlas_Email_Queue record, or an application package until CDC posts the NOFO and the controlling open status, exact deadline and time zone, component rules, eligibility, award limits, forms, attachments, amendments, and submission mechanics are reverified.
Source verificationOfficial government source · www.grants.govAtlas last verified this record 2026-09-20. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗
