Centers of Excellence in Healthcare Quality and Safety
This grant funds a network of healthcare and public health partners to improve safety, quality, and resilience across diverse U.S. healthcare settings by detecting and preventing threats.
Funder: Centers for Disease Control - NCEZID
Due Dates (Anticipated): January 2027
Funding Amounts: Estimated $1.1B total program funding; individual awards between $3.5M–$22M each, up to 10 awards, typically for multi-year projects.
Summary: Supports a collaborative network to improve healthcare quality, safety, and resilience by rapidly detecting, responding to, and preventing threats to patient and healthcare worker safety.
Key Information: Applicant requests above $22M will be deemed non-responsive.
Description
This program aims to establish a collaborative network of healthcare systems, facilities, and public health partners to rapidly detect, respond to, and prevent threats to the safety of patients and healthcare workers. The initiative supports projects that improve the safety, quality, and resilience of U.S. healthcare delivery. Participating networks may include a range of healthcare settings—such as acute care hospitals (including community, critical access, and rural hospitals), long-term acute care hospitals, nursing homes, dialysis centers, emergency rooms, urgent care centers, outpatient facilities, and home health providers.
Applicants are encouraged to form partnerships with public health departments and other organizations with relevant expertise. However, each applicant is not required to encompass all facility types or partnership elements.
