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National Immunization Program (NIP) Primary Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control Deadline: 12/1/2001 KEYWORDS NIP will accept SBIR grant applications on December 1, 2001, receipt date ONLY. Applications for SBIR grants from the National Immunization Program should be submitted to the Bethesda, Maryland address indicated in the application materials, but the application form should be marked prominently: "Please forward promptly to CDC, Atlanta, for technical review by that agency." The NIP plans, coordinates, directs, and participates in efforts to prevent and reduce illness and premature death through immunization against disease. Activities include: (1) conducting epidemiology, national surveillance, research and technical consultation on designated diseases for which effective immunizing agents are available and on the safety of vaccines; (2) assessing immunization levels at national, state, and local levels; (3) guiding the development of recommendations, guidelines, technologies, and policies for effective, safe, efficient, and economical use of existing vaccines, and for the development and incorporation of new and improved vaccines and associated technologies into disease control programs; (4) providing technical, epidemiologic, scientific, statistical, financial, programmatic, and administrative assistance to State and local health departments in support of their immunization programs to prevent diseases recommended for vaccination; (5) implementing national outreach, mobilization, and public information activities to increase understanding about benefits and risks of vaccines, to promote the demand for them, and to improve immunization practices among health care providers; (6) designing, developing, and implementing information systems to ensure that all persons are properly immunized with the recommended vaccines; (7) collaborating with the World Health Organization (WHO) and its regional offices and with other CDC Centers/Institutes/Offices (CIOs); in worldwide eradication efforts for polio, and in planning for eradication of other diseases. For additional information on research topics, contact: Bruce G. Weniger, MD, M.P.H. Assistant Chief for Vaccine Development Vaccine Safety and Development Branch National Immunization Program (E-61) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1600 Clifton Road (E-61) Atlanta, GA 30333 (404) 639-8779; Fax: (404) 639-8834 Email: bgw2@cdc.gov For administrative and business management questions concerning SBIR, contact: Ms. Joanne Wojcik Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Procurement and Grants Office (E-13) 2920 Brandywine Road Atlanta, Georgia 30341 (770) 488-2717; Fax: (770) 488-2777 Email: jcw6@cdc.gov NOTE: The Solicitations listed on this site are partial copies from the various SBIR agency solicitations and are not necessarily the latest and most up-to-date. For this reason, you should always use the suggested links on our reference pages. These will take you directly to the appropriate agency information where you can read the official version of the solicitation you are interested in. The official link for this page is: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/sbir.htm. Solicitation closing dates are: December 1, 2001