What is this grant opportunity?

This is a federal funding opportunity titled "CDC Undergraduate Public Health Scholars Program (CUPS): A Public Health Experience to Expose Undergraduate and Graduate Students to Minority Health, Public Health and Health Professions", offered by Centers for Disease Control - OD. It is associated with CFDA program 93.456. CDC seeks to fund organizations with the ability to reach undergraduate and graduate students, including sexual and gender, people with disabilities, low socioeconomic status (SES) and those from unde...

Is this opportunity still open?

No, this opportunity is closed. It closed on June 19, 2017. Check the parent program page for future funding cycles.

How much funding is available?

The award range for this opportunity is $550,000 -- $850,000. Total estimated funding: $13,750,335. Expected number of awards: 4.

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Closed · CDC-RFA-MN17-1701 · CFDA 93.456 · Discretionary

CDC Undergraduate Public Health Scholars Program (CUPS): A Public Health Experience to Expose Undergraduate and Graduate Students to Minority Health, Public Health and Health Professions

Federal grant opportunity posted by Centers for Disease Control - OD, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$550K-$850K
Award range: Closed
Status: June 19, 2017
Close date: 4
Expected awards

Compiled by PlainGrants · August 10, 2026

The verdict

CDC Undergraduate Public Health Scholars Program (CUPS): A Public Health Experience to Expose Undergraduate and Graduate Students to Minority Health, Public Health and Health Professions is a closed discretionary listing from Centers for Disease Control - OD that offered $550,000 -- $850,000 across 4 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 9 other opportunities from Centers for Disease Control - OD.

$550K-$850K
award range: Closed
application status: 4
expected awards: 93.456
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

CDC Undergraduate Public Health Scholars Prog… is closed (last close June 19, 2017). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Centers for Disease Control - OD still indexes 9 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed June 19, 2017

Posted Apr 18 Closes Jun 19

Est. Total Funding

$13,750,335

Expected Awards

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

CDC seeks to fund organizations with the ability to reach undergraduate and graduate students, including sexual and gender, people with disabilities, low socioeconomic status (SES) and those from underrepresented racial and ethnic minority populations. The ultimate goal is to increase the diversity of the public health workforce, improve the representation of underrepresented populations in public health, and increase the quality of public health services nationally. For more information on the public health workforce, see the FOA resources guide: http://www.cdc.gov/features/studentopportunities/index.html

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · CDC-RFA-MN17-1701

Grants.gov marks CDC Undergraduate Public Health Scholars Prog… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Unrestricted / see official listing). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Health (HL). This eligibility-code string dominates the Centers for Disease Control - OD book (4 peers, 40% of 10).

Code 99: Unrestricted / see official listing

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Agency Contact

Glynnis Taylor gld1@cdc.gov

What to do next

CDC Undergraduate Public Health Scholars Prog… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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