Tribal Epidemiology Centers

The Tribal Epidemiology Centers opportunity is a forecasted federal cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Indian Health Service. The opportunity number is HHS-2027-IHS-EPI-0001, and the Assistance Listing is 93.231, Epidemiology Program. Grants.gov identifies the category of funding activity as Health and the opportunity category as Discretionary. The forecast was dated August 6, 2026, and was last updated on August 6, 2026. Because this is a forecast rather than a posted funding announcement, several application and award details have not yet been provided. The stated purpose is to establish a second cohort of Tribal Epidemiology Center sites for currently unserved Areas. The source does not provide additional detail regarding program objectives, required epidemiological activities, service expectations, deliverables, allowable expenditures, prohibited expenditures, indirect cost limitations, subaward rules, or other spending restrictions. The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement. Estimated total program funding is $7,000,000, and the Indian Health Service expects to make two awards. No award floor or award ceiling is stated in the forecast. Cost sharing or matching is not required. Eligibility is identified on Grants.gov as Others, with the additional eligibility information specifying Tribes, Tribal Organizations, and Urban Organizations. The forecast also indicates that the second cohort is intended for currently unserved Areas. The source does not enumerate specific eligible states, territories, counties, cities, Tribal service areas, or Indian Health Service Areas, so a more specific geographic eligibility list cannot be established from the information currently available. The estimated posting date is February 1, 2027. The estimated application due date is April 1, 2027. Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the listed application due date. No letter of intent, concept paper, pre-proposal, notice of intent, initial application, or other pre-application gating requirement is identified in the forecast. The source also does not identify required application forms, narratives, attachments, registrations beyond standard Grants.gov context, submission questions, evaluation criteria, review priorities, scoring criteria, or other application components. Applicants will therefore need to consult the subsequently posted funding announcement and application package for those requirements. The estimated award date is May 1, 2027, and the estimated project start date is also May 1, 2027. No separate notification date, project end date, period of performance, or award duration is stated. The forecast does not state that the opportunity is annual, biennial, quarterly, or otherwise recurring, so recurrence cannot be established. Based on the available forecast dates, the opportunity is in an early engagement stage because its anticipated posting and application period are still in the future relative to the August 7, 2026 analysis date. The listed grantor contact is the Indian Health Service Division of Grants Management. The contact email is dgm@ihs.gov and the telephone number is 301-443-5204. No individual grant officer or program contact is named. The source does not provide a valid direct PDF URL or a usable additional-information URL. Because the opportunity remains forecasted, prospective applicants should rely on the official funding announcement when posted for final eligibility requirements, application components, evaluation criteria, award limits, performance requirements, and submission instructions.