2026-2030 NOFO Information Sessions and Q&A
The Tribal Epidemiology Centers Program Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is now available at:
https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/360301
Informational Call
Date: June 2, 2026.
Time: 3:00PM Eastern Time/1:00 PM Mountain Time
To register, please visit: https://events.gcc.teams.microsoft.com/event/d57deccd-1ab5-456d-a950-9aa2869a4b94@505de575-5ef9-45ef-b09d-1b1037c2db1b
Questions and Answers
The Program will post all Questions and Answers on this site, updating every Thursday until July 13, 2026.
Q. For the optional activities, should the budget narratives for those activities be included within the overall five-page budget narrative limit for the application, or should they be submitted separately?
A. They should be included in the overall budget narrative.
Q. Regarding the optional awards themselves, I wanted to clarify how they will be distributed. For example, if an optional activity lists “Number of Awards: 1” or another number, does that indicate the total number of recipients that will receive that optional award?
A. Yes. Final awards are dependent on available funding at time of award. .
Q. I also wanted to confirm whether the optional activity funding, once awarded, would continue across the full five-year project period or if those awards are issued on a year-by-year basis.
A. All awards are issued on a year-to-year basis pending final funding availability.
Q. The NOFO states that the funding range is between $2,000,000 to $3,500,000 for required activities. Is there a funding cap based on the number of tribes served within a given service area?
A. No. There is no funding cap based on the number of tribes within a given service area. Applicants may propose a budget up to the maximum amount within the stated funding range. Once funding decisions are made and a Notice of Award (NoA) is distributed, awardees may revise their budgets if the final amount differs from the proposed budget.
Q. The overall page limit of the Project Narrative section is 10 pages. The NOFO states that applications exceeding the page limit will not be reviewed. However, the Logic Model and Work Plan templates exceed 10 pages. How should applicants include these documents while remaining within the page limit?
A. The logic model and work plan will not count toward the 10-page limit for the section, Project Narrative.
