Opportunity Information: Apply for COVID C3 20 004
The grant opportunity titled "Accelerating and Expanding LOINC Development to Support Public Health Needs" (Funding Opportunity Number COVID C3 20 004) is a discretionary federal funding announcement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). It was created on August 12, 2020, with an original application closing date of September 11, 2020. The award mechanism is a cooperative agreement, meaning the federal government expects to have substantial involvement in the funded work rather than simply issuing funds and stepping back. The program falls under the health funding activity category and is associated with CFDA number 93.346. Eligibility is listed broadly as "Others" with additional clarification referenced in the full eligibility text of the announcement.
The core purpose of the NOFO is to provide time-sensitive, additional support to speed up both the development and the pre-release of LOINC Special Use codes, along with upgrades to the technical infrastructure used to manage and distribute those codes. LOINC (Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes) is a widely used standard for identifying laboratory tests, clinical observations, and related measurement concepts so that results can be exchanged and understood consistently across different systems, organizations, and jurisdictions. In the context of a fast-moving public health emergency, delays in standard code creation and distribution can slow down test reporting, surveillance, and coordination. This opportunity is specifically designed to reduce that friction by accelerating code creation and making those codes easier to find and adopt quickly.
A major emphasis of the funding is on improving searchability and rapid dissemination of LOINC Special Use codes to key stakeholders, including in vitro diagnostic (IVD) manufacturers, laboratories, and other entities in the United States and internationally. The focus on "pre-release" suggests an intent to get codes into the hands of implementers earlier than normal publication cycles would allow, so that manufacturers and labs can build, validate, and deploy systems that use the correct identifiers without waiting for slower, traditional releases. Alongside the code work, the infrastructure component signals investment in the underlying platforms, tools, or services that support distributing LOINC content at speed and at scale, which is essential when many organizations simultaneously need the same standards updates.
Financially, the announcement indicates an expected single award (Expected Awards: 1) with an award ceiling of $1,500,000. That structure implies a concentrated investment aimed at producing immediate, practical deliverables rather than spreading smaller awards across many recipients. The legal authorities cited include the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (Public Law 116-136, enacted March 27, 2020) and Section 3011 of the Public Service Health Act (PHSA). Those authorities reflect the pandemic-response motivation of the program and the federal interest in ensuring that standardized laboratory and observation coding can keep pace with emerging testing needs and reporting requirements.
In plain terms, this funding opportunity is about speeding up the pipeline for standardized lab and observation codes and modernizing the supporting infrastructure so that new and updated LOINC identifiers can be created, located, and implemented quickly. The intended downstream effect is faster and more consistent electronic reporting and data exchange across labs, test manufacturers, public health agencies, and health IT systems, which is especially critical during infectious disease outbreaks and other urgent public health situations.Apply for COVID C3 20 004
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Accelerating and Expanding LOINC® Development to Support Public Health Needs" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.346.
- This funding opportunity was created on Aug 12, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 11, 2020. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,500,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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