The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity is to assist with the implementation of research studies that will provide critical information on ways to monitor, control, and potentially eliminate parasitic diseases including malaria.

Through this funding announcement, the Division of Parasitic

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Diseases and Malaria seeks to fund critical research and evaluation activities with the potential to yield high impact public health findings and to improve strategies that will decrease the overall burden of parasitic diseases and increase the health and well-being of affected populations.

Research topics include identifying and tracking morbidity, developing and testing better diagnostic tools, improving surveillance, and developing and evaluating interventions that can reduce or interrupt transmission of parasitic diseases including reduction of their vectors.