Key points
- CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion funds cooperative agreements to reduce the burden of IBD across the nation.
- Funding for the currently active program began in fall of 2023.
- The previous program is complete. Funding ran from 2018–2024.
![IBD Stacked Medical Blocks Hand placing a final wooden block on top of a pyramid of blocks, each with a different medical symbol on it.](/inflammatory-bowel-disease/media/images/2024/06/IBD_MedicalBlocksStack_917079152.jpg)
IBD program information
![IBD Heart in Hands Illustration of a child's hands holding a heart nested in a physician's hands.](/inflammatory-bowel-disease/media/images/2024/06/IBD_HeartInHandsGraphic_1267306341.jpg)
Funding
Cooperative agreements are federally funded. Highest scoring applications are awarded funding after careful evaluation from an objective review panel.
Current CDC-Funded program
Improving health outcomes for patients with inflammatory bowel disease (2023-2028)
Learn about CDC's IBD programs funded in 2023.