Is it possible that CDC will fund Component II proposals out of rank order?
Yes.For Component II,CDC may fund proposals out of rank order to ensure the geographic dispersion of funded projects across the United States. Geographic dispersion is defined as providing at a minimum 1 award in each region of the 10 HHS Regions (http://www.hhs.gov/about/regionmap.html). CDC will provide justification for any decision to fund out of rank order.