COVID-19 Supplemental Funding Overview

ASPR has provided a total of $350 million in emergency supplemental funding to support the preparedness and response activities and needs of hospitals, health systems, and health care providers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.

• $100M was awarded as part of Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, and disbursed to recipients through administrative supplements and a new Notice of Funding Opportunity for hospital associations in April 2020.
• An additional $250M, allocated as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) was awarded in May 2020

Funding will support the National Special Pathogen System, a nationwide systems-based network approach similar to other models that improve patient outcomes such as the trauma, cardiac, and stroke systems of care. The National Special Pathogen System builds on the Ebola-specific treatment network, and includes:

Through these components, ASPR is supporting the urgent preparedness and response activities to address the needs of hospitals, health systems, and health care workers on the front lines of this outbreak. ​Please access the full ASPR press release about the $100M Supplemental and the full ASPR press release about the $250 CARES Act Funding for additional information.

Funding Table

The funding table below lists the total amount of emergency supplemental funding disbursed (through both the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act and the CARES Act) as of June 2, 2020. The total distribution of funding across each of the NSPS components is as follows:

• NETEC: $10M (note: this is not included in the table below)
• Hospital Associations: $175M
• RESPTCs: $6.5M
• HPP Cooperative Agreement recipients: $158.5M

For a detailed breakdown of the funding by source, ​see the full table.

COVID-19 Supplemental Funding: Total $350M Summary