Grants / Department of Health and Human Services / Food and Drug Administration

FOR-FD-20-009: Smoking Machine Adaptor Design Project for ENDS, Cigars, and Heated Tobacco Products

Closed Closed Opportunity FOR-FD-20-009 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: Flexible Funding Model - Advancing Domestic Mutual Reliance Through Strengthened Infrastructure Development and Maintenance for Manufactured Food Regulatory Programs (PAR-27-017). Status: Rolling or no fixed deadline. It is in our archive of Food and Drug Administration notices from 2021.

• Award ceiling$2.0 million
• Award floor$500,000
• Expected awards4
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

1. Eligible ApplicantsEligible OrganizationsHigher Education Institutions• Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education • Private Institutions of Higher Education The following types of Higher Education Institutions are always encouraged to apply for FDA support as Public or Private Institutions of Higher Education: o Hispanic-serving Institutionso Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)o Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs) o Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutionso Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs)Nonprofits Other Than Institutions of Higher Education• Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education) • Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education) For-Profit Organizations• Small Businesses• For-Profit Organizations (Other than Small Businesses)Governments• State Governments • County Governments• City or Township Governments• Special District Governments• Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized) • Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized)• U.S. Territory or PossessionOther• Independent School Districts• Public Housing Authorities/Indian Housing Authorities• Native American Tribal Organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)• Faith-based or Community-based Organizations• Regional Organizations

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Food and Drug Administration Research awards averaged $1.3 million; this notice allows up to $2.0 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (35% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

FDA's CTP is seeking to develop a smoking machine adaptor for use with electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS), cigars, and heated tobacco products that will require significant collaboration and research efforts with outside organizations. The selected organization(s) will develop a single universal adaptor, or standardized family of adaptors, for the attachment of ENDS, cigars, and heated tobacco products to existing smoking machines originally designed for use with cigarettes and make available to tobacco stakeholders, contract and government laboratories, and academic institutions.

Category: Agriculture, Consumer Protection, Food and Nutrition.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, PAR-27-017, which is open now.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.