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

PAR-22-063: CVM Vet-LIRN Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Program (U18) Clinical Trials

Closed Closed February 9, 2024 Opportunity PAR-22-063 ☆ 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 2022.

• Award ceiling$150,000
• Award floor$150,000
• Total funding$1.8 million
• Expected awards50
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

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Who can apply

This opportunity was open to colleges and universities, state and local governments and tribes.

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Food and Drug Administration Research awards averaged $1.3 million; this notice allows up to $150,000 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

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to solicit applications from institutions/ organizations for inclusion into FDA's Veterinary Laboratory Investigation and Response Network Cooperative Agreement Program for Veterinary Diagnostic laboratories. This cooperative agreement program is intended to build domestic laboratory capacity as put forth in the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), by developing the Vet-LIRN laboratory Network capabilities and capacity to investigate potential animal foodborne illness outbreaks. The Cooperative agreements are intended to: 1. Strengthen coordination of veterinary diagnostic laboratory efforts as related to the national food safety system 2. Support training, quality assurance processes, proficiency evaluations, data sharing to support national capacity/capability development. 3. Support harmonizing analytical methods and equipment platforms. 4. Support laboratory efforts to obtain accreditation (AAVLD, ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation) or adopt a quality system comparable to international standards. 5. Provide testing results during case investigations of potential animal food or drug adulteration or contamination.

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.