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

RFA-FD-21-028: Advancing Conformance with the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (VNRFRPS) by State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial (SLTT) Retail Food Regulatory Agencies (U2F) Clinical Trials Not Allowed

Closed Closed March 22, 2021 Opportunity RFA-FD-21-028 ☆ 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$10.0 million
• Total funding$10.0 million
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits.

• Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
• Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education

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) This opportunity is only available to the following nonprofit food safety training entities that collaborate with 1 or more institutions of higher education: National organization/associations that perform food safety training and whose membership includes, but is not necessarily limited to, state, local, territorial, and/or tribal regulatory retail food safety professionals or government agencies and who collaborate with one or more institutions of higher education. Competition is limited to these national organizations/associations for the following reasons: 1. National organizations/associations with membership that includes, but is not necessarily limited to, SLTT regulatory retail food professionals or government agencies will have the relationships and communication systems to effectively promote the objectives established under this cooperative agreement. 2. These national organizations/associations have a vested interest and share FDA’s visions to advance the VNRFRPS and improve public health outcomes. They are also knowledgeable of the VNRFRPS and the requirements to achieve conformance. These national organizations/associations can best collaborate with FDA. 3. These national organizations/associations can provide a platform for sharing information and national implementation of the projects pursued by the subawardees through national and regional meetings, web sites, listservs, and other communications. Most national associations/organizations also have committees that may further advance the projects pursued by the subawardees.

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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 $10.0 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

The intended purpose of this FOA is to advance conformance with the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (VNRFRPS) by developing and implementing systems to administer financial assistance, assess training needs and facilitate training, and measure and track the extent of standardization of regulatory food safety inspection personnel in State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial (SLTT) Retail Food Regulatory Agencies.

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.