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

RFA-FD-21-029: Alliance to Support Integrated Food Safety System (IFSS) Activities (U2F) Clinical Trials Not Allowed

Closed Closed April 23, 2021 Opportunity RFA-FD-21-029 ☆ 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$3.0 million
• Total funding$3.0 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 institutes of higher education:National organization/associations whose membership includes, but is not necessarily limited to, state, local, territorial, and/or tribal regulatory manufactured food professionals or government agencies and who collaborate with one or more institutions of higher education as defined in 21 USC §399(b). Competition is limited to these national organizations/associations for the following reasons: National organizations/associations with membership that includes, but is not necessarily limited to, SLTT regulatory manufactured food safety professionals or government agencies will have the relationships and communication systems to effectively promote the objectives established under this cooperative agreement. These national organizations/associations have a vested interest and share FDA’s visions to advance safety of manufactured foods and improve public health outcomes. These national organizations/associations can best collaborate with FDA. These national organizations/associations can provide a platform for sharing information and national implementation of the projects 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

More grants for nonprofits.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Food and Drug Administration Research awards averaged $1.3 million; this notice allows up to $3.0 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

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is issued to announce the availability of a cooperative agreement to be awarded under a Limited Competition. The goal of FDA/ORA's Cooperative Agreement Program is to facilitate long-term improvements to the national food safety system by strengthening interagency collaboration, improving States' regulatory and surveillance protection programs, conducting research, and promoting the Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards (MFRPS). This will be accomplished through the provision of funding and will require extensive cooperation and coordination with FDA program offices. Effective leveraging of resources and harmonization of efforts will require collaboration with relevant initiatives, including those of federal partners, national initiatives and associations, state, and local partners.

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.