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

RFA-FD-22-021: Building an Integrated Information Technology Infrastructure for State Regulatory Programs (U2F) [Clinical Trial Not Allowed]

Closed Closed February 22, 2022 Opportunity RFA-FD-22-021 ☆ 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$6.0 million
• 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
• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

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 food safety regulatory 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: These national organizations/associations must have the knowledge and understanding of the following but are not limited to state unique regulatory program data management requirements; data sharing initiatives between SLTT and federal partners; state needs and procurement requirements; regulatory program standards and the requirements to achieve conformance. These national organizations/associations have a vested interest and share FDA’s visions to improving food safety and public health outcomes. They strive to lead other initiatives to advance building an integrated food and public health safety system. 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. They have relationships and communication systems to effectively promote the objectives established under this cooperative agreement. Applicant associations must hold an information sharing agreement with FDA under 21 CFR 20.88(e) or be able to obtain an agreement prior to the start date of the award. Information sharing is limited to pre-decisional information and only for the purpose outlined in this award.

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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 $6.0 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

Background The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), signed into law in January 2011, lays the strategic groundwork for fostering coordination and collaboration of food safety efforts across federal and state, local, tribal, and territorial regulatory and public health partners (SLTT partners) to establish a fully integrated food safety system (IFSS). In coordinated efforts with the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) strategic partners, the IFSS operations continue to implement risk-based inspections and investigations, ensure consistent and meaningful laboratory data and practices, establish national standards to ensure consistency across all jurisdictions, and improve response capabilities to foodborne illness outbreaks, recalls, and food emergencies. FDA continues to work towards achieving a national IFSS in addition to promoting One Health and supporting domestic mutual reliance (DMR) initiatives to protect the food supply for both humans and animals and advance public health. DMR is a seamless partnership that enables FDA and states with comparable regulatory public health systems, as trusted partners, to rely on, coordinate with, and leverage one another's work, data, and actions to meet the public health goal of a safe national food supply. One of the critical operations to advance these efforts is to have seamless and robust, high-quality data integration and information sharing mechanisms among our SLTT partners. Data management systems are also critical for states to implement and maintain conformance with the regulatory program standards, which is a foundational piece for FDA to rely upon state data. As the work of FDA and SLTT partners requires us across local, regional, national, and global levels to achieve optimal health outcomes, we are also recognizing the interconnection between people, animals, plants, and their shared environment. FDA recognizes and supports a One Health approach to collaborate with stakeholders across disciplines and sectors using science, technology, and innovation to achieve optimal public health outcomes. One Health is a collaborative, multisectoral, and transdisciplinary approach.

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.

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