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

RFA-FD-22-024: Renewal- Local Food Producer Outreach, Education, and Training to Enhance Food Safety and FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Compliance (U01) Clinical Trail Not Allowed

Closed Closed April 29, 2022 Opportunity RFA-FD-22-024 ☆ 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$1.0 million
• Total funding$1.0 million
• Expected awards1
• 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)

National Farmers Union Foundation

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Food and Drug Administration Research awards averaged $1.3 million; this notice allows up to $1.0 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

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)/ Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) announcing its intention to receive and consider the award of a cooperative agreement in fiscal year 2022 for Local Food Producer Outreach, Education, and Training for enhancing Food Safety and FSMA Compliance. The purposes of this support are to: 1. Build on previous work in this space relative to research and needs assessments, 2. Conduct and deliver outreach and training, 3. Develop and adapt materials, including alternate curricula, that facilitate the integration and understanding of federal food safety regulations, 4. Guide owners and operators of small and mid-size farms and businesses involved in local food production and processing, while taking into account diversified, sustainable, organic and identity-preserved agricultural production and processing practices. 5. Conduct research to evaluate the program including data collection and analysis, on the impact of education, outreach and technical assistance provided for the target audience.

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.