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

RFA-FD-24-035: Development and Maintenance of the Animal Food Regulatory Program Standards (U19) Clinical Trial Not Allowed

Closed Closed May 24, 2024 Opportunity RFA-FD-24-035 ☆ 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 2024.

• Award ceiling$300,000
• Total funding$1.1 million
• Expected awards4
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to state and local governments.

• State governments
• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

This opportunity is only available to the following State animal food safety programs:Animal food regulatory programs with current FDA animal food safety inspection contracts (providing funding to State agency animal food production regulatory programs), or those that meet the eligibility requirements and apply for and agree to enter into an animal food safety inspection contract with FDA at the earliest possible date, are eligible to apply for funding under this cooperative agreement. Competition is limited to State animal food regulatory programs because the foundational work conducted under the current FDA animal food safety inspection contracts is necessary for the completion of significant improvements in a nationally integrated food safety system. Applicants will be categorized under one of two funding tracks: AFRPS Development or AFRPS Maintenance (see eligibility criteria below). The applicant must hold a nonpublic information sharing agreement with FDA pursuant to 20 CFR §20.88 (“20.88 agreement”) or agree to enter into a 20.88 agreement with FDA by the end of grant year one (June 30, 2025).

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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 $300,000 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 intended outcome of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to advance efforts for a nationally integrated animal food safety system by assisting State animal food regulatory programs to achieve and maintain full implementation of the Animal Food Regulatory Program Standards (AFRPS).

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.