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

RFA-FD-25-021: Conformance with the Egg Regulatory Program Standards

Closed Closed August 12, 2025 Opportunity RFA-FD-25-021 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is forecast: Conformance with the Egg Regulatory Program Standards (FOR-FD-25-021). Status: Forecast, no dates yet. It is in our archive of Food and Drug Administration notices from 2025.

• Award ceiling$47,000
• Total funding$94,000
• Expected awards2
• 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)

Only the following state egg regulatory programs will be eligible to apply:Current FDA egg inspection contract states or those willing to enter into a contract in 2025 are eligible to apply for funding under this cooperative agreement. Entering into this agreement will also require a current long-term 20.88 information sharing agreement and the expectation of full conformance with the standards and maintenance of the cooperative agreement. The FDA will provide one year of funding with the possibility of up to two years of additional non-competitive support, contingent on performance and continued availability of federal funds. For ERPS, it is anticipated that full conformance of the ERPS will be achieved within five total funding years under an ERPS Cooperative Agreement, based on an FDA assessment of your program to ensure the elements are in conformance. States that have received funding in previous years are expected to be in full conformance and maintenance phase by the end of the 5th year. Future funds may be available for states maintaining full conformance. Foreign OrganizationsNon-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Organizations) are not eligible to apply. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply. Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are not allowed.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Food and Drug Administration Research awards averaged $1.3 million; this notice allows up to $47,000 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 purpose of this funding opportunity is to advance efforts for a nationally integrated food regulatory system by assisting state egg regulatory programs to achieve and maintain full conformance with the Egg Regulatory Program Standards (ERPS). The ERPS Cooperative Agreement will provide funding for state egg regulatory programs to: Develop a plan to fully implement the Standards (ERPS) within five years of first receiving funding. Enhance egg regulatory programs to advance public health. Share egg regulatory inspection, compliance and enforcement, and laboratory information and data between states and the FDA. Improve the leveraging of state regulatory resources and direct regulatory activities to reduce egg-related illness, attributed to shell egg hazards in facilities that produce, process, pack, hold or transport shell eggs and materials/supplies.

Category: Agriculture, Consumer Protection, Food and Nutrition.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, FOR-FD-25-021, which is forecast.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.