Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance in Retail Food Specimens (93.876)
Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance in Retail Food Specimens (Assistance Listing 93.876) is run by the Food and Drug Administration, part of the Department of Health and Human Services. It awarded $15.4 million in 24 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $643,709 per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.
The typical award was $677,000. Half of the 24 awards fell between $631,000 and $731,000, and they ranged from $546,000 to $750,220.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$15.4 million
- Grant awards24
- Typical award$677,000
- Awarded in FY 2025$0
- Size rank1,386 of 1,823
- Type of assistanceCooperative agreements
Key findings
- It is the 1386th largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
- The 20 largest recipients received 91% of the money.
- Awards went to recipients in 22 states and territories.
What the program funds
The National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) is a U.S. public health surveillance system that tracks antibiotic resistance in enteric bacteria from humans, retail meats, and food animals. When antimicrobial drugs are used in food-producing animals, they can enrich for populations of resistant strains that reach humans via the food supply. The chief goal of the NARMS retail food surveillance program is to improve the detection of and surveillance for antimicrobial resistance among enteric bacteria in raw retail food commodities, particularly fresh retail meat. The NARMS program is looking to collaborate with institutions or organizations to enhance and strengthen antibiotic resistance surveillance in retail food specimens. Partnering with the NARMS retail food surveillance program will enable the collection of critical data for FDA policy and regulatory actions including but not limited to pre-approval safety evaluation of new animal antibiotics, determining parameters for the antimicrobial use in veterinary medicine, and the ability to provide information to promote interventions to reduce resistance among foodborne bacteria. This collaboration will address NARMS programmatic needs to implement effective surveillance and response for antibiotic resistance as recommended in the National Strategy for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (CARB).
Open opportunities
No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.
Rules from the program listing
Who can apply
Applicants should review the individual funding opportunity announcement issued under this CFDA program to see which applicant organizations are eligible to apply.
What the money can and cannot pay for
The assistance can be applied to supplies, equipment, personnel, job training, and/or travel needed to conduct retail food surveillance activities as defined in the cooperative agreement and referenced in the NARMS retail food surveillance protocol. Assistance can be applied to improving the way antibiotic resistance surveillance samples are collected and processed, improve microbiological testing standards, improve quality assurance practices, improve collaboration and coordination of surveillance activities with the FDA, improve the exchange of relevant and complete surveillance data with the FDA, improve the use of data to inform program and policy development, improve data for education on current and emerging hazards, improve awareness of antimicrobial resistance among the public, improve the identification of foodborne illness outbreaks and coordinate outbreak investigations with the FDA, improve the way surveillance data are collected and analyzed, and for conducting ad hoc pilot studies as needed for consensus definitions. Funds are restricted from being used for the following: alterations or renovations; construction; fund-raising activities; political education and lobbying; vocational rehabilitation.;
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Deadlines
Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines
Award range and average, in the agency's words
Estimated $2,500,000 available for anticipated 30 awards.
Funding history and past recipients
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance in Retail Food Specimens (93.876) awarded $15.4 million across 24 grant awards, an average of $643,709 per award.
Who usually wins
State and local governments received 60% of the money, colleges and universities 36%.
| Recipient type | Awards | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| State and local governments | 15 | $9.3 million | 60% |
| Colleges and universities | 8 | $5.6 million | 36% |
| Other | 1 | $575,584 | 3.7% |
By state
1 state has a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards. It is California.
| State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| California | 3 | $2.0 million |
| Ohio | 1 | $744,000 |
| South Dakota | 1 | $744,000 |
| Texas | 1 | $740,132 |
| Kansas | 1 | $727,970 |
| Tennessee | 1 | $725,081 |
| Iowa | 1 | $719,000 |
| New Mexico | 1 | $668,269 |
| North Carolina | 1 | $652,881 |
| Connecticut | 1 | $651,329 |
| Oregon | 1 | $644,012 |
| Washington | 1 | $638,494 |
| South Carolina | 1 | $637,773 |
| Minnesota | 1 | $631,963 |
| Missouri | 1 | $600,052 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | $589,995 |
| New York | 1 | $575,584 |
| Georgia | 1 | $571,779 |
| Maryland | 1 | $548,862 |
| Massachusetts | 1 | $546,000 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | $546,000 |
| Louisiana | 1 | $531,081 |