Grants & Cooperative Agreements (Food)
The Cooperative Agreement to Advance Cooperation and Regulatory Standards Among Animal Food Safety Regulatory Programs was developed to facilitate long-term improvements to the national animal food safety system and achieve integration of this system by strengthening interagency collaboration, improving states’ regulatory and surveillance protection programs, and promoting the Animal Food Regulatory Program Standards (AFRPS).
Goals
- Support the efforts of federal and state government agencies to build a national integrated animal food safety system
- Establish systems for sharing, promotion, and collaboration of best practices, guidance documents, sampling plans, procedures, memorandums of understanding, and other tools to facilitate and encourage mutual reliance between federal and state animal food regulatory programs and public health agencies
- Identifying, developing, delivering, promoting, and/or assisting with attendance of animal food safety training programs to support implementation of the AFRPS, as well as training and stakeholder support for provisions of FSMA
- Support the advancement of the AFRPS and future revisions of the AFRPS as part of a system of continuous improvement to ensure the standards are modernized and support the needs of animal food regulatory programs
Current Awardee
- National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA)
- $600,000 in funding was awarded under this cooperative agreement in FY2023
Additional Information
The Alliance to Support Integrated Food Safety System (IFSS) Activities is a cooperative agreement to facilitate long-term improvements to the national food safety system by strengthening interagency collaboration, improving states' regulatory and surveillance protection program for manufactured foods, conducting research, and promoting the Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards (MFRPS).
Goals
- Assist FDA in meeting provisions of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)
- Support the efforts of federal, state, and local government agencies to build an Integrated National Food Safety System
- Establish systems for sharing, promoting, and collaborating on best practices, as well as guidance documents, sampling plans, procedures, memorandums of understanding, and other tools to foster mutual reliance between federal, state, and local manufactured food regulatory programs and public health agencies
- Assist FDA in the identification, development, delivery, promotion, and/or attendance of food safety and defense training programs to support conformance with the MFRPS and provisions of FSMA
- Support the advancement of the MFRPS and the Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Alliance (MFRPA)
Current Awardee
- Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO)
- $2.7 in funding under this cooperative agreement program
Additional Information
- Funding Opportunity Announcement
- Alliance to Support IFSS Activities CAP Fact Sheet (Version November 2023)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement is to build an integrated information technology (IT) data management system and user community to be utilized by state, local, territorial, and tribal (SLTTs) regulatory and public health partners for their human and animal food regulatory and public health programs. This cooperative agreement is intended to establish a robust IT infrastructure to assist SLTT regulatory and public health partners to better manage high quality regulatory programs and advance conformance with the regulatory standards. The IT infrastructure will be designed with the capability to integrate with FDA data exchange systems, which supports information sharing between states as well as between FDA and state regulatory and public health partners.
Goals
- Assist SLTT partners to better manage high quality regulatory programs and advance implementation and conformance with the regulatory program standards by enhancing the management of regulatory records including firm inventory, inspection reports (for SLTT conducted inspections and FDA contract inspections), inspection frequencies, laboratory results, consumer complaints, recalls, and enforcement actions
- Strengthen collaborations across relevant public health sectors to prepare, detect, respond, and prevent future public health emergencies, such as foodborne illness outbreaks or infectious disease with system capabilities to support product traceability and identifying trends in the supplier chain
- Build a user community involving a range of stakeholders including, but not limited to, federal and SLTT partner agencies for the development, implementation, operation, maintenance, and continuous improvement phases of the data management system during and after the project period
- Support implementation of data integration with FDA ORA Data Exchange (DX) to securely share information between regulatory partners and FDA
- Enhance collaborations between the FDA and user community to leverage and adopt technologies, tools, and approaches in supporting New Era of Smarter Food Safety Blueprints, advancing Domestic Mutual Reliance, and promoting One Health approach
- Support continuing efforts in achieving a national integrated food safety system (IFSS)
Current Awardee
- Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO)
- Up to $5M in funding under this cooperative agreement program
Additional Information
- Funding Opportunity Announcement
- FDA State Data Management System CAP Fact Sheet (Version November 2023)
In early 2022, the Food Emergency Response Network (FERN) leveraged LFFM laboratories to support surge capacity testing for Cronobacter in a coordinated laboratory response to the recall of powdered infant formula. LFFM labs utilized funds to support testing within their state that aligned with the testing criteria sent out through 50-state messaging. LFFM labs tested over 100 samples. Three LFFM laboratories (Maryland Department of Health — Laboratories Administration, Ohio Department of Agriculture, and West Virginia Department of Agriculture) provided surge capacity to states that were not able to perform their own analyses for product linked to complaints and illnesses.
The FERN was established in 2004 and is dedicated to integrating our nation’s food testing laboratories. The robust emergency response coordination framework (developed through FERN) and the resources provided through the LFFM have enabled these highly trained and competent laboratories to swiftly mobilize to protect our nation’s most precious consumers.
This cooperative agreement is intended to enhance the capacity and capabilities of state human and animal food testing laboratories in support of an integrated food safety system. Specifically, through sample testing in the areas of microbiology, chemistry, and radiochemistry, and the development of special projects that would support and expand that testing.
This project will strengthen FDA's efforts to minimize foodborne exposures and prevent foodborne illness through equipping our partner laboratories with additional resources to increase sample throughput capacity within their state. This enhanced proficiency will drive a risk-based and prevention-focused food safety system that both the FDA and our state partners can utilize.
Samples analyzed under this cooperative agreement could derive from a variety of sources including but not limited to: an approved sample plan, emergency outbreak situations, national special security exercises, or an FDA assignment. Laboratories may be requested to participate in national special security exercises and FDA assignments. Samples may also be collected by other organizations (e.g., FDA or a 3rd party) and submitted to participating laboratories for analysis.
Goals
- Improve human and animal food testing surveillance programs
- Enhance the network capacity of state laboratories by using sample testing in the areas of microbiology, chemistry, and radiochemistry, and the development of special projects
- Expand the national capacity in scientific technology and other areas of interest
- Accelerate foodborne illness outbreak investigations and reduce foodborne illnesses and deaths
- Utilize sample data generated by these laboratories to remove adulterated food from commerce and aide regulatory programs in conducting inspections
- Develop methods for early identification of emerging issues, monitoring and evaluation for future sampling initiatives
Current Awardee
There are 55 state programs currently enrolled: AK; AR; AZ; CA*; CO*; CT; FL*; GA; HI; IA*; IL; IN*; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; MI*; MN*; MO; MS; NC*; NE; NH; NJ*; NM; NV; NY*; OH; PA*; RI; SC; SD; TN; TX*; VA; VT; WA*; WI*; WV.
CA, CO, FL, IA, IN, MI, MN, NC, NJ, NY, PA, TX, WA, and WI each have 2 or more agencies with LFFM cooperative agreements.
Laboratories were provided $23.2M in funding under this cooperative agreement program. This amount includes $382K provided by Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) in support of imported seafood safety.
Microbiology, Chemistry, and Radiochemistry Assessments
- Microbiology Assessment - Analytical Track 1: Food Defense
- Microbiology Assessment - Analytical Track 2: Human Food Product and Environmental Testing
- Microbiology Assessment - Analytical Track 3: Animal Food Product and Environmental Testing
- Microbiology Assessment - Analytical Track 4: Whole Genome Sequencing
- Chemistry Assessment - Analytical Tracks 1-3
- Radiochemistry Assessment - Analytical Track 1: Food Defense
February 24, 2020 Technical Session Materials
- PowerPoint Presentation (LFFM Technical Session_2.24.20)
- Questions and Answers Document (PAR-20-105 Chat Questions and Answers - V1.1)
Accomplishments
- LFFM Year 2 Microbiology Surveillance Outcomes
- LFFM Year 2 Accomplishments
- LFFM Year 3: Microbiology Surveillance Outcomes
- LFFM Year 3: Accomplishments Infographic
Additional Information
- Funding opportunity Announcement
- ESAF Multi-Factor Authentication Instructions
- Laboratory Flexible Funding Model Cooperative Agreement Program Fact Sheet (Version August 2024)
Spotlight Video
The intended outcome of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Building an Integrated Laboratory System to Advance the Safety of Human and Animal Food Cooperative Agreement, is to support and enhance human and animal food testing laboratory activities. This effort would be achieved through the activities of an association that will offer trainings, workshops, meetings, and other educational resources; conduct research on national testing capability and capacity; prepare best practices and other guidance manuals; support ISO/IEC 17025 laboratory accreditation for non-accredited laboratories; and perform other activities to support human and animal food testing laboratories.
State and local laboratories play a critical role in the identification, containment, and prevention of foodborne illness. FDA is committed to assisting these laboratories in building laboratory capacity and capability; maintaining and expanding the scope of ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation, and supporting the groundbreaking work achieved through the GenomeTrakr network. Effective leveraging of resources and harmonization of efforts will require extensive collaboration with relevant initiatives, including those of federal partners, national initiatives, associations/organizations, and State and local partners.
The program goals are for the association to assist laboratories with building laboratory capacity and capability, in addition to assisting FDA in the development of trainings, workshops, and educational materials, and meetings in support of LFFM and unfunded laboratories conducting testing of human and animal food samples.
This cooperative agreement is only available to non-profit, national associations/organizations that represent state and local laboratories that conduct food and/or animal feed testing on behalf of state and local regulatory programs.
One of the project objectives is to research into the development and implementation of trainings, workshops, and other educational materials and resources for use by laboratories in the LFFM, in addition to unfunded laboratories seeking to achieve, maintain, and enhance ISO/IEC accreditation. Areas in need include effective workshops and seminars on laboratory procedures, data transfer (to NCBI and FDA data systems), document control, quality management systems, continuous improvement, sample collection, and risk assessment.
Current Awardee
- Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)
- Over $500K in funding was made available under this cooperative agreement program
Additional Information
- Funding Opportunity Announcement
- Laboratory Association Cooperative Agreement Program Fact Sheet (Version April 2023)
The intended outcome of this cooperative agreement program is to advance efforts for a nationally integrated food safety system (IFSS) by supporting Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards (MFRPS), Food Protection Task Force (FPTF) programs, Dietary Supplement (DS) programs, and special projects.
Applicants must refer to the Eligibility Section of the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to determine which funding track they should apply for: MFRPS Development or MFRPS Maintenance. Within each track, applicants applying for more than one funding options should include activities supporting the appropriate funding options, as outlined in the FOA. Further information on eligibility for each of the funding options, maximum budget per program area and other administrative considerations, can be found in the document mentioned above.
Note: Since the posting of the FOA, the FDA reduced the funding levels for the MFRPS track, the Dietary Supplement track and the Special Projects track was limited this year. All grantees awarded with the MFRPS Maintenance track have been reduced to the old MFRPS Maintenance funding tier levels per RFA-FD-18-001: Flexible Funding Model - Infrastructure Development and Maintenance for State Manufactured Food Regulatory Programs. In addition, grantees awarded with the Dietary Supplement track have been reduced. Please see below for reduced funding level amounts for each track:
MFRPS Maintenance Level 1: $150,000
MFPRS Maintenance Level 2: $225,000
MFPRS Maintenance Level 3: $300,000
Dietary Supplement track: $50,000
The FFM Cooperative Agreement Program uses the FoodSHIELD website to facilitate federal/state communication and collaboration in the development and implementation of this program. All state personnel actively involved in the FFM Cooperative Agreement Program should register for a FoodSHIELD account and join the MFRPS or FPTF Workgroups in FoodSHIELD as it relates to your respective track awards in your program. Register for a FoodSHIELD account.
Current Awardees
Over $9.7M in funding under this cooperative agreement
There are 40 FDA funded FFM cooperative agreement states: AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA*, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC*, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV*, WY.
- Total of 43 awardees
- CA - 2 state agencies (Dept of Health and Dept of Ag)
- SC - 2 state agencies (Dept of Health and Dept of Ag)
- WV - 2 state agencies (Dept of Health and Dept of Ag)
Additional Information
- More information about this funding program can be obtained by viewing the latest Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). Awards over $365,000 per year will be given, based upon funding levels and options selected. Programs may receive up to 3 years of funding, based on performance and availability of funds.
- FFM CAP Fact Sheet (Version November 2023)
The objective of this funding opportunity is the development, implementation, and management of a funding system in which state, tribal, and territorial agencies that have primary responsibility for regulating Grade “A” milk and/or molluscan shellfish may apply and be sub-awarded funds to facilitate training, purchase equipment, or provide for other priorities needed to implement the Grade "A" milk safety program and the National Shellfish Sanitation Program (NSSP) within their respective jurisdictions.
Goals
- Support state, tribal, and territorial Grade “A” milk safety and molluscan shellfish regulatory programs to participate in technical training, including FDA/Office of Training, Education and Development (OTED)-supported Grade “A” milk training courses, FDA/OTED-supported shellfish training courses, milk or shellfish seminars, and Laboratory Evaluation Officer (LEO) milk or shellfish training courses
- Provide equipment to assist the states, tribes, and territories with the implementation of their Grade "A" milk safety and/or shellfish sanitation programs
Current Awardee
- Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO), funds are to be sub-awarded through a funding system developed by the grantee
- $2.4M in funding under this cooperative agreement.
Additional Information
- Information for this funding opportunity can be found on Grants.gov: Grade "A" milk and shellfish CAP FOA
- IFSSA Milk & Shellfish Program Report.
- Grade "A" Milk Safety and Molluscan Shellfish CAP Fact Sheet (Version November 2023)
- Milk Safety Program & Shippers List
- Shellfish Programs & Shippers List
Spotlight Video
The Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards (MFRPS) are a critical component in establishing the national Integrated Food Safety System (IFSS). The goal of the MFRPS is to implement a nationally integrated, risk-based, food safety system focused on protecting public health. The MFRPS establish a uniform basis for measuring and improving the performance of prevention, intervention, and response activities of manufactured food regulatory programs in the United States. The development and implementation of the standards will help federal and state programs better direct their regulatory activities toward reducing foodborne illness.
To minimize the risk of serious adverse health consequences or death from consumption of contaminated produce, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has established science-based minimum standards for the safe growing, harvesting, packing, and holding of produce raw agricultural commodities grown for human consumption. FDA established these standards in the Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption, referred to as the Produce Safety Rule under 21 CFR Part 112, as part of the implementation of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). Additionally, FSMA explicitly recognizes that all food safety agencies need to work together in an integrated way to achieve our public health goals.
FDA initiated a partnership with state and territory agencies in 2016 through June 2021 via the cooperative agreements under PAR-16-137. That Cooperative Agreement Program (CAP) provided technical and financial assistance to state and territorial agencies to develop and implement multi-faceted Produce Safety Programs that support implementation of the Produce Safety Rule and the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
The FDA’s Produce Safety CAP is to enhance produce safety and achieve high rates of compliance with the FDA’s Produce Safety Rule by way of regulatory programs focused on quality and national consistency; education and technical assistance; prioritizing farming operations covered by the Produce Safety Rule; and local/state/federal coordination to support an IFSS.
Goals
The program objectives outlined below are detailed in the PAR-21-174 Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA):
Objective 1. Assessment and Planning
Develop and maintain Project Plan and Assessment documents that will guide the development of the grantee’s produce program.
Objective 2. Program Administration
Establish the foundational resources, including, but not limited to, personnel, supplies, training, authority, and agreements, needed to fulfill the grantee’s project plan.
Objective 3. Education, Outreach, and Technical Assistance
Provide opportunities for education, outreach, and technical assistance on the Produce Safety Rule and the jurisdiction’s produce regulatory program to produce farms, prioritizing covered farms.
Objective 4. Farm Inventory
Establish a complete and accurate inventory of produce farms, which can be used to implement corresponding objectives of this CAP.
Objective 5. Inspection Program
In effort to support an IFSS, develop inspection regulatory programs should be focused on quality and national consistency.
Objective 6. Compliance and Enforcement Program
Establish compliance and enforcement programs tailored to their chosen program path. In any event, it is recommended that all programs coordinate with local/state/federal agencies to utilize the compliance and enforcement action(s) that will result in greatest protection of public health. In effort to support an IFSS, compliance and enforcement regulatory programs should be focused on quality and national consistency.
Objective 7. Produce Related Event Response Planning and Implementation
As of 10/28/2021, Objective 7 work under this CAP is on pause until further notice - Each jurisdiction should have the capability to systematically detect, investigate, mitigate, document, and analyze produce related incidents to stop, control and prevent hazards that are likely to result in a produce related illness, injury or outbreak. If the Assessment (see Objective 1) conducted by the grantee reveals a response capability that does not exist or has gaps requiring further development, the grantee will document a plan and request additional funding to develop the capability/capabilities within the jurisdiction.
Current Awardee
Current awardees for this cooperative agreement include state government agencies with actual or potential regulatory oversight and responsibility over their respective jurisdiction’s commodities regulated in FDA's Produce Safety Rule.
Each grantee is enrolled in the CAP by their chosen Program Path (A, B, or C). The Program Path outlines which objectives the grantee will pursue and how produce regulatory inspections will be conducted in their state.
PATH A: Jurisdictions that will not conduct produce safety inspections (non-regulatory programs) but will complete other applicable program objectives. Path A grantees are responsible for completing all items under Program Objectives 1, 2, 3, and 4.
PATH B: Jurisdictions that will conduct produce safety inspections under FDA’s authority and will complete other applicable program objectives. Path B grantees are responsible for completing all items under Program Objectives 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.
PATH C: Jurisdictions that will conduct produce safety inspections under their own authority and will complete other applicable program objectives. Path C grantees are responsible for completing all items under Program Objectives 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.
Funding amounts are based on band assignments for each Program Path. Band assignments are based on the anticipated workload for each grantee. A description of the band assignments can be found in the PAR-21-174 Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA).
There are 47 FDA funded state produce cooperative agreement states, with $25.7M in 2023-2024 available program funds.
| State/Territory | Program Path |
|---|---|
| AK | B |
| AL | C |
| AR | C |
| AZ | C |
| CA | B |
| CO | C |
| CT | C |
| DE | B |
| FL | B |
| GA | C |
| HI | A |
| IA | A |
| ID | C |
| IN | C |
| KS | B |
| KY | C |
| LA | C |
| MA | C |
| MD | C |
| ME | B |
| MI | C |
| MN | C |
| MO | B |
| MS | C |
| MT | C |
| NC | C |
| ND | A |
| NE | B |
| NH | C |
| NJ | B |
| NM | B |
| NV | C |
| NY | C |
| OH | C |
| OK | C |
| OR | A |
| PA | B |
| RI | C |
| SC | C |
| TN | B |
| TX | C |
| UT | C |
| VA | C |
| VT | C |
| WA | C |
| WI | B |
| WV | B |
Additional Information
- PAR-21-174 Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA)
- FDA-State Produce Safety Implementation CAP Fact Sheet (Version August 2024)
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This cooperative agreement is designed to assist the FDA in developing, implementing, and improving a nationally consistent system of support and accompanying resources for state and territorial produce safety regulatory agencies that are charged with regulatory oversight and responsibility over commodities regulated in FDA's Produce Safety Rule.
The purpose of this support system is to assist these agencies, in conjunction with the FDA, in advancing efforts for a nationally integrated food safety system. This is done through research, planning, establishment, and/or enhancement of state and territorial produce safety regulatory programs that encourage the safe production of fresh fruits and vegetables, as well as promote understanding of the Produce Safety Rule and enforce compliance with the Produce Safety Rule's requirements.
Additional Information
- Funding Opportunity Announcement
- Produce Safety Association Cooperative Agreement Program Fact Sheet (Version November 2023)
The Retail Flexible Funding Model Cooperative Agreement Program (RFFM CAP) provides funding to a national association/organization to develop, implement, and manage the Retail Flexible Funding Model (RFFM) program in which state, local, tribal, and territorial retail food regulatory programs can apply and be sub awarded funds for completion of projects to reduce foodborne illness risk factors, move towards full conformance with the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (VNRFRPS or Retail Program Standards) and fully leverage SLTT retail regulatory agencies. In addition, the national association will address objectives related to Standardization and Training.
Funding Levels and Project Eligibility
Funding levels and project eligibility vary based on the type of work a jurisdiction would like to apply. Jurisdictions may choose between development or maintenance and advancement base funding. Once a jurisdiction applies for a base funding box, they can then apply for optional add-ons if they meet the eligibility requirements. The optional add-ons are for mentorship, training/staff development and program standards engagement, capacity building, and special projects.
In collaboration with the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Human Foods Program is pleased to announce that registration for the Retail Flexible Funding Model (RFFM) Grant Program is now open. Grant applications will be accepted from September 9 through November 15, 2021. State, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) retail food regulatory programs may register and apply for funding by visiting: http://neha.org/retailgrants.
Goals
- Develop and implement a system to administer financial assistance to State, local, territorial, and tribal retail regulatory food programs based on the FDA VNRFRPS retail flexible funding model
- Develop and implement a standardized method to assess training needs of retail food regulatory jurisdictions and facilitate meeting those needs
- Develop and implement a tracking system that quantifies the extent of Standardization of regulatory food safety inspection personnel within, and amount, regulatory retail food jurisdictions
Current Awardee
- National Environmental Health Association (NEHA)
- $12M in funding under this cooperative agreement program
FDA Acquisition Chat Retail Projects Webinar Highlights
Retail Flexible Funding Model Grant
Additional Information
The intended outcome of this cooperative agreement is leveraging the resources and strengths of national retail food safety associations to collaboratively advance retail food protection and reduce foodborne illness. The resulting cooperative agreements will provide additional support to advance retail food safety by reviewing existing research on the effectiveness of intervention strategies designed to reduce foodborne illness risk factors, conducting research to assess the current use of intervention strategies by state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) retail food regulatory programs and industry, developing outreach programs to promote use of effective intervention strategies and other best practices, promoting implementation and full conformance of the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (VNRFRPS) by SLTT jurisdictions, supporting full adoption of the most recent FDA Food Code, and improving foodborne illness outbreak response.
Goals
- Identify and assess industry intervention strategies designed to reduce foodborne illness risk factor occurrence. Includes developing evaluation criteria
- Conduct field testing of regulatory intervention strategies designed to reduce foodborne illness risk factor occurrence
- Building on FDA’s service delivery strategy, develop a nationally integrated strategy to provide “multiplier effect” for Retail Program Standards technical assistance
- Aid jurisdictions that need additional assistance to implement the Retail Program Standards
- Assess application of risk-based inspections by state, local, territorial, and tribal (SLTT) regulatory jurisdictions
- Promote and connect available resources among SLTTs and other retail stakeholders
- Develop a strategy to better tell the story of retail food protection
- Issue joint recommendations on emerging issues
- Support Food Code adoption by developing a Food Code adoption implementation and sustainability tool kit
Current Awardees
- Association for State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
- National Environmental Health Association (NEHA)
- National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
- Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO)
Up to $2.25M in funding under this cooperative agreement program.
Additional Information
- Funding Opportunity Announcement
- Retail Collaborative Program Report
- Retail Food Safety Regulatory Association Collaborative
- Retail Food Safety Association Collaboration CAP Fact Sheet (Version November 2023)
Webinar Highlights
FDA recognizes the value of supporting high quality, small conferences and scientific meetings relevant to its public health mission. This funding opportunity supports small conferences or scientific meetings. Examples include a symposium, seminar, workshop or any formal meeting, whether conducted face-to-face or virtually. The purpose is to exchange information and explore a defined subject, issue, or area of concern impacting public health within the scope of the FDA's mission.
"PAR-23-072: FDA Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings” is a unique funding opportunity that combines the application and award process for all participating Centers within the FDA. This consolidated announcement streamlines the application process for applicants. Prospective applicants will need to request advanced permission to apply to the FDA Center that is aligned with the foci areas of their conference or scientific meeting.
The application due dates for the current FOA (due by 11:59 Eastern Time) are:
- FY23: April 12, 2023
- FY24: October 11, 2023 & April 14, 2024
- FY25: October 11, 2024 & April 11, 2025
- FY26: October 10, 2025
A letter requesting advance permission to submit a conference application is required and must be received via e-mail no later than eight (8) weeks prior to the application due date. Applications without advanced permission to apply by the cognizant funding office will not be accepted or reviewed. The requirements for the Letters of Intent can be found in the funding opportunity announcement.
Goals
- $796K in funding under this grant program
- Total of 18 awardees
- Total of 12 grantees: AAFCO; AFDO; AFDOSS; APHL; CASA; DC DOH; MCAFDO; NASDA; NEHA; NERO; WAFDO; ROCHELLE CONSULTING LLC
Current Awardee
Prospective applicants and current applicants must contact the Office of Acquisitions & Grants Services (OAGS) point of contact listed within the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) under Section VII Agency Contacts at the bottom of the announcement.
Additional Information
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