Development and Maintenance of Human and Animal Food Rapid Response Teams
Posted
- Opportunity number
- PAR-27-014
- Agency
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Food and Drug Administration
Department of Health and Human Services
- Applications due
- Not on record
- Award size
- Up to $360,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Categories
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- Agriculture
- Consumer Protection
- Food and Nutrition
- Health
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
- Points of contact
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- Danielle Head danielle.head@fda.hhs.gov (301) 796-2984
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The FDA is soliciting cooperative agreement applications for the Development and Maintenance of Human and Animal Food Rapid Response Teams (PAR-27-014), with applications due January 4, 2027. Competition is limited to state human and animal food regulatory programs (manufactured food, retail food, produce, and animal food programs) that meet the listed criteria, and each state may submit only one application. Jurisdictions with multiple state entities must internally choose one entity to apply. Applicants must conform to the applicable regulatory program standards, adopt FDA food codes where applicable, and establish a 20.88 agreement with the FDA or commit to complete one by March 31, 2028.
The FDA intends to fund up to $6.5 million in fiscal year 2027 across up to 28 awards, with each award not exceeding $360,000 in total costs (direct and indirect). RRT Development applicants, with fewer than three years of prior funding, may request up to $300,000 per year for a maximum of three years. RRT Maintenance applicants, with three or more years of prior funding, may request tiered funding of $150,000 to $300,000 annually. Up to 20% of base awards may pass to partners. Maintenance RRTs only may also receive up to three subawards of $20,000 per state for MAHA-aligned prevention projects that exceed the minimum required for their funding level. No cost share requirement appears in the source.
The project period is five years, with the earliest award date of April 1, 2027. Funding depends on annual appropriations and satisfactory performance. Subsequent application due dates are November 6, 2028; November 5, 2029; November 4, 2030; and November 3, 2031, with letters of intent due 30 days prior to each.
Programs must use Incident Command System, National Incident Management System, and Unified Command principles for all-hazards responses, including rapid removal of tainted food and root cause investigations. Recipients must also complete joint training and exercises, Capability Assessment Tools, and sustainability assessments. Applications must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov, following registration in SAM, eRA Commons, and Grants.gov. The FDA will provide substantial programmatic involvement. The opportunity is assigned to Assistance Listing 93.103, FDA Research.
Synopsis
The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to develop and maintain Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) to facilitate long-term improvements and innovation within the national integrated food safety system by unifying and coordinating federal, state, and local human and animal food (HAF) emergency response efforts including:
1) Strengthening the link among epidemiology, lab, and environmental health/regulatory components and supporting foodborne illness detection, investigation, control, and prevention efforts;
2) Improving States' regulatory and surveillance HAF protection and prevention programs through the development and continued use of Incident Command System (ICS)/National Incident Management System (NIMS) principles and a Unified Command structure to conduct integrated responses to all-hazards HAF emergencies, rapidly identifying and removing tainted food from commerce, and conducting root cause investigations to inform future prevention efforts;
3) Addressing supporting components, such as training, data sharing, data analysis, communications, continuous process improvement, and development of best practices and other resources to support national response capacity/capability development; and
4) Identifying and implementing innovative approaches in alignment with presidential initiatives to Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) and Make Our Children Healthy Again (MOCHA) with the aim of reducing long term implications of foodborne illness through prevention, detection, and response efforts.
See Full Announcement for Details.
Eligibility
Eligibility for this funding opportunity is limited to state human and animal food regulatory programs listed here: manufactured food regulatory programs, retail food regulatory programs, produce regulatory programs, and animal food regulatory programs that meet the eligibility criteria below may apply for funding under this cooperative agreement. Competition is limited to these programs. Only one application is allowed per state. Jurisdictions interested in involving multiple state entities (within their jurisdiction) should internally coordinate and choose one (1) entity to apply. Eligible state human and animal food regulatory programs should discuss who is best suited to lead development of new RRTs. States that have existing RRTs should continue to maintain their RRTs using the existing program lead team and infrastructure developed through prior RRT cooperative agreement investments.Applicants will be categorized under one of two (2) focus areas: RRT Development or RRT Maintenance (see eligibility criteria and funding ceilings (maximum amount that may be requested)). Applicants must indicate the focus area applicable in the application. Passing up to 20% of these total base awards to partners is allowable. Additionally, funding will be offered to Maintenance RRT states, ONLY, as subawards for prevention projects related to MAHA objectives that exceed the minimum required for a grantee's funding level, up to a maximum of three (3) subawards of $20,000 per state. RRT partner recipients of subawards must agree to document how the subawards and passthrough funds are used to assist the RRT in meeting program objectives. This includes information related to the overall RRT budget and Capability Assessment Tool submissions. Progress updates on subaward funded activities must be included in mid-year and end-of-year progress reports.Applicants are encouraged to tailor their cooperative agreement requests to their jurisdiction's needs in terms of funding amount and number of project years.See Full Announcement for Details.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
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| Full_Announcement_PAR-27-014.pdf | ||
| PKG00294519.pdf |
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