Integrated Food Safety System Regulatory and Laboratory Training System National Coordination Center
Forecasted Federal grant Posted
- Opportunity number
- FOR-FD-25-005
- Agency
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Food and Drug Administration
Department of Health and Human Services
- Applications expected due
- Not on record
- Award size
- $1,500,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Categories
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- Consumer Protection
- Agriculture
- Food and Nutrition
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
- Points of contact
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- Terrin Brown terrin.brown@fda.hhs.gov (240) 402-7610
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Food and Drug Administration is forecasting a $1.5 million cooperative agreement to a non-profit entity to establish the Integrated Food Safety System Regulatory and Laboratory Training System National Coordination Center, with no application deadline specified in the forecast.
Eligibility is restricted to non-profit training entities that collaborate with one or more institutions of higher education, as mandated by Section 1009 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. State, local, territorial, and tribal agencies may also apply under this statutory constraint.
The selected entity will serve as the National Coordination Center providing day-to-day oversight of the Regulatory and Laboratory Training System. Core responsibilities include administering the IFSS RLTS Strategic Plan and Implementation Plan, overseeing communications, updating strategic and implementation plans in collaboration with stakeholders, completing governance structure setup, and establishing processes for stakeholder recommendations regarding training content, design, and delivery. The Center will determine alignment of training content with the National Curriculum Standard and other RLTS standards, charge and oversee committees to develop or revise training standards, and issue sub-awards and contracts to support RLTS execution as needed.
The funding falls under CFDA 93.103 (Food and Drug Administration Research). The cooperative agreement instrument indicates shared governance and ongoing collaboration between the FDA and the Center rather than a transactional project grant. No cost share or matching requirement is stated in the forecast.
Forecast synopsis
The Office of Partnerships (OP) would like to develop a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to award a $1.5M cooperative agreement to a non-profit entity to serve as the Integrated Food Safety System (IFSS) Regulatory and Laboratory Training System (RLTS) National Coordination Center (NCC). The NCC will provide day-to-day oversight to the RLTS. The RLTS will leverage the expertise and resources of all IFSS partners to improve access to high quality human and animal food regulatory and laboratory training and other learning resources.
• Oversee the day-to-day administration of the RLTS and implementation of the IFSS RLTS Strategic Plan and Implementation Plan.
• Oversee communications related to the IFSS RLTS.
• Update the strategic and implementation plans working with stakeholders.
• Complete standing up the governance structure and processes for the RLTS.
• Establish a process for stakeholders to recommend changes to training content, design, delivery, and alignment determination standards and policies.
• Recommend changes to course content, design, delivery, and alignment determination standards and policies to the IFSS RLTS SC for approval.
• Determine alignment of training content with the National Curriculum Standard (NCS) and other RLTS standards.
• Charge and oversee committees to develop/revise standards for training content, design, delivery, and alignment determinations and execute other deliverables.
• Issues sub-awards and contracts to assist in the execution of the RLTS, as needed.
Eligibility
Section 1009 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 USC § 399, limits eligibility to State, local, territorial, and tribal agencies and non-profit training entities that collaborate with 1 or more institutions of higher education.
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