Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
Active
- Assistance listing
- 10.518
- Agency
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
- Grant awards
- Not on record
Program facts
- Also known as
- FARAD
- Treasury account
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- 12-0502-0-1-352
- More information
Program details come from SAM.gov Assistance Listings. Updated .
About this program
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) within the Department of Agriculture funds the Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank (FARAD), CFDA 10.518, which supports development and dissemination of expert-mediated resources for preventing violative chemical residues in food animal products, with grants typically awarded on an annual basis.
FARAD operates as a 30-year-old integrated consortium of collaborating institutions that maintains a coordinated database containing withdrawal-period information for drugs, pesticides, natural toxins, and environmental contaminants. The program funds collaborative research projects among consortium members to validate withdrawal interval estimates that inform livestock producers, Extension specialists, scientists, and veterinarians on safe medication and chemical use practices to ensure a safe domestic food supply. Grant awards carry a three-year term with options to extend triennially. Specific funding levels, recent award amounts, and the assistance-type mix are not disclosed in the program materials provided; applicants must consult the annual Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for dollar ranges, eligible activities, and detailed submission requirements.
The program has established a track record spanning three decades as a high-performing consortium operation. NIFA publishes an annual NOFO; interested applicants should contact the National Program Leader to confirm current deadline dates, award start and end dates, and review timelines, as these details are not specified in standard program documentation. Grant recipients must maintain separate records for each award, subject to inspection during the grant period and retained for a minimum of three years thereafter (or longer if litigation or unresolved audit findings are pending). Successful applicants receive formal authorization via a Notice of Award signed by the Authorized Departmental Officer and sent to the recipient's Authorized Representative by email.
Objective and description
- Objective
The purpose of the Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank (FARAD) is to provide livestock producers, Extension specialists, scientists, and veterinarians with up-to-date information to prevent drug, pesticide, and environmental contaminant residues i
- Description
The Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank (FARAD) program provides support for a coordinated database that contains information related to withdrawal periods for drug, pesticide, and environmental contaminant residues. The goal is to enable the U.S. to have a safe food supply.
Eligibility
- Uses of assistance
The Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank (FARAD) is a NIFA funding opportunity for the production of safe foods of animal origin through the development and dissemination of expert-mediated resources supporting prevention and mitigation of violative chemical (drug, pesticide, natural toxins, and environmental contaminant) residues in food animal products. This is a 30-year-old high performing integrated consortium of collaborating institutions. Collaboration between all institutions occurs on research projects that are necessary to validate the FARAD withdrawal interval estimates.
- Use restrictions
Pursuant to Sec. 604 of the Agricultural Research Extension and Education Reform Act of 1998; [7USC 7642(d)], applicants requesting recovery of indirect costs should limit their requests to the lesser of their institution's official negotiated indirect cost rate or the equivalent of 19 percent of total Federal funds awarded.
- Length and time phasing of assistance
The term of the contract, grant or cooperative agreement shall be three (3) years, with options to extend the term triennially.
How to apply
- Criteria for selecting proposals
Within guidelines established for the program as described in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Please refer to the Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) for further specific and pertinent details. Contact the headquarters or regional office, for most current NOFO.
- Award procedure
Within the limit of funds authorized, the NIFA awarding official will make grants to eligible applicants whose applications are judged most meritorious under the procedures set forth in the NOFO. A formal notification in the form of a Notice of Award (NoA), signed by the Authorized Departmental Officer, will be provided to the applicant organization for successful applications. The NoA is the authorizing document and will be sent via email to the recipient's Authorized Representative.
- Time to approval or disapproval
Contact the National Program Leader (NPL) regarding dates for specific deadlines, start and end dates, and range of approval/disapproval time.
- Renewals
Specific details are provided in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), which are generally published annually.
Quick answers
What is Assistance Listing 10.518?
Assistance Listing 10.518 is Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank, a federal grant program run by National Institute of Food and Agriculture (Department of Agriculture).
What is the CFDA number for Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank?
Its CFDA number is 10.518: Assistance Listing numbers were called CFDA numbers before 2018.
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