Food and Drug Administration

Minor Use Minor Species Development of Drugs (R01)

The goal of this NOFO is to fund veterinary diagnostic laboratories in the Vet-LIRN network for grants associated with projects and equipment. Specific objectives include:1. Supporting the development, adaptation, or verification/validation of new methods associated with animal food issues or antimicrobial resistance.2. Short-term surveillance or monitoring efforts aligned with the CVM mission.3. Supporting equipment for testing or developing tests associated with animal food-related issues or antimicrobial resistance, including those for emerging technologies.4. Developing projects related to antimicrobial stewardship, in alignment with CVM's key initiatives in this area.5. Contributing as part of Vet-LIRN's AMR monitoring program, including sequencing isolates.6. Supporting work associated with One Health, including emerging diseases such as COVID-19, when funding is available.

Vet-LIRN Capacity-Building Project and Equipment Grants (U18)

The purpose of this funding opportunity is to support the development, support, and promotion of innovative information sharing and research tools hosted on the Integrated Food Safety System (IFSS) collaboration/research portal, which serves as a critical federal-state collaboration portal to advance food safety and public health.

Only current recipients under RFA-FD-20-023 are eligible to apply for this funding opportunity.

Food Safety Capacity and Infrastructure Building (U2F)

To support dissemination of clinical practice guidelines, particularly those whose development was previously supported by FDA cooperative agreements. Applicants must propose a comprehensive plan to develop, evaluate, and distribute materials to facilitate dissemination, with a focus on equity.

Cooperative Agreement to Support Effective Dissemination of Clinical Practice Guidelines

The proposed cooperative agreement is a renewal of the existing CAP supporting key stakeholders in retail food safety to coordinate and advance retail food protection in the United States.&nbsp; The intended outcome of this NOFO is to collaboratively advance retail food safety initiatives to reduce food-borne illness. This cooperative agreement is intended to advance practices in retail food protection, conduct research related to such practices and identify opportunities for collaboration to reduce the occurrence of food-borne illness risk factors.&nbsp;

Competition will be limited to non-profit national organizations affiliated with one or more institutions of higher learning whose membership includes state, local, tribal and territorial regulatory personnel whose primary duties include retail food safety, as explicitly permitted by the grant-making provisions of FSMA (21 USC 399). 

These organizations are well situated to assist FDA in leveraging state and local jurisdictions to advance retail food protection and reduce the national burden of foodborne illness and injury.

Retail Food Safety Regulatory Association Collaboration CAP

FDA announces the availability of fiscal year (FY) 2024 funds to support one or more projects to 1) collect antimicrobial use data from diverse animal sectors, including domestic livestock, poultry, companion animals (dogs, cats, and horses), and minor species (e.g., fish, sheep, goats, etc.) and 2) contribute&nbsp;to the development of data collection frameworks, including providing data and expertise as resources and a public-private partnership frameworks are established. This grant will support the continued advancement of FDA's initiatives to support antimicrobial stewardship in veterinary settings. It will also support the National Action Plan objectives to engage the animal health community and relevant stakeholders to advance strategies intended to improve understanding of antimicrobial use and foster antimicrobial stewardship in animal agriculture.

Cooperative Agreement for Long Term Data Collection on Antimicrobial Use in Animals (U01) Clinical Trial Not Allowed

This purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is for FDA Office of Minority Health and Health Equity's (OMHHE) Health Equity Innovation Award: Racial &amp; Ethnic Minority Acceleration Consortium for Health Equity (REACH). The consortium will consist of multiple cooperative agreement (U01) recipients that will strengthen and advance minority health and health equity focused research, outreach, and communications as well as support training and mentoring of diverse students, fellows, and/or researchers.

REACHing Communities (REACH) Consortium (U01) Clinical Trials Optional

The goal of FDA/ORA's Cooperative Agreement Program is to facilitate long-term improvements to the national food safety system by strengthening interagency collaboration, improving States' regulatory and surveillance protection programs for manufactured foods, conducting research, and promotion of the Animal Food Regulatory Program Standards (AFRPS).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Objectives include:&nbsp;&nbsp;1. Support the efforts of federal and state government agencies to build a national integrated animal food safety system; 2. 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; 3. Identify, develop, deliver promote, and/or assist 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; and 4.&nbsp;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.

The national associations /organizations eligible to apply for funding under this cooperative agreement must be a national organization that represents State animal food regulatory programs as a primary purpose.  National Associations/Organizations have the membership, resources, structure, and expertise necessary to build national consensus amongst state agencies on key animal food safety issues.  They are the primary means for communication and collaboration on issues of national significance for state agencies.  The outcomes are position statements, resolutions, and legislation that are uniformly supported by state agencies.  National Associations/Organizations are also viewed as primary sources for educational opportunities and current information, such as proposed legislation and emerging food safety issues.The association&rsquo;s principle purpose must be to act as a leader and a resource to State animal food regulatory agencies in developing strategies to resolve and promote public health and consumer protection related to the regulation of manufactured foods.  Additionally, the association must have knowledge on the infrastructure, capacity, strengths and needs of State animal food protection programs.  The association must have successful experience in carrying out national efforts to build an integrated food safety system, which includes Federal, State, and local agencies. The association must be comprised of regular members that are officials of State regulatory agencies that administer animal foods inspection programs in conjunction and in collaboration with FDA.

Animal Food Regulatory Program Alliance

The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to fund innovative research that will strengthen and advance minority health and health equity objectives. Areas of interest include: Proposals that focus on advancing equity in clinical trials by supporting efforts to advance diversity in clinical trials, equitable data efforts by increasing data available on diverse groups including, but not limited to, ethnicity, race, age, disability and geography, and equity of voices by increasing understanding of diverse patient perspectives, preferences, and unmet needs.

Food and Drug Administration

Grant programs

Minor Use Minor Species Development of Drugs (R01)

~$820K

Vet-LIRN Capacity-Building Project and Equipment Grants (U18)

~$820K

Food Safety Capacity and Infrastructure Building (U2F)

Up to $1.0M

Cooperative Agreement to Support Effective Dissemination of Clinical Practice Guidelines

~$1.0M

Retail Food Safety Regulatory Association Collaboration CAP

~$4.0M

Cooperative Agreement for Long Term Data Collection on Antimicrobial Use in Animals (U01) Clinical Trial Not Allowed

Up to $200.0K

REACHing Communities (REACH) Consortium (U01) Clinical Trials Optional

~$3.0M

Animal Food Regulatory Program Alliance

~$600.0K

Health Equity Innovation Award: Enhance Equity Funding Opportunity (U01) Clinical Trials Not Allowed

~$1.0M

Funder Details

~$820K

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