Opportunity Information: Apply for RFA FD 24 013
This funding opportunity (RFA-FD-24-013) is a discretionary cooperative agreement from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under CFDA 93.103, focused on strengthening implementation of the U.S. Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) by expanding and improving how food safety training and related capacity-building are delivered across the global supply chain. It is designed as a continuation and expansion of an existing, long-running collaboration between FDA and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA). The overall intent is to support data-driven, science-based public health approaches that align with FDA priorities both inside the United States and internationally, particularly the FSMA rules and the FDA's New Era of Smarter Food Safety Blueprint. Clinical trials are not allowed under this award.
The central purpose is not simply to deliver more of the same training, but to research and assess needs, then identify, develop, and implement alternative approaches to current training modalities. In practical terms, the cooperative agreement is aimed at finding better ways to reach the people and organizations that need FSMA-aligned food safety knowledge and practices, especially where traditional training formats (in-person courses, standard workshops, or conventional curricula) are difficult to scale, too expensive, or not well matched to local realities. The emphasis on "alternative methods" signals an interest in new or adapted delivery models that can broaden reach, increase uptake, and improve real-world application across diverse settings tied to international food production and trade.
Because this is a cooperative agreement (U01), it implies substantial FDA involvement during the project period rather than a hands-off grant structure. In these arrangements, the awardee generally carries out the day-to-day work, while FDA program staff typically collaborate on planning, technical direction, coordination, and alignment with federal goals. The project is positioned to support FSMA implementation and the New Era of Smarter Food Safety Blueprint, which collectively prioritize prevention-based controls, stronger traceability and transparency, smarter tools and technologies, and more collaborative approaches to reducing foodborne risks. Within that frame, the work supported here is meant to generate actionable knowledge from assessments and research, and then translate that into practical, scalable training or capacity-building methods that can function across borders and throughout supply chain networks.
Eligibility is extremely limited. Only the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) is eligible to apply, and the notice explicitly references foreign institutions and non-U.S. entities as eligible, along with non-domestic components of U.S. organizations and foreign components as defined in the HHS Grants Policy Statement. Even though the broader language acknowledges foreign participation, the opportunity is effectively a single-eligible-applicant announcement intended to fund IICA as the partner organization for this work, reflecting the established FDA-IICA collaboration described in the notice.
The funding parameters indicate an award ceiling of $500,000 and an expectation of a single award. The opportunity was created on 2023-12-11, with an original closing date of 2024-02-19. The activity category is listed under agriculture, consumer protection, and food and nutrition, which matches the program's focus on preventing food safety hazards and strengthening systems that protect consumers, including through upstream interventions like training and capacity development.
In short, this grant is about improving how FSMA-related food safety knowledge and practices are spread and implemented internationally by supporting needs assessments, research, and the rollout of alternative training approaches that can reach more stakeholders across the global supply chain. It is targeted to a specific partner, IICA, and is structured so that FDA and the awardee work closely together to ensure the outputs directly support FSMA rule implementation and the agency's broader modernization goals for food safety.Apply for RFA FD 24 013
- The Food and Drug Administration in the agriculture, consumer protection, food and nutrition sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Implementation of U.S. Food Safety Modernization Act - Identifying, Researching and Implementing Alternative Methods to Expand the Reach Across the Global Supply Chain (U01) - Clinical Trials Not Allowed" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.103.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2023-12-11.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-02-19. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $500,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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