Agriculture and Food Research Initiative: Food Safety

The summary for the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative: Food Safety grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Agriculture and Food Research Initiative: Food Safety: This AFRI Challenge Area promotes and enhances the scientific discipline of food safety, with an overall aim of protecting consumers from microbial and chemical contaminants that may occur during all stages of the food chain, from production to consumption. This requires an understanding of the interdependencies of human, animal, and ecosystem health as it pertains to foodborne pathogens. The long-term outcome for this program is to reduce foodborne illnesses and deaths by improving the safety of the food supply, which will result in reduced impacts on public health and on our economy. In order to achieve this outcome, this program will support single-function Research Projects and multi-function Integrated Research, Education, and/or Extension Projects, and Food and Agricultural Science Enhancement (FASE) Grants that address one of the Program Area Priorities (see Food Safety RFA for details).

Federal Grant Title:	Agriculture and Food Research Initiative: Food Safety
Federal Agency Name:	National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Grant Categories:	Agriculture
Type of Opportunity:	Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number:	USDA-NIFA-AFRI-003850
Type of Funding:	Grant
CFDA Numbers:	10.310
CFDA Descriptions:	Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)
Current Application Deadline:	Dec 05, 2012
Original Application Deadline:	Nov 14, 2012
Posted Date:	Jun 25, 2012
Creation Date:	Aug 15, 2012
Archive Date:	Jan 14, 2013
Total Program Funding:	$5,000,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award:	$800,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award:	$0
Expected Number of Awards:
Cost Sharing or Matching:	Yes

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education - Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) - Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education - Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education - Private institutions of higher education - Individuals - For profit organizations other than small businesses - Small businesses - Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Eligibility is linked to the project type5 requested in Program Area Descriptions beginning in Part I, C (page ). All project types are described beginning in Part II, C (page 10). Eligible institutions for multi-functional Integrated Projects are described in paragraph #1 below.
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