FSIS FERN Cooperative Agreements

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	Federal Grant Title:	FSIS FERN Cooperative Agreements
	CFDA Number:	10.479
	CFDA Description:	Food Safety Cooperative Agreements
	Federal Agency Name:	Food Safety Inspection Service
	Category of Funding Activity:	Agriculture Food and Nutrition
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	USDA-FSIS-03152010
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Mar 15, 2010
	Creation Date:	Mar 15, 2010
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Apr 23, 2010
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Apr 23, 2010
	Archive Date:	May 23, 2010
	Expected Number of Awards:	25
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Current State, Local, or Tribal FERN member laboratories with active status. The Food Emergency Response Network (FERN) integrates the nation's food-testing laboratories at the local, state, and federal levels into a network that is able to respond to emergencies involving biological, chemical, or radiological contamination of food. Please visit http://www.fernlab.org for more information regarding FERN including eligibility requirements and how to become a member. (note: if you're not already a FERN member you are not eligible for this funding opportunity)
Grant Description: The Food Emergency Response Network (FERN) currently comprises federal, state, and local government regulatory laboratories with varying capacities to perform threat agent testing. The FERN division in USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is seeking to award up to 25 cooperative agreements targeting state, local, and tribal FERN labs to augment threat agent testing capacities and expand the number of member laboratories able to perform threat agent testing for the Network. The agreements will enhance the ability to analyze for microbiological and chemical threat agents utilizing FERN methods and improve laboratory capacities for food defense assignments and outbreak response. The agreements will support FERN threat agent method training, the purchase of equipment and supplies required by the selected methods, and reimbursement of personnel expenses. These CAP awards are for the purpose of enhancing and expanding the capacity and capability of the participating laboratories to be able to analyze various food matrices for microbiological and chemical threat agents to quickly and accurately respond to any potential threats to the nation's food supply.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Information not provided
Grant Announcement Contact: Michael Myers Staff Officer Phone 706-546-3664

contact email [michael.myers1@fsis.usda.gov]
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