National Research Project to Assess State Agricultural Laws, Regulations, and Resources Related to Food for Animals (U01)

The summary for the National Research Project to Assess State Agricultural Laws, Regulations, and Resources Related to Food for Animals (U01) 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 Food and Drug Administration, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.
National Research Project to Assess State Agricultural Laws, Regulations, and Resources Related to Food for Animals (U01): The goal of this Cooperative Agreement is to facilitate long term improvements to the national food safety system by providing states with information to aid in the identification of needed changes and resources to enforce requirements for current good manufacturing practice (CGMPs), hazard analysis, and risk-based preventive controls for food for animals modeled after FDA’s Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Food for Animals rule (Preventive Controls for Animal Food rule or PCAF rule). The information also would assist FDA in implementing the Preventive Controls for Animal Food rule.
Federal Grant Title: National Research Project to Assess State Agricultural Laws, Regulations, and Resources Related to Food for Animals (U01)
Federal Agency Name: Food and Drug Administration
Grant Categories: Agriculture Consumer Protection Food and Nutrition Health
Type of Opportunity: Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-FD-16-045
Type of Funding: Cooperative Agreement
CFDA Numbers: 320907
CFDA Descriptions: Food and Drug Administration_Research
Current Application Deadline: Jun 17, 2016
Original Application Deadline: Jun 17, 2016
Posted Date: Apr 11, 2016
Creation Date: Apr 11, 2016
Archive Date: Jul 17, 2016
Total Program Funding: $300,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award: $300,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award: none
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Cost Sharing or Matching: No
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility
Eligible Organizations: National Associations/Organizations

The entities eligible to apply for funding under this Cooperative Agreement shall represent state Departments of Agriculture as a primary purpose and have the membership, resources, structure and expertise in issues related to agriculture production. The competition is limited because these entities have a unique role in working with States and fostering federal-State collaboration in the areas covered by this Cooperative Agreement. Further, the entities must have existing relations with state departments of agriculture or related state entities, and have members that are actively involved in agriculture programs including, but not limited to animal food safety, public health protection, agriculture production, environmental stewardship, or development of national agriculture policy and be knowledgeable of state laws and regulations related to agricultural production and animal food safety.

The national association/organization must be able to show a history of collaboration with stakeholders including state public health/communicable disease agencies, farmers, ranchers, academia, and state legislatures.
Foreign Institutions

Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) are not eligible to apply.
Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply.
Foreign components, as defined in the HHS Grants Policy Statement, are not allowed.
Link to Full Grant Announcement
Full Announcement of RFA-FD-16-045
Grant Announcement Contact
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