Development and Maintenance of Human and Animal Food Rapid Response Teams

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Development and Maintenance of Human and Animal Food Rapid Response Teams: The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to develop and maintain Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) to facilitate long-term improvements and innovation within the national integrated food safety system by unifying and coordinating federal, state, and local human and animal food (HAF) emergency response efforts including:1) Strengthening the link among epidemiology, lab, and environmental health/regulatory components and supporting foodborne illness detection, investigation, control, and prevention efforts;2) Improving States' regulatory and surveillance HAF protection and prevention programs through the development and continued use of Incident Command System (ICS)/National Incident Management System (NIMS) principles and a Unified Command structure to conduct integrated responses to all-hazards HAF emergencies, rapidly identifying and removing tainted food from commerce, and conducting root cause investigations to inform future prevention efforts;3) Addressing supporting components, such as training, data sharing, data analysis, communications, continuous process improvement, and development of best practices and other resources to support national response capacity/capability development; and4) Identifying and implementing innovative approaches in alignment with presidential initiatives to Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) and Make Our Children Healthy Again (MOCHA) with the aim of reducing long term implications of foodborne illness through prevention, detection, and response efforts.See Full Announcement for Details.

Federal Grant Title:	Development and Maintenance of Human and Animal Food Rapid Response Teams
Federal Agency Name:	Food and Drug Administration (HHS-FDA)
Grant Categories:	Agriculture, Consumer Protection, Food and Nutrition, Health
Type of Opportunity:	Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number:	PAR-27-014
Type of Funding:	Cooperative Agreement
CFDA Numbers:	93.103
CFDA Descriptions:	Information not provided
Current Application Deadline:	February 4th, 2027
Original Application Deadline:	February 4th, 2027
Posted Date:	November 4th, 2026
Creation Date:	November 4th, 2026
Archive Date:	March 6th, 2027
Total Program Funding:	$6,500,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award:	$360,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award:	$0
Expected Number of Awards:	28
Cost Sharing or Matching:	No
Last Updated:	November 4th, 2026

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification.)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Eligibility for this funding opportunity is limited to state human and animal food regulatory programs listed here: manufactured food regulatory programs, retail food regulatory programs, produce regulatory programs, and animal food regulatory programs that meet the eligibility criteria below may apply for funding under this cooperative agreement. Competition is limited to these programs. Only one application is allowed per state. Jurisdictions interested in involving multiple state entities (within their jurisdiction) should internally coordinate and choose one (1) entity to apply. Eligible state human and animal food regulatory programs should discuss who is best suited to lead development of new RRTs. States that have existing RRTs should continue to maintain their RRTs using the existing program lead team and infrastructure developed through prior RRT cooperative agreement investments.Applicants will be categorized under one of two (2) focus areas: RRT Development or RRT Maintenance (see eligibility criteria and funding ceilings (maximum amount that may be requested)). Applicants must indicate the focus area applicable in the application. Passing up to 20% of these total base awards to partners is allowable. Additionally, funding will be offered to Maintenance RRT states, ONLY, as subawards for prevention projects related to MAHA objectives that exceed the minimum required for a grantee's funding level, up to a maximum of three (3) subawards of $20,000 per state. RRT partner recipients of subawards must agree to document how the subawards and passthrough funds are used to assist the RRT in meeting program objectives. This includes information related to the overall RRT budget and Capability Assessment Tool submissions. Progress updates on subaward funded activities must be included in mid-year and end-of-year progress reports.Applicants are encouraged to tailor their cooperative agreement requests to their jurisdiction's needs in terms of funding amount and number of project years.See Full Announcement for Details.
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