ForecastedOpportunity FOR-FD-25-005

Integrated Food Safety System Regulatory and Laboratory Training System National Coordination Center

Food and Drug Administration · Department of Health and Human Services

At a glance

Integrated Food Safety System Regulatory and Laboratory Training System National Coordination Center is a forecasted federal grant opportunity from the Food and Drug Administration (Department of Health and Human Services). The agency has forecast this opportunity but has not yet set an application deadline. Individual awards are listed as $1.5M, with about 1 award expected. Applicant types listed as eligible include others (see notice). Cost sharing is not required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 93.103 (Food and Drug Administration Research).

Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.

Key facts

Posted: Aug 14, 2024
Est. close date: Not listed
Award floor: $1,500,000
Award ceiling: $1,500,000
Est. total funding: Not specified
Expected awards: 1
Cost sharing: Not required
Funding instrument: Grant
Opportunity category: Discretionary
Fiscal year: FY2025

Who can apply

Others (see notice)

Additional information on eligibility (from the notice)

Section 1009 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 USC § 399, limits eligibility to State, local, territorial, and tribal agencies and non-profit training entities that collaborate with 1 or more institutions of higher education.

Also named in the notice's eligibility text

Public colleges & universities
501(c)(3) nonprofits
Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status
Private colleges & universities

Matched from the wording above by GrantsJunction — confirm in the full announcement.

Can your organization apply?

A quick check against the listed applicant types — other requirements in the notice still apply.

Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.

What it funds

Official synopsis as published by the agency, formatted for readability.

The Office of Partnerships (OP) would like to develop a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to award a $1.5M cooperative agreement to a non-profit entity to serve as the Integrated Food Safety System (IFSS) Regulatory and Laboratory Training System (RLTS) National Coordination Center (NCC). The NCC will provide day-to-day oversight to the RLTS. The RLTS will leverage the expertise and resources of all IFSS partners to improve access to high quality human and animal food regulatory and laboratory training and other learning resources.

• Oversee the day-to-day administration of the RLTS and implementation of the IFSS RLTS Strategic Plan and Implementation Plan.

• Oversee communications related to the IFSS RLTS.

• Update the strategic and implementation plans working with stakeholders.

• Complete standing up the governance structure and processes for the RLTS.

• Establish a process for stakeholders to recommend changes to training content, design, delivery, and alignment determination standards and policies.

• Recommend changes to course content, design, delivery, and alignment determination standards and policies to the IFSS RLTS SC for approval.

• Determine alignment of training content with the National Curriculum Standard (NCS) and other RLTS standards.

• Charge and oversee committees to develop/revise standards for training content, design, delivery, and alignment determinations and execute other deliverables.

• Issues sub-awards and contracts to assist in the execution of the RLTS, as needed.

How to apply

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Read the full announcement (NOFO)Eligibility, evaluation criteria, page limits and required attachments are in the full notice on Grants.gov. Open ↗
Confirm eligibility and fitCheck your organization type above; no cost sharing is required.
Register (or renew) in SAM.gov and get a UEIFree. New registrations can take several weeks; registrations must be renewed every year. Open ↗
Set up Grants.gov accessCreate a Grants.gov account and make sure someone has the Authorized Organization Representative (AOR) role. Open ↗
Watch for the full noticeSave this grant to track when it opens.
Prepare narrative, budget and attachmentsFollow the notice's format exactly — page limits and required forms are common reasons applications are rejected.
Ask the agency contact any questions earlyTerrin Brown Grantor · terrin.brown@fda.hhs.gov Open ↗
Submit before the deadlineSubmit a few days early and keep your Grants.gov confirmation and validation emails.

Assistance Listing

What is an ALN?

93.103Food and Drug Administration ResearchProgram →

Reported obligations under ALN 93.103

Historical data · not a prediction

FY18

$173M

FY19

$199M

FY20

$212M

FY21

$219M

FY22

$256M est.

FY23

$247M est.

Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 93.103. Program-wide totals, not awards from this specific opportunity.

Agency contact (as published)

Terrin Brown Grantor
terrin.brown@fda.hhs.gov
2404027610

Quick answers

Is this opportunity open for applications yet?

Not yet. It is a forecast — an agency's advance notice of an expected opportunity. Forecast details and dates can change.

Who is eligible to apply for this opportunity?

The official notice names these applicant types as eligible: Others (see notice). Additional restrictions may apply; review the full notice.

How much funding is available through this opportunity?

Per the notice, individual awards are listed as $1.5m and the agency expects to make about 1 awards.

How do I apply for this opportunity?

Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity FOR-FD-25-005), and review the full announcement and application package. Organizations applying through Grants.gov generally need an active SAM.gov registration and a Grants.gov account, which can take several weeks to set up.

Matched on shared Assistance Listings, agency, categories and eligible applicant types.

OpenALN 93.103