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Rapid Response Team (RRT) Cooperative Agreement

Food and Drug Administration (HHS) · Competitive grant · Science & Technology

At a glance

Rapid Response Team (RRT) Cooperative Agreement is a federal competitive grant from Food and Drug Administration for the science & technology sector. Funding: 8250000. Eligible applicants: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education; Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; Special district governments; County governments; Independent school districts; State governments; Nonp. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Apply via the official listing at www.grants.gov.

Amount
$8.3M total
Deadline
Rolling
Type
Competitive
Status
Forecasted

About this program

The purpose of the NOFO is to facilitate long-term improvements and innovation to the national integrated food safety system by unifying and coordinating federal/state/local human and animal food (HAF) emergency response efforts including:1) Strengthening the link among epidemiology, lab, and environmental health/regulatory components;2) Improving States' regulatory and surveillance HAF protection programs to include using 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; and3) 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 capacity/capability development..   

Who can apply

Public and State controlled institutions of higher education; Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; Special district governments; County governments; Independent school districts; State governments; Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; For profit organizations other than small businesses; Small businesses; Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized); Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments); Private institutions of higher education

How to apply

Apply through Grants.gov using funding opportunity number FOR-FD-23-016. Register your organization (SAM.gov + Grants.gov) before the deadline, then submit the application package listed in the official notice.

Apply at official source