Department of Health: Food Protection Rapid Response Team Grant

The Department of Health is offering grants for up to nine cooperative agreements to establish multi-jurisdictional Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) focused on food/feed safety. The aim is to improve the national food safety system by enhancing coordination among federal/state/local agencies, strengthening regulatory programs, and addressing training and data sharing. Applicants must utilize Incident Command System (ICS)/National Incident Management System (NIMS) principles and collaborate closely with FDA District Offices. This grant opportunity requires alignment with various federal initiatives and partnerships to ensure effective response, mitigation, and prevention of foodborne hazards. Deadline for applications is July 01, 2013.

Opportunity ID: 228854

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General Information

Document Type::	Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number::	RFA-FD-13-006
Funding Opportunity Title::	Food Protection Rapid Response Team
Opportunity Category::	Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation::
Funding Instrument Type::
Category of Funding Activity::	Agriculture
Category Explanation::
Expected Number of Awards::	9
Assistance Listings Number(s)::	93.103 — Food and Drug Administration_Research
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement::	No
Version::	Synopsis 3
Posted Date::	Apr 02, 2013
Last Updated Date::	Apr 18, 2013
Original Closing Date for Applications::	Jul 01, 2013
Current Closing Date for Applications::	Jul 01, 2013
Archive Date::
Estimated Total Program Funding::	$ 2,700,000
Award Ceiling::	$300,000
Award Floor::	$

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants::

State governments

Additional Information on Eligibility::

State Governments: This opportunity is only available to State food safety agencies with current FDA food safety inspection contracts that are also enrolled in the Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards (MFRPS) and currently receiving funding under the Food Protection Rapid Response Team cooperative agreements (RFA-FD-11-013 or RFA-FD-12-014).

Competition is limited to these organizations because they have established Rapid Response Teams and have demonstrated significant achievements in accordance with the goal of developing and implementing rapid response concepts. The foundational work conducted under the current FDA food safety inspection contracts and the MFRPS is both necessary and promising for the completion of significant improvements in food emergency response among federal, state, and local partners through the program described in this funding opportunity. Additionally, this cooperative agreement will require a significant mentorship component which necessitates the participation of only established, experienced Food Protection Rapid Response Teams.

Applicants must also maintain MFRPS enrollment and remain under a FDA food safety inspection contract for the duration of the award.

Additional Information

Agency Name::	Food and Drug Administration
Description::	This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is being issued to announce the availability of up to nine (9) cooperative agreements to be awarded under a Limited Competition.These cooperative agreements are intended to develop, implement, maintain and sustain multi-jurisdictional Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) that operate using Incident Command System (ICS)/National Incident Management System (NIMS) principles and a Unified Command structure to support integrated all-hazards preparedness, response, mitigation and recovery/prevention efforts for food/feed within the national integrated food safety system.The goal of these cooperative agreements is to facilitate long-term improvements to the national integrated food safety system by unifying and coordinating federal/state/local food/feed emergency response efforts including:1) Strengthening the link among epidemiology, lab and environmental health components;2) Improving States’ regulatory and surveillance food/feed protection programs (with a focus on manufactured foods) to include foodborne illness/outbreak investigations, removing tainted food from commerce, and root cause investigations; and3) Addressing supporting components, such as training, data sharing, data analysis and communications.This will be accomplished through the provision of funding for program improvement and will require extensive cooperation and coordination with FDA District Offices and other FDA program offices.Effective leveraging of resources and harmonization of efforts will require collaboration with relevant initiatives, including those of federal partners (e.g., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service), national initiatives (e.g., the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, the Integrated Food Safety System (IFSS), the National Response Framework, and the Partnership for Food Protection (PFP), and relevant associations, state, and local partners.
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Version History

Version	Modification Description	Updated Date
Synopsis 3	no modification made.	Apr 18, 2013
Synopsis 2	updating program funding total amount.
Synopsis 1	update post date

Package Status

Below are CLOSED Opportunity Package(s) no longer available for this Funding Opportunity:

Package No: 1

Assistance Listings:	93.103
Competition ID:
Competition Title:
Opportunity Package ID:	PKG00172072
Opening Date:	May 01, 2013
Closing Date:	Jul 01, 2013
Agency Contact Information::	Jennerfer Torres-Hernandez
Who Can Apply::	Organization Applicants
mendatory_forms	SF424 (R & R) [V1.2] Project/Performance Site Location(s) [V1.4] Research And Related Other Project Information [V1.3] Research And Related Senior/Key Person Profile (Expanded) [V1.2] Research & Related Budget [V1.1] PHS 398 Cover Page Supplement [V1.4] PHS 398 Research Plan [V1.3] PHS 398 Checklist [V1.3]
optional_forms	R & R Subaward Budget Attachment(s) Form 5 YR 30 ATT [V1.2] PHS Cover Letter [V1.2]