This grant offered by the FDA aims to conduct research, enhance global food safety systems, and leverage resources among WTO member countries through a cooperative agreement with the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF). The STDF focuses on building capacity in developing countries to implement international sanitary and phytosanitary standards by utilizing Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) tool for resource efficiency. By partnering with STDF, FDA aims to broaden its food safety outreach, strengthen international partnerships, and address public health issues associated with the increasingly diverse global food supply. Closing date for application is July 24, 2014.
Opportunity ID: 259290
General Information
| Document Type:: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number:: | RFA-FD-14-087 |
| Funding Opportunity Title:: | Cooperative Agreement to Support the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) |
| Opportunity Category:: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation:: | CategoryExplanation |
| Funding Instrument Type:: | |
| Category of Funding Activity:: | Consumer Protection |
| Category Explanation:: | |
| Expected Number of Awards:: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings Number(s):: | 93.103 — Food and Drug Administration_Research |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:: | No |
| Version:: | Synopsis 2 |
| Posted Date:: | Jul 14, 2014 |
| Last Updated Date:: | Jul 23, 2014 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications:: | Jul 24, 2014 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications:: | Jul 24, 2014 |
| Archive Date:: | Aug 28, 2014 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding:: | $ 3,200,000 |
| Award Ceiling:: | $750,000 |
| Award Floor:: | $200,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants:: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility:: | global organization |
Additional Information
| Agency Name:: | Food and Drug Administration |
| Description:: | The Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) is a unique global partnership established by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), World Bank, World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO). The STDF supports developing countries in building their capacity to implement international sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) standards, guidelines and recommendations as a means to improve their human, animal and plant health status and ability to gain or maintain access to markets. In achieving its aims, the STDF acts both as a coordinating and a financing mechanism. The STDF is a widely established knowledge platform for information exchange, sharing experiences and the identification and dissemination of good practice on SPS-related technical cooperation. STDF utilizes a key decision-support tool, Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA), to help establish SPS priorities and ensure resources are used as efficiently as possible. The use of the MCDA tool is unique within the STDF and is a highly-valued attribute; the MCDA tool facilitates an open and transparent discussion among public and private stakeholders about capacity-building needs and resources. The STDF is committed to the Paris Principles on Aid Effectiveness and to achieving the Millennium Development Goals.With an increasingly diverse and complex global food supply, FDAs interest is to strengthen food safety systems globally to prevent food safety problems rather than merely reacting to problems after they occur. FDA recognizes that it cannot do this alone. By leveraging with other WTO member countries and partnering with the STDF, the FDA can broaden the reach of food safety capacity building efforts. The purpose of this Cooperative Agreement is to:1) Conduct research contributing to the knowledge base and development of food safety systems globally due to the increasingly diverse and complex food supply.2) Enhance and broaden FDAs ability to address global food safety and public health issues associated with food.3) Provide opportunities to leverage additional resources among WTO member countries. According to an independent external evaluation of the STDF in 2008, the STDF carries out an important role that no other single body would be able to accomplish. (Source: STDF Newsletter; Volume 2, Issue 1. February 2009. Accessible at: www.standardsfacility.org) As such, the STDF is the only forum that can successfully accomplish the global objectives of this cooperative agreement.This Cooperative Agreement will allow FDA to deepen its international food safety capacity building partnerships, provide a wider scope of impact than exists currently and leverage resources with other countries. |
| Link to Additional Information:: | |
| Grantor Contact Information:: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
| Synopsis 2 | Update was made to Announcement Link. | Jul 23, 2014 |
| Synopsis 1 |
Package Status
Below are CLOSED Opportunity Package(s) no longer available for this Funding Opportunity:
Package No: 1
| Assistance Listings: | 93.103 |
| Competition ID: | ADOBE-FORMS-C |
| Competition Title: | Adobe-Forms C |
| Opportunity Package ID: | PKG00200763 |
| Opening Date: | Jul 14, 2014 |
| Closing Date: | Jul 24, 2014 |
| Agency Contact Information:: | Oluyemisi Akinneye |
| Who Can Apply:: | Organization Applicants |
| mendatory_forms |
SF424 (R & R) [V2.0] PHS 398 Research Plan [V2.0] PHS 398 Cover Page Supplement [V2.0] Research & Related Budget [V1.3] Research and Related Senior/Key Person Profile (Expanded) [V2.0] Research And Related Other Project Information [V1.3] Project/Performance Site Location(s) [V2.0] |
| optional_forms |
Planned Enrollment Report [V1.0] PHS 398 Cumulative Inclusion Enrollment Report [V1.0] R & R Subaward Budget Attachment(s) Form 5 YR 30 ATT [V1.3] |
Packages
| Assistance Listings | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions | Who Can Apply: | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93.103 | ADOBE-FORMS-C | Adobe-Forms C | PKG00200763 | Jul 14, 2014 | Jul 24, 2014 | View | Oluyemisi Akinneye | Organization Applicants |