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Retail Food Safety Regulatory Association Collaboration

Food and Drug Administration · Department of Health and Human Services · FOR-FD-26-003

In plain English

Food and Drug Administration (Department of Health and Human Services) has announced this as a forecast: an opportunity it expects to post. It is not open for applications yet.

The agency expects to make 5 awards and estimated total program funding is $4,000,000.

Eligibility is described in the listing text (the "Others" category).

The listing says cost sharing or matching is not required.

Built only from the fields in the Grants.gov listing. Always confirm on the official listing.

Key facts

StatusForecasted: not open yet
Estimated posting dateNot stated
Estimated application due dateNot stated
Fiscal year2026
Forecast postedAug 4, 2025
Opportunity numberFOR-FD-26-003
AgencyFood and Drug Administration (Department of Health and Human Services)
Funding instrumentCooperative agreement
CategoryAgriculture, Consumer Protection, Food and Nutrition
Opportunity categoryDiscretionary
Award ceiling (max per award)Not stated
Award floor (min per award)Not stated
Estimated total program funding$4,000,000
Expected number of awards5
Cost sharing or matching requiredNo
Assistance listing (CFDA/ALN)93.103 – Food and Drug Administration Research
Last updated on Grants.govAug 4, 2025

Who can apply

  • Others (see the eligibility details in the listing)

Additional eligibility information (excerpt from the listing):

Competition will be limited to non-profit national organizations affiliated with one or more institutions of higher learning whose membership includes state, local, tribal and territorial regulatory personnel whose primary duties include retail food safety, as explicitly permitted by the grant-making provisions of FSMA (21 USC 399).

Description

Excerpt from the official forecast on Grants.gov (shortened; read the full text on the official listing):

The program furthers the FDA's support of state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) retail food safety programs in their efforts to reduce the occurrence of food-borne illness risk factors for the benefit of the public. Recipients of this funding will assist SLTT agencies in conducting research, implementing intervention strategies, and performing other activities to reduce the occurrence of food-borne illness risk factors, reduce the burden of foodborne illness, and advance a nationally integrated food safety system.

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