National Curriculum Standard Development for Integrated Food Safety System Regulators (U18)

Post Date

May 3rd 2016

Application Due Date

July 8th 2016

Funding Opportunity Number

RFA-FD-16-042

CFDA Number(s)

93.103

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Agriculture
Consumer Protection
Food and Nutrition

Number of Awards

5

Eligibility Categories

State Governments
County Governments
City or Township Governments
Special District Governments
Independent School Districts
Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Governments
Public Housing Authorities or Indian Housing Authorities
Non-Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Organizations
Non-Profits With 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)
Non-Profits Without 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)
Private Institutions of Higher Education
Individuals
For-Profit Organizations (Except Small Businesses)
Small Businesses
Other

The following organizations are also eligible to apply: Faith-based or Community-based Organizations and Regional Organizations

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $7500000

• Award Range:

  $None - $7500000

Grant Description

Food and Drug Administration's (FDA), Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA),Office of Resource Management (ORM), Division of Human Resource Development (DHRD) is announcing this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for a Cooperative Agreement Grant. The goals of this Cooperative Agreement Grant are to continue the development of the Integrated Food Safety System (IFSS) National Curriculum Standard (NCS) competency and curriculum frameworks, further work on the development and validation of competency statements, and create and pilot course content based on analysis data and findings with subject matter experts that address the required knowledge, skills, and abilities of regulators within an IFSS. These efforts are important to improving the training of state, local, territorial, and tribal food safety officials.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Health and Human Services

• Office:

  Food and Drug Administration

• Agency Contact:

  Allison Mandel
  Grants Specialist
  Phone 240-402-7602

• Agency Mailing Address:

  allison.mandel@fda.hhs.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  allison.mandel@fda.hhs.gov

• More Information:

  Full Announcement of RFA-FD-16-042