Opportunity Information: Apply for RFA FD 24 033
This funding opportunity (RFA-FD-24-033) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is a cooperative agreement designed to strengthen how State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial (SLTT) retail food regulatory programs align with and achieve conformance to the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (VNRFRPS). The overall focus is not research or clinical work (clinical trials are explicitly not allowed), but rather building practical, scalable infrastructure and national support activities that help retail food protection programs improve consistency, quality, and public health impact through the Standards.
The core purpose is to move jurisdictions forward in VNRFRPS conformance by supporting several connected national-level functions. The awardee is expected to develop and implement systems that can administer financial assistance (including sub-awards) in a way that is organized, accountable, and easy for participating jurisdictions to use. Alongside the funding administration function, the project must also maintain the VNRFRPS self-assessment verification audit course in an online format, ensuring the course remains available and functional for the workforce that relies on it. The NOFO also calls for creating educational outreach aimed at prospective mentors, which implies building a pipeline of experienced individuals or programs that can guide other agencies through the Standards and the conformance process. Finally, the awardee must develop and host a VNRFRPS symposium intended to educate both jurisdictions already enrolled in VNRFRPS and those considering enrollment, with the broader aim of increasing understanding of the Standards and accelerating adoption and conformance.
Eligibility is intentionally narrow and competition is limited. Only certain nonprofit food safety training entities may apply, specifically national organizations or associations that (1) perform food safety training, (2) have membership that includes, but is not necessarily limited to, SLTT retail food regulatory professionals or government agencies, and (3) collaborate with one or more institutions of higher education. Eligible applicant types include nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status and nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (in both cases, other than institutions of higher education), plus an "Other" category as listed in the notice, but the practical limiting condition is that applicants must fit the described national association/training-entity profile and have the required collaboration with higher education partners.
FDA explains why it is restricting eligibility to these national associations/organizations. First, these groups already have the relationships, membership networks, and communication channels (such as listservs, websites, conferences, and regional meetings) needed to promote the cooperative agreement goals and reach the right SLTT audiences efficiently. Second, FDA views these associations as aligned with FDA's public health vision for advancing VNRFRPS and as already knowledgeable about the Standards and what conformance entails, making them well-positioned to collaborate closely with FDA in a cooperative agreement structure. Third, these organizations can serve as a national platform to share tools, lessons learned, and implementation approaches generated by sub-awardees, and their existing committees and governance structures can further amplify and sustain the work beyond a single project cycle.
A key compliance requirement is information sharing. The applicant association must already have, or be able to obtain before the award start date, an information sharing agreement with FDA under 21 CFR 20.88(e). The notice clarifies that any such information sharing is limited to pre-decisional information and only for the purposes described in the award, which signals that the project may involve coordination where FDA shares certain non-public, pre-decisional materials necessary to support program implementation, while still tightly controlling how that information is handled.
From an administrative standpoint, this is a discretionary cooperative agreement in the Agriculture/Consumer Protection/Food and Nutrition activity area, listed under CFDA 93.103. FDA anticipated making a single award (Expected Awards: 1) with an award ceiling of $15,000,000, indicating a large, centralized national partner is intended to manage and coordinate the described functions. The opportunity was created on 2024-02-01, with an original application closing date of 2024-04-01.
In practical terms, the NOFO is about building nationwide capacity and consistency for retail food regulatory programs by funding a single national nonprofit training association (working with higher education partners) to operate the support backbone: manage financial assistance distribution, keep key VNRFRPS training available online, recruit and educate mentors, and convene a symposium that spreads knowledge and encourages broader participation in and conformance with the VNRFRPS framework.Apply for RFA FD 24 033
- The Food and Drug Administration in the agriculture, consumer protection, food and nutrition sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Advancing Conformance with the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (VNRFRPS) by State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial (SLTT) Retail Food Regulatory Agencies (U19) Clinical Trials Not Allowed" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.103.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2024-02-01.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-04-01. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $15,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Others.
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