Opportunity Information: Apply for RFA FD 24 035
This funding opportunity from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), titled "Development and Maintenance of the Animal Food Regulatory Program Standards (U19) Clinical Trial Not Allowed" (Funding Opportunity Number RFA-FD-24-035; CFDA 93.103), is designed to strengthen animal food safety oversight by helping state animal food regulatory programs fully implement and sustain the Animal Food Regulatory Program Standards (AFRPS). The broader goal is to move the country closer to a nationally integrated animal food safety system, where federal and state partners operate with consistent program elements, comparable inspection approaches, and reliable regulatory infrastructure that supports prevention-focused food safety.
Funding is offered as a cooperative agreement, which means the FDA expects substantial involvement during the project period rather than operating strictly as a pass-through funder. The activity category is listed under agriculture, consumer protection, and food and nutrition, reflecting the practical regulatory focus of the work. Clinical trials are explicitly not allowed, which signals that the scope is program implementation and public regulatory capacity-building rather than clinical or human/animal subject research.
Eligibility is intentionally narrow. Competition is limited to state animal food regulatory programs because the FDA is building on foundational work already performed under existing FDA animal food safety inspection contracts. In practice, applicants must either (1) already have a current FDA animal food safety inspection contract that funds state agency animal food production regulatory inspections, or (2) meet eligibility requirements and apply for and agree to enter into such an inspection contract with FDA as soon as possible. The emphasis here is that the grant is meant to accelerate progress in programs already positioned to conduct FDA-aligned animal food inspections and related regulatory activities, not to stand up entirely new efforts outside that framework.
Applicants are placed into one of two tracks: an AFRPS Development track or an AFRPS Maintenance track. While the summary does not spell out the detailed criteria for each track, the structure strongly suggests that "Development" is for state programs still working toward full AFRPS implementation, and "Maintenance" is for programs that have already achieved full implementation and need support to sustain, document, and continuously improve those standards over time. This division is meant to meet states where they are, acknowledging that some programs are still building core components while others are focused on keeping mature systems effective and audit-ready.
A key administrative and legal requirement is the ability to share nonpublic information with FDA. Applicants must already have a nonpublic information sharing agreement with FDA under 20 CFR 20.88 (commonly referred to as a "20.88 agreement") or must commit to entering into one by the end of the first grant year, with a stated deadline of June 30, 2025. This matters because effective integration between state and federal partners often depends on sharing inspection findings, compliance histories, enforcement-sensitive details, and other protected information in a lawful, standardized way.
The original application closing date for this opportunity was May 20, 2024, and the notice indicates an expected total of four awards. The award ceiling is $300,000, indicating the maximum amount per award (as presented in the opportunity summary). Because it is a cooperative agreement with a relatively limited number of awards, applicants should expect a competitive process focused on readiness, alignment with AFRPS expectations, and the likelihood that the proposed work will measurably advance or sustain full AFRPS implementation within the state program.
In plain terms, this grant is intended to help state animal food regulatory programs either finish building or reliably maintain the core elements of an FDA-aligned animal food safety program, using AFRPS as the roadmap. The FDA is targeting states that already participate (or will very soon participate) in FDA animal food inspection contracting, and it is requiring the legal infrastructure needed for secure information sharing so that state and federal oversight can function as one coordinated system rather than separate, duplicative efforts.Apply for RFA FD 24 035
- The Food and Drug Administration in the agriculture, consumer protection, food and nutrition sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Development and Maintenance of the Animal Food Regulatory Program Standards (U19) Clinical Trial 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 2024-03-15.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-05-20. (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 $300,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 4 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, Others.
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