Laboratory Flexible Funding Model (LFFM)
This cooperative agreement funds state human and animal food testing laboratories to expand food safety and food defense testing capacity through sample testing, method development, and laboratory capability building.
RESTRICTED TO: STATE LOCAL GOV
⚑ Applicants must be state human or animal food testing laboratories with ISO 17025 accreditation or equivalent quality system requirements. · Applicants for any track other than Whole Genome Sequencing must have a valid FDA 20.88 agreement before application. · Product testing tracks require ISO 17025 accreditation in at least one applicable human or animal food testing method. · This is a cooperative agreement focused on laboratory capacity and testing, not general research grants.
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 40 partial | funds applied research; prototyping/demonstration stage; deep-tech content |
| IPPRA | 15 none | university cannot apply directly (ineligible) |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 15 none | university cannot apply directly (ineligible) |
Description
This cooperative agreement is intended to enhance the capacity and capabilities of state human and animal food testing laboratories in support of an integrated food safety system (IFSS). This is achieved through prioritized sample testing and food defense preparedness in the areas of microbiology, chemistry, and radiochemistry, as well as method development and capacity/capability development projects that support and expand food safety and food defense testing.
Eligibility
Applicant organizations applying for product testing tracks must be accredited to ISO 17025 in at least one human or animal food testing method applicable to the discipline for which they are applying.Applicant organizations applying for tracks other than product testing must be accredited to ISO 17025 or have a quality system that ensures quality assurance and quality control of laboratory testing including but not limited to: validated methods, document control, training programs, and analyst competency requirements.Applicant organizations applying to any track other than Whole Genome Sequencing must have a valid 20.88 agreement with FDA prior to the time of application.
Apply
View on Grants.gov → CONTACT: Stephanie Bogan Grantor <lisa.pendleton@fda.hhs.gov>
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