The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is offering cooperative agreements to state, local, and tribal labs in the Food Emergency Response Network (FERN). These grants aim to boost microbiological threat agent testing capacities, expand participating labs, and improve analytical capabilities for food defense and outbreak response. Funding supports training, equipment, supplies, and personnel expenses related to FERN threat agent methods. Notably, construction costs are not covered. Applications are accepted until Jun 12, 2008.
Opportunity ID: 41479
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | USDA-FSIS-05012008 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | FSIS FERN Cooperative Agreements |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Agriculture Food and Nutrition |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 4 |
| Assistance Listings: | 10.479 — Food Safety Cooperative Agreements |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | May 01, 2008 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 12, 2008 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 12, 2008 |
| Archive Date: | Jul 12, 2008 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $840,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | – |
| Award Floor: | – |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | State, local, and tribal FERN member laboratories |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Food Safety Inspection Service |
| Description: | The Food Emergency Response Network (FERN) currently comprises federal, state, and local government regulatory laboratories with varying capacities to perform threat agent testing. The FSIS FERN cooperative agreements are intended to target state, local, and tribal FERN labs to augment microbiological threat agent testing capacities and expand the number of member laboratories able to perform threat agent testing for the Network. The agreements will enhance the ability to analyze for microbiological threat agents utilizing FERN methods and improve laboratory capacities for food defense assignments and outbreak response. The agreements will support FERN threat agent method training, the purchase of equipment and supplies required by the selected methods, and reimbursement of personnel expenses. [NOTE: The agreements do not support construction costs.] |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Michael Myers
Staff Officer Phone 706-546-3664 Email:michael.myers1@fsis.usda.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 41479 Full Announcement-1 -> 2008 Announcement – New CAP Labs.pdf
Folder 41479 Other Supporting Documents-Supporting documents 1 -> Project Description Template (2008-09).pdf
Folder 41479 Other Supporting Documents-Supporting documents 1 -> sf424.pdf
Folder 41479 Other Supporting Documents-Supporting documents 1 -> sf424a.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Michael Myers Staff Officer Phone 706-546-3664 Email: michael.myers1@fsis.usda.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.479 | PKG00007027 | May 01, 2008 | Jun 12, 2008 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
41479 SF424-2.0.pdf
41479 SF424A-1.0.pdf
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