The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is offering the FERN Training Support Cooperative Agreement to enhance the capabilities of federal, state, and local government regulatory laboratories in threat agent testing. This grant aims to expand the FERN training program by providing more training opportunities for partner laboratory personnel through industry vendors and regional/national meetings. The support includes purchasing equipment, supplies, and personnel expenses reimbursement, excluding construction costs. The goal is to improve diagnostic capabilities for microbiological, chemical, and radiological threat agents within the FERN network, ultimately strengthening food defense assignments and outbreak responses. Closing date for applications is July 11, 2008.
Opportunity ID: 42202
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | USDA-FSIS-FERN-07012008 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | FSIS FERN Training Support Cooperative Agreement |
| 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: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 10.479 — Food Safety Cooperative Agreements |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jul 01, 2008 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 11, 2008 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 11, 2008 |
| Archive Date: | Aug 10, 2008 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | – |
| Award Floor: | – |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Must be a nongovernment, nonprofit organization. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Food Safety Inspection Service |
| Description: | The Food Emergency Response Network (FERN) currently comprises 150+ federal, state, and local government regulatory laboratories with varying capacities to perform threat agent testing. FERN has 41 cooperative agreements already in place which target state, local, and tribal FERN labs in an effort to augment the networks microbiological, chemical, and radiological threat agent testing capacities. The current FERN cooperative agreement labs also focus on developing better diagnostic capabilities for threat agent testing within the Network partner laboratories. These current cooperative agreements enhance the ability to analyze for microbiological, chemical and radiological threat agents utilizing FERN methods and improve laboratory capacities for food defense assignments and outbreak response. In support of the network, FERN has established a training program conducted by FDA and USDA which provide numerous trainings opportunities for FERN partner laboratory personnel to enhance their technical expertise. This new proposed Training Support cooperative agreement will augment the current FERN Training program and expand the number of training opportunities with industry vendors via regional/national meetings. This new Training support cooperative agreement would support the purchase of equipment and supplies required in an effort to coordinate with the existing training program, 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
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
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Related Documents
Folder 42202 Full Announcement-1 -> 2008 Announcement – New Training Program.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 | PKG00007711 | Jul 01, 2008 | Jul 11, 2008 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
42202 SF424-2.0.pdf
42202 SF424A-1.0.pdf
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