Funding-Alliance for Advancing a National Integrated Food Safety System (U18); July 13, 2011

Participating Organization(s)	U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) The FDA does not follow the NIH Page Limitation Guidelines or the Enhanced Peer Review Scoring Criteria. Applicants are encouraged to consult with FDA Agency Contacts for additional information regarding page limits and the FDA Peer Review Process.
Components of Participating Organizations	Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA)
Funding Opportunity Title	Alliance for Advancing a National Integrated Food Safety System (U18)
Activity Code	U18 Research Demonstration – Cooperative Agreements
Announcement Type	New
Related Notices	None
Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Number	RFA-FD-11-031
Companion FOA	None
Number of Applications	See Section III. 3. Additional Information on Eligibility.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number(s)	93.103
FOA Purpose	This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is issued to announce the availability of cooperative agreements to be awarded under a Limited Competition. The goal of the FDA/ORA's Cooperative Agreement Program is to facilitate long-term improvements to the national food safety system by strengthening interagency collaboration, improving States' regulatory and surveillance protection programs for manufactured foods, and providing assistance to state legislatures. This will be accomplished through the provision of funding for program improvement and will require extensive cooperation and coordination with FDA program offices. Effective leveraging of resources and harmonization of efforts will require collaboration with relevant initiatives, including those of federal partners, national initiatives and associations, state, and local partners.

Key Dates

Posted Date	June 14, 2011
Open Date (Earliest Submission Date)	June 14, 2011
Letter of Intent Due Date	Not Applicable
Application Due Date(s)	July 13, 2011, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.
AIDS Application Due Date(s)	Not applicable
Scientific Merit Review	Standard dates
Advisory Council Review	Standard dates
Earliest Start Date(s)	August 15, 2011
Expiration Date	July 14, 2011
Due Dates for E.O. 12372	Not Applicable

Required Application Instructions

It is critical that applicants follow the instructions in the SF 424 (R&R) Application Guide except where instructed to do otherwise (in this FOA or the Guide for Grants and Contracts). Conformance to all requirements (both in the Application Guide and the FOA) is required and strictly enforced. Applicants must read and follow all application instructions in the Application Guide as well as any program-specific instructions noted in Section IV. When the program-specific instructions deviate from those in the Application Guide, follow the program-specific instructions. Applications that do not comply with these instructions may be delayed or not accepted for review.

For Further Information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-FD-11-031.html