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Food and Drug Administration · Department of Health and Human Services

Rapid Response Team (RRT) Cooperative Agreement

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Key facts

Deadline
The funder's estimated date (Dec 1, 2022) has passed. Check the official notice Estimate, not confirmed by the funder ?
Award size
Not stated: see the official notice
Total available
$8.2M · about 25 awards
Match ?
Not required · Work out your budget and match
Who can apply
School district, Tribal organization, Special district (utility, fire, etc.), Nonprofit without 501(c)(3), Nonprofit with 501(c)(3), Tribal government, Public college or university, Private college or university, Small business, State government, Larger business, County government, and others named in the official notice
Where
Anywhere in the U.S., including Tennessee

Opening soon: the funder has announced this grant, but you can't apply yet. Use the time to get ready and check whether it fits.

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How this fits you

  • Available in Rhea County (nationwide program)
  • No match required
  • Past Tennessee awards on file: 42

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About this grant

The purpose of the NOFO is to facilitate long-term improvements and innovation to the national integrated food safety system by unifying and coordinating federal/state/local human and animal food (HAF) emergency response efforts including: 1) Strengthening the link among epidemiology, lab, and environmental health/regulatory components; 2) Improving States' regulatory and surveillance HAF protection programs to include using Incident Command System (ICS)/National Incident Management System (NIMS) principles and a Unified Command structure to conduct integrated responses to all-hazards HAF emergencies, rapidly identifying and removing tainted food from commerce, and conducting root cause investigations to inform future prevention efforts; and 3) Addressing supporting components, such as training, data sharing, data analysis, communications, continuous process improvement, and development of best practices and other resources to support national capacity/capability development..

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Writing the need statement? Rhea County facts with citations.

Who in Tennessee has won this program

20 awards to Tennessee groups in 5 counties since 2016 · 0 in Rhea County. Largest shown:

Past Tennessee winners
Past winnerWhereAmountFiscal year
University of TennesseeKnoxville, Knox County$6.5M2020
State of TennesseeNashville$2.7M spent that year2025
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson County$2.5M2019
Tennessee Department of AgricultureNashville, Davidson County$2.4M2020
University of TennesseeMemphis, Shelby County$2M2017
Tennessee Department of AgricultureNashville, Davidson County$1.9M2020
University of TennesseeKnoxville, Knox County$1.8M2025
Franklin Special School DistrictFranklin, Williamson County$1.8M2025
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson County$1.6M2022
Tennessee Department of AgricultureNashville, Davidson County$1.3M2021
Tennessee Department of HealthNashville, Davidson County$1.3M2020
Tennessee Department of AgricultureNashville, Davidson County$1.3M2016

Source: USAspending.gov, Federal Audit Clearinghouse. Past awards show who this program funds. They don't guarantee future awards.

Tennessee groups that got this money through a state agency or another organization

This federal money also reaches local groups as pass-through grants. 22 pass-through grants on file · 0 in Rhea County. Largest shown:

Tennessee pass-through grant winners
Past winnerWhereThroughAmountFiscal year
Combinedbrain, IncBrentwoodDuke University$538K2025
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyHarvard Pilgrim Health Care$241K spent that year2025
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyRegents of the University of California, San Francisco, the$75K2023
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyRegents of the University of California, San Francisco, the$69K2025
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyMayo Clinic Hospital$51K spent that year2025
Volumetrix Inc.Nashville, Davidson CountyThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia$50K2023
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyMayo Clinic$43K2023
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyMayo Clinic$43K2024
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyCumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc$42K spent that year2025
Loch & Key Productions, LLCKnoxville, Knox CountyAssociation of Public Health Laboratories, Inc. (THE)$33K2025
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyThe Queen's Medical Center$32K2024
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyUniversity of California-San Francisco$29K spent that year2025

Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).

About the federal program

Food and Drug Administration Research, also called “General Grant Funding”
Program number 93.103 (the federal Assistance Listing number) · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration · Cooperative agreement (a grant with close agency involvement), project grant

How applications are judged

Applicants should review the individual Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued under this CFDA program to see the specific evaluation criteria that applies.

Match

None required (federal program listing).

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Source: Federal grants from Grants.gov · the official federal record. Last checked by GrantMe Oct 7, 2026.

Reference numbers: official notice number FOR-FD-23-016 · program number 93.103