Food and Drug Administration · Department of Health and Human Services
Retail Food Safety Regulatory Association Collaboration CAP
Key facts
- Deadline
- Forecast — no date yet
- Award size
- Up to $4M
- Cost share / match
- Not required
- Who can apply
- Other (see eligibility)
- Where
- Anywhere in the U.S., including Tennessee
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How this fits you
- Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- No cost share required
- Tennessee recipients since 2023: 18
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Read the official notice View on Grants.gov
About this grant
The proposed cooperative agreement is a renewal of the existing CAP supporting key stakeholders in retail food safety to coordinate and advance retail food protection in the United States.
The intended outcome of this NOFO is to collaboratively advance retail food safety initiatives to reduce food-borne illness. This cooperative agreement is intended to advance practices in retail food protection, conduct research related to such practices and identify opportunities for collaboration to reduce the occurrence of food-borne illness risk factors.
Eligibility (from the notice)
Competition will be limited to non-profit national organizations affiliated with one or more institutions of higher learning whose membership includes state, local, tribal and territorial regulatory personnel whose primary duties include retail food safety, as explicitly permitted by the grant-making provisions of FSMA (21 USC 399).
These organizations are well situated to assist FDA in leveraging state and local jurisdictions to advance retail food protection and reduce the national burden of foodborne illness and injury.
Who in Tennessee has won this program
18 awards to Tennessee recipients in 5 counties since federal FY2023. Largest shown:
| Recipient | Where | Amount | FY |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Of Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | $6.5M | 2020 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville, Davidson County | $2.5M | 2019 |
| Department Of Agriculture Tennessee | Nashville, Davidson County | $2.4M | 2020 |
| University Of Tennessee | Memphis, Shelby County | $2M | 2017 |
| Department Of Agriculture Tennessee | Nashville, Davidson County | $1.9M | 2020 |
| Franklin Special School District | Franklin, Williamson County | $1.8M | 2025 |
| University Of Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | $1.8M | 2025 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville, Davidson County | $1.6M | 2022 |
| Department Of Agriculture Tennessee | Nashville, Davidson County | $1.3M | 2021 |
| Tennessee Department Of Health | Nashville, Davidson County | $1.3M | 2020 |
| Department Of Agriculture Tennessee | Nashville, Davidson County | $1.3M | 2016 |
| Department Of Agriculture Tennessee | Nashville, Davidson County | $1.2M | 2025 |
Source: USAspending.gov. Past awards show who this program funds; they don't guarantee future awards.
About the program (93.103)
Food and Drug Administration Research — General Grant Funding
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.
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula.
Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Examples of funded projects
Not Applicable.