The Animal Food Regulatory Program will strengthen and enhance integration of state and federal animal food regulatory systems by providing State Animal Food Regulatory Programs continued support to implement consistent and effective Animal Food Regulatory Program Standards.
Donor Name: Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/25/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to advance efforts for a nationally integrated animal food safety system providing state animal food regulatory programs the ability to achieve full implementation of the Animal Food Regulatory Program Standards (AFRPS) within 5 years and to maintain full implementation. This NOFO will also fund optional projects for state animal food regulatory programs to:
- Advance food safety and protect public health by strengthening partnerships with the FDA and other state animal food regulatory partners through sharing, collaboration, coordination, and leveraging each other’s expertise, work, data, and enforcement actions.
- Develop and standardize processes, procedures, systems, and other methods to integrate federal and state animal food regulatory work resulting in mutual reliance.
Specific outcomes may include, but are not limited to:
- State animal food regulatory programs will achieve and maintain implementation of the AFRPS, which is recognized as a critical element to creating a national, fully integrated food safety system.
- Operational use of standardized animal food regulatory systems developed by state programs to compel federal reliance on state regulatory work and resources and reciprocal state reliance on federal work and resources, resulting in mutual reliance.
Funding Information
- FDA intends to fund up to $10.6 million dollars, for fiscal year 2025, in support of this grant program.
- AFRPS Development Track: $300,000/Year; 7 potential Applicants Anticipated ($2,100,000 Total/Year (decreased to $1,500,000 in Year 3)).
- AFRPS Maintenance Track: Level 1: $150,000; Level 2: $225,000; Level 3: $300,000 23 Potential Applicants Anticipated ($5,175,000 Total/Year (increased to $5,625,000 in Year 3)).
- Maximum Total AFRPS funding anticipated $7,275,000/Year (Increased to $7,725,000 in Year 3).
- Mutual Reliance Track (Optional for eligible awardees):
- Funding Level 1: $50,000
- Funding Level 2: $100,000
- Funding Level 3: $150,000
- Funding Level 4: $200,000
- Funding Level 5: $250,000
- Funding Level 6: $300,000.
Grant Period
The scope of the proposed project should determine the project period. The maximum project period is three (3) years with the below annual budget periods:
- Year 1: 8/1/2025- 6/30/2026
- Year 2: 7/1/2026-6/30/2027
- Year 3: 7/1/2027-6/30/2028.
Eligibility Criteria
State Governments.
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