Opportunity Information: Apply for RFA FD 21 009
The grant opportunity titled "Renewal - Federal and University Partnership to Improve the Safety of Seafood from the Gulf of Mexico (U19) Clinical Trials Not Allowed" is a discretionary federal funding announcement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration (FDA). It is issued under Funding Opportunity Number RFA-FD-21-009 and is administered through FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN). The award is structured as a cooperative agreement (U19), which means the FDA expects to have substantial involvement in the funded work through collaboration, technical input, and joint planning rather than simply providing funds and stepping back. Consistent with the title, the work supported under this announcement does not include clinical trials.
This announcement is specifically described as a renewal of an existing cooperative research relationship between CFSAN and the Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium, with a central focus on improving the safety of seafood originating from the Gulf of Mexico. The overall aim is to sustain and strengthen a long-term federal-university partnership that combines FDA's scientific, public health, and policy expertise with academic capabilities. By renewing this relationship, the program is designed to keep a steady pipeline of collaborative seafood safety research that addresses real-world regulatory and public health needs tied to seafood hazards, monitoring, and risk-reduction strategies relevant to the Gulf region.
A key emphasis of the opportunity is joint work that directly involves students, university faculty, and FDA research scientists. The intent is not only to produce research outputs, but also to build capacity and workforce readiness in seafood safety by giving trainees and academic researchers direct exposure to FDA scientific priorities and methods. The partnership model is also meant to create a foundation for expanded future collaboration, including additional research projects, outreach and extension-style activities, educational initiatives, and broader intellectual partnerships across the seafood safety research community. In other words, the award is positioned as a hub that can catalyze and coordinate ongoing collaboration rather than a one-off standalone project.
From a funding and competition standpoint, the opportunity has an award ceiling of $125,000 and anticipates making a single award, indicating a targeted, relationship-based renewal rather than an open multi-award competition. The eligible applicant category is listed as "Others" with additional eligibility details referenced in the full announcement text, which commonly signals that eligibility may be limited to a specific organization or a narrow set of entities aligned with the named partnership. The activity category aligns with agriculture and consumer protection, specifically food and nutrition, and it is listed under CFDA 93.103. The opportunity was created on December 3, 2020, with an original closing date of February 1, 2021, reflecting the timeline for submission under that cycle.
Overall, this funding opportunity supports a collaborative framework where FDA and an academic consortium work closely to advance seafood safety science for the Gulf of Mexico, develop human capital through hands-on joint projects, and extend the impact beyond research into education and outreach that can benefit regulators, industry, and the broader public health community.Apply for RFA FD 21 009
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration in the agriculture, consumer protection, food and nutrition sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Renewal - Federal and University Partnership to Improve the Safety of Seafood from the Gulf of Mexico (U19) Clinical Trials Not Allowed" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.103.
- This funding opportunity was created on Dec 03, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Feb 01, 2021. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $125,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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