Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Food Safety and Epidemiology: Biological Approaches for Food Safety

One of the main objectives of this program is to fund research efforts that result in a demonstrable reduction in food-borne illness. This program supports hypothesis driven research that seeks to increase our knowledge of microbial ecology with regard to the routes of contamination of food; this includes on-farm investigations, post-harvest incidence, processing, and distribution of food. Aspects of microbial ecology that provide for avenues of intervention and mitigation of food-borne illnesses or toxicities are also relevant to this program. This program makes single function research awards.

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This is a non-integrated program. Please refer to Part III, A of the current Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Request for Applications for the complete eligibility requirements.

Request for Application (RFA) | Apply: Electronic

Solicitation Date (Opening)	December 17, 2008
Letter of Intent Due Date	March 4, 2009
Due Date (Closing)	May 6, 2009
Anticipated Award Date	None
Estimated Total Program Funding	$5,200,000.00
Range of Awards	$0.00 to $400,000.00
Percent of Applications Funded Last Fiscal Year	0%
Cost Sharing Requirements	For equipment grants. See RFA for details.
For More Information Contact	Nancy Cavallaro
Funding Opportunity Number	USDA-CSREES-AFRI-002010
CFDA Number	10.310 - Agriculture and Food Research Initiative
Contact for Electronic Access Problems	webcomments@csrees.usda.gov

Last Updated: December 18, 2008