Cooperative Agreement to Support the Illinois Institute of Technology's Institute for Food Safety and Health (U19 Clinical Trial Optional)

Funding Opportunity RFA-FD-19-003 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)/ Center for Food and Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) is announcing its intention to receive and consider a single source application for the award of a cooperative agreement in fiscal year 2019 to the Illinois Institute of Technology to support the Institute for Food Safety and Health (IFSH). The purposes of this continued support are to: 1. Carry out multidisciplinary applied research projects on the safety of processed foods; on food processing and packaging technologies; on the impact of these processing strategies on the nutritional quality of food; and on laboratory method performance (including method validation) that address issues associated with FDA-regulated products and that are consistent with CFSAN's Science and Research Strategic Plan; 2. Maintain and facilitate the further development of the IFSH collaborative research program by leveraging resources among U.S. government agencies, universities (including other IIT components), and the food industry to achieve practical solutions to food safety and food processing issues; 3. Develop and implement outreach and communication programs with stakeholders to identify research needs and to facilitate the use of the information produced by the research program; and 4. Support the implementation of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act through research, education, and outreach, with particular e...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - Category: Research Source Type: funding