Opportunity Information: Apply for RFA FD 24 031
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is offering a fiscal year 2024 cooperative agreement to fund long-term efforts to collect and improve data on antimicrobial use in animals. The opportunity is titled "Cooperative Agreement for Long Term Data Collection on Antimicrobial Use in Animals (U01) Clinical Trial Not Allowed" and is listed under funding opportunity number RFA-FD-24-031. At its core, the program is meant to strengthen the evidence base around how antimicrobials are used across animal health and animal agriculture in the United States, and to use that information to support antimicrobial stewardship in veterinary settings.
The main purpose of the award is twofold. First, funded projects are expected to collect antimicrobial use data from a wide range of animal sectors. The announcement explicitly calls out domestic livestock and poultry, companion animals (specifically dogs, cats, and horses), and "minor species" such as fish, sheep, and goats. The emphasis on diverse sectors signals that FDA is looking for data that reflect real-world use patterns across different production systems and veterinary care contexts, rather than data limited to a single species or a narrow slice of the industry. Second, awardees are expected to help move the field forward by contributing to the development of data collection frameworks. That means projects are not only expected to gather and share data, but also to provide practical expertise and input that can be used as public-private partnership approaches are built out and standardized methods for collecting antimicrobial use information become more established.
This cooperative agreement is positioned as part of FDA's broader antimicrobial stewardship agenda in veterinary medicine. By improving the availability and quality of antimicrobial use data, FDA aims to support better understanding of when, why, and how antimicrobials are used in animals, which in turn helps stakeholders identify opportunities to reduce unnecessary use and preserve antimicrobial effectiveness. The announcement also ties the work directly to National Action Plan objectives, particularly the goal of engaging the animal health community and other relevant stakeholders to advance strategies that improve understanding of antimicrobial use and strengthen stewardship in animal agriculture. In practice, that framing suggests FDA expects funded groups to interact with partners and stakeholders and to generate outputs that have value beyond the immediate project, such as data resources, approaches, and lessons learned that can be reused as national systems evolve.
The award mechanism is a cooperative agreement (U01), which typically means there will be substantial federal involvement compared to a standard grant. While the notice does not spell out operational details in the excerpt provided, cooperative agreements generally imply active collaboration with the agency during the life of the project, alignment with FDA priorities, and an expectation that the work will feed into broader public efforts rather than remain isolated within one organization. The notice also clearly states "Clinical Trial Not Allowed," indicating the funded work should focus on surveillance, data collection, and framework development rather than clinical intervention studies.
In terms of funding specifics, the opportunity falls under the broad activity category of Agriculture, Consumer Protection, Food and Nutrition and is associated with CFDA number 93.103. FDA anticipates making up to five awards, with an award ceiling of $200,000. The posting was created on March 4, 2024, and the original application closing date is May 13, 2024. These figures suggest relatively modest per-project budgets, which often points toward targeted data collection efforts, pilot expansions, or structured collaborations that leverage existing data systems or networks rather than building large-scale new infrastructure from scratch.
Eligibility is broad across U.S.-based organization types, including state, county, city/township, and special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; nonprofit organizations with and without 501(c)(3) status; for-profit organizations (other than small businesses); and small businesses. At the same time, the opportunity is explicitly closed to non-U.S. participation: foreign organizations are not eligible, non-domestic components of U.S. organizations are not eligible, and foreign components as defined by the HHS Grants Policy Statement are not allowed. The intent is clearly to support domestic U.S. data collection and U.S.-based partnership development.
Overall, this grant opportunity is aimed at building a stronger, more consistent long-term picture of antimicrobial use across animal sectors in the United States, while also helping establish the practical frameworks and collaborations needed for sustained, scalable data collection. The expected value is not just in the datasets produced, but in the methods, partnerships, and shared expertise that help the FDA and the broader animal health community advance antimicrobial stewardship goals.Apply for RFA FD 24 031
- The Food and Drug Administration in the agriculture, consumer protection, food and nutrition sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Cooperative Agreement for Long Term Data Collection on Antimicrobial Use in Animals (U01) Clinical Trial 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 2024-03-04.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-05-13. (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 $200,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses.
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