Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA NIFA FSMA 009543
The Food Safety Outreach Competitive Grants Program (FSOP) is a discretionary grant opportunity offered by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) designed to strengthen and broaden food safety training and support across the country. It is intended to complement and expand the existing national infrastructure created through the National Food Safety Training, Education, Extension, Outreach, and Technical Assistance Competitive Grants Program. The core emphasis of FSOP is practical, sustained, and customized delivery of food safety education and technical assistance, with the goal of helping smaller and often under-resourced agricultural and food businesses better understand and implement food safety practices.
Projects funded under this program are expected to develop and carry out food safety training, education, extension, outreach, and technical assistance activities that directly address the real-world needs of specific target groups. Those priority audiences include owners and operators of small to mid-sized farms, beginning farmers, socially disadvantaged farmers, small food processors, and small fresh fruit and vegetable merchant wholesalers. The program is built around the idea that effective food safety support is most successful when it is tailored to the operations and constraints of the people who need it, rather than relying on one-size-fits-all materials.
A notable feature of this opportunity is its focus on local community-driven proposals. Applications are expected from groups that are close to the intended audiences and already engaged in on-the-ground support, including community-based organizations, non-governmental organizations, food hubs, farm cooperatives, Cooperative Extension, and other local or regional partners. In practice, this means FSOP is looking for implementers who can reach producers and small businesses where they are, communicate in culturally and operationally relevant ways, and provide hands-on guidance that can lead to measurable improvements in food safety practices.
Eligibility is broad but clearly defined. Applicants must fit at least one of these categories: a Cooperative Extension Service for a U.S. state or territory; a non-governmental or community-based organization representing owners and operators of farms, small processors, or small fruit and vegetable merchant wholesalers, with a demonstrated commitment to public health and the capacity to administer programs related to food safety; a federal, state, local, or tribal agency; an institution of higher education (or a foundation maintained by such an institution, as defined by federal law); or a collaboration involving two or more eligible entities. Applicants must meet all requirements described in the Request for Applications (RFA), and failure to satisfy eligibility by the deadline can result in removal from consideration or prevent NIFA from making an award.
From an administrative standpoint, the program does not allow duplicate or multiple submissions by the same Project Director/Principal Investigator. If a PD/PI submits more than one application, NIFA will disqualify both, so applicants need to coordinate internally and with partners to ensure only one submission is filed per PD/PI. NIFA also points new applicants to its Grants Overview resources to help organizations unfamiliar with federal financial assistance understand expectations and processes.
Key opportunity details from the source listing include: Funding Opportunity Number USDA NIFA FSMA 009543; Assistance Listing (CFDA) 10.328; funding instrument type is a grant; activity category is agriculture; award ceiling is $550,000; and the original closing date listed was 2023-02-16. The opportunity is administered by USDA NIFA and was created in the system on 2022-11-17.Apply for USDA NIFA FSMA 009543
- The National Institute of Food and Agriculture in the agriculture sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Food Safety Outreach Competitive Grants Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.328.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2022-11-17.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-02-16. (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 $550,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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