Food Protection Task Force (FPTF) and Integrated Food Safety System (IFSS) Project Grant Program (R18)

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), issued by the Food and Drug Administration under the support for Research Demonstration and Dissemination Projects (R18), is to solicit applications from organizations that propose to develop, test, and evaluate food safety and food defense health service activities and to foster the application of existing knowledge for the control of categorical and food related diseases and illnesses. Grantees will also organize Food Protection Task Force meetings and support related research activities, foster communication, cooperation and collaboration within the States among federal, state, local, tribal and territorial food protection, public health, agriculture, and regulatory agencies.