Opportunity Information: Apply for RFA FD 23 019
The Development and Maintenance of Human and Animal Food Rapid Response Teams (U2F) grant opportunity (RFA-FD-23-019) is a cooperative agreement program from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) within the Department of Health and Human Services. Its central aim is to help state governments build, sustain, and continuously improve Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) that can manage food-related emergencies affecting both human and animal food (often referred to as HAF). The broader intent is to strengthen the national integrated food safety system by making sure federal, state, and local partners can coordinate more seamlessly during outbreaks, contamination events, and other food safety incidents. Clinical trials are not allowed under this funding opportunity, reinforcing that the work is focused on public health preparedness, response operations, and systems improvement rather than clinical research.
At its core, the program is designed to unify and coordinate emergency response efforts across multiple disciplines that have to work together during a real incident. A major emphasis is strengthening the operational link between epidemiology, laboratory functions, and environmental health or regulatory components. In practice, this means encouraging states to ensure that disease investigators, public health labs, and food regulatory or environmental assessment staff are not operating in separate lanes when an event happens. Instead, they are expected to function as an integrated team that can quickly share findings, align investigative steps, and move efficiently from detecting a problem to identifying its source and implementing control measures.
A second major focus is improving state regulatory and surveillance programs for human and animal food protection through standardized incident management approaches. The FOA highlights the use of Incident Command System (ICS) and National Incident Management System (NIMS) principles, along with a Unified Command structure, to support integrated responses to all-hazards HAF emergencies. This points to a strong expectation that funded programs will be able to scale up quickly and manage complex, multi-agency responses using common command and coordination methods. The operational goal is to rapidly identify and remove adulterated or contaminated food from commerce, limit additional exposure, and conduct root cause investigations so that agencies and industry can address underlying problems and prevent recurrence.
Beyond direct response mechanics, the FOA also emphasizes the supporting capabilities that make rapid response sustainable and consistently effective over time. These supporting components include workforce training and exercises, better data sharing across partners, stronger data analysis capacity to support decision-making, and clear communication practices for both internal coordination and external messaging. The program also highlights continuous process improvement, which signals that states are expected not only to respond to incidents but to review performance afterward, document lessons learned, refine procedures, and adopt best practices. The development and dissemination of best practices and other practical resources is framed as part of building national response capacity, meaning improvements are intended to be useful beyond a single state and contribute to a more capable nationwide system.
From an administrative and funding standpoint, this is categorized as a discretionary grant using a cooperative agreement funding instrument, which typically implies more substantial federal involvement than a standard grant. The activity category is listed under agriculture, consumer protection, and food and nutrition, and the assistance listing (CFDA) number is 93.103. Eligibility is limited to state governments, reflecting the program’s role in strengthening state-level infrastructure and coordination with federal and local partners. The opportunity was created on February 2, 2023, with an original closing date of April 14, 2023. The anticipated maximum award amount (award ceiling) is $360,000, with an expectation of up to 25 awards, indicating an intent to support a sizable network of state RRT efforts rather than only a small number of jurisdictions.
Overall, this funding opportunity is about readiness and operational excellence in food safety emergencies: building teams that can work across disciplines, manage incidents under standardized command structures, move quickly to protect the public by getting unsafe products off the market, and then translate investigative findings into prevention strategies. The emphasis on training, communications, data systems, and continuous improvement shows that FDA is looking for programs that can maintain capability over the long term and contribute to a coordinated national approach to human and animal food incident response.Apply for RFA FD 23 019
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration in the agriculture, consumer protection, food and nutrition sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Development and Maintenance of Human and Animal Food Rapid Response Teams (U2F) Clinical Trials 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 Feb 02, 2023.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 14, 2023. (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 $360,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 25 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments.
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