Closed · RFA-FD-17-007 · CFDA 93.103 · Discretionary

Advancing Conformance with the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (VNRFRPS) (U18)

Federal grant opportunity posted by Food and Drug Administration, cataloged on Grants.gov.

up to $70K
Award range
Closed
Status
May 31, 2017
Close date
33
Expected awards

The verdict

Advancing Conformance with the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (VNRFRPS) (U18) is a closed discretionary listing from Food and Drug Administration that offered Up to $70,000 across 33 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 481 other opportunities from Food and Drug Administration.

up to $70K
award range
Closed
application status
33
expected awards
93.103
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Advancing Conformance is closed (last close May 31, 2017). The parent program page for CFDA 93.103 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Food and Drug Administration still indexes 481 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed May 31, 2017

Posted Mar 15 Closes May 31

Expected Awards

33

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The intended outcome of this FOA is to advance efforts for a nationally integrated food safety system by assisting retail food regulatory programs in achieving conformance with the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (VNRFRPS or Retail Program Standards). The Retail Program Standards apply to the operation and management of a retail food regulatory program that is focused on the reduction of risk factors known to cause or contribute to foodborne illness and to the promotion of active managerial control of these risk factors. These cooperative agreements are intended to assist regulatory food retail programs in developing, implementing, and improving the infrastructure necessary to support conformance with the VNRFRPS.

Multi-door applicant board · 5 Grants.gov types

Grants.gov prints 5 distinct applicant types for Advancing Conformance (State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Federally recognized tribal governments; +1 more). Filter fit against the official announcement before drafting. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity codes span Agriculture · Consumer Protection · Food and Nutrition (AG;CP;FN). Inside Food and Drug Administration's indexed book this exact eligibility-code string is unique to this listing.

Code 00
State governments
Code 01
County governments
Code 02
City or township governments
Code 07
Federally recognized tribal governments
Code 11
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

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Agency Contact

Allison Mandel Grants Specialist Phone 240-402-7602

What to do next

Advancing Conformance is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 93.103 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Food and Drug Administration Research indexes 42 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • Food and Drug Administration lists 481 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.

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