Closed · PAR-18-604 · CFDA 93.103 · Discretionary
Vet-LIRN Network Capacity-Building Projects
Federal grant opportunity posted by Food and Drug Administration, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $500K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- April 14, 2023
- Close date
- 50
- Expected awards
The verdict
Vet-LIRN Network Capacity-Building Projects is a closed discretionary listing from Food and Drug Administration that offered Up to $500,000 across 50 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 $500K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 50
- expected awards
- 93.103
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Vet-LIRN Network Capacity-Building Projects is closed (last close April 14, 2023). 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 April 14, 2023
Est. Total Funding
$4,500,000
Expected Awards
50
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support enhanced human and animal food safety by strengthening the capacity, collaboration, and integration of food-safety laboratories and networks, thereby facilitating an effective and coordinated response to future human and animal food safety issues. The current FOA solicits applications from FDA's Veterinary Laboratory Investigation and Response Network laboratories for research related to emerging public food safety issues identified by the Vet-LIRN network office (VPO), for equipment and personnel necessary to expand laboratory capability and capacity, and for other related activities. This cooperative agreement program is intended to build domestic laboratory capacity as put forth in the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), by developing the Vet-LIRN laboratory Network capabilities and capacity to investigate potential animal foodborne illness outbreaks.
Campus–civic applicant bridge · 9 doors
Vet-LIRN Network Capacity-Building Projects bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (9 doors: State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Special district governments; +5 more). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set. 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). Only 2 other Food and Drug Administration listings share this exact eligibility-code string (0% of 482).
- Code 00
- State governments
- Code 01
- County governments
- Code 02
- City or township governments
- Code 04
- Special district governments
- Code 06
- Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Code 07
- Federally recognized tribal governments
- Code 11
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Code 20
- Private institutions of higher education
- Code 25
- Others (see official listing text)
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
View full details, application forms, and submission instructions.
Parent Grant Program
Food and Drug Administration Research
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Agency Contact
Rene Vasquez Grants Management Specialist
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What to do next
Vet-LIRN Network Capacity-Building Projects 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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