Closed · FSIS-FERN-030220 · CFDA 10.479 · Discretionary

FSIS FERN Cooperative Agreement Program

Federal grant opportunity posted by Food Safety Inspection Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$230K-$230K
Award range
Closed
Status
May 15, 2020
Close date
10
Expected awards

The verdict

FSIS FERN Cooperative Agreement Program is a closed discretionary listing from Food Safety Inspection Service that offered $230,000 -- $230,000 across 10 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 16 other opportunities from Food Safety Inspection Service.

$230K-$230K
award range
Closed
application status
10
expected awards
10.479
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

FSIS FERN Cooperative Agreement Program is closed (last close May 15, 2020). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Food Safety Inspection Service still indexes 16 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 15, 2020

Posted Mar 2 Closes May 15

Est. Total Funding

$2,585,000

Expected Awards

10

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The FSIS FERN Cooperative Agreement program provides FSIS food defense capacity and supports the agency’s mission of food safety in the event of a national emergency. Any or all of the CAP initiatives may allow the selected laboratories to provide surge capacity testing for food defense events and special project testing for food defense and/or food safety topics. Laboratories will be involved in on-going testing of food matrices for food defense analytes, method development, method validation, and special directed projects that meet FSIS food safety needs. Long term planning is not always possible for these activities, so laboratories with the capability to respond quickly and with the greatest variety of capabilities will be necessary to support the needs of FSIS.

Campus–civic applicant bridge · 3 doors

FSIS FERN Cooperative Agreement Program bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (3 doors: State governments; Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Others (see official listing text)). 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 code maps to Agriculture (AG). Inside Food Safety Inspection Service's indexed book this exact eligibility-code string is unique to this listing.

Code 00
State governments
Code 06
Public / state-controlled 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

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Agency Contact

Robert W Phillips Senior Microbiologist Phone 706-546-2349

What to do next

FSIS FERN Cooperative Agreement Program is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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