Closed · RFA-FD-21-021 · CFDA 93.103 · Discretionary

Renewal - Elucidating the Sensorial and Functional Characteristics of Compositionally Different and Differently Aged Topical Formulations (U01) Clinical Trial Required

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

$250K-$500K
Award range
Closed
Status
March 18, 2021
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

Renewal - Elucidating the Sensorial and Functional Characteristics of Compositionally Different and Differently Aged Topical Formulations (U01) Clinical Trial Required is a closed discretionary listing from Food and Drug Administration that offered $250,000 -- $500,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 481 other opportunities from Food and Drug Administration.

$250K-$500K
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
93.103
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Renewal - Elucidating the Sensorial and Funct… is closed (last close March 18, 2021). 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 March 18, 2021

Posted Jan 14 Closes Mar 18

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The purpose of this funding opportunity is to support research relevant to topical semisolid drug products that will help elucidate the relationship between a product's quality attributes and its functional (therapeutic) properties, as well as the impact of product aging on those properties. The goal is to characterize the relevant physicochemical and structural properties of topical semisolid formulations/products to assess (and predict) whether test and reference products that may be compositionally different are likely to provide a comparable sensory experience to a patient (including comparable perceptions of grittiness, silky-smoothness, and cooling sensation) which may impact the therapeutic equivalence of the drug products.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · RFA-FD-21-021

Grants.gov marks Renewal - Elucidating the Sensorial and Funct… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity codes span Consumer Protection · Food and Nutrition · Science and Technology / R&D (CP;FN;ST). 119 other Food and Drug Administration listings share this eligibility-code string (25% of 482).

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.

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 93.103

Food and Drug Administration Research

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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Agency Contact

Shashi Malhotra Grants Management Specialist Phone 2404027592

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What to do next

Renewal - Elucidating the Sensorial and Funct… 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
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