Deadline: 16-Feb-23
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) requests applications for the Food Safety Outreach Competitive Grants Program for fiscal year (FY) 2023 to develop and implement food safety training, education, extension, outreach and technical assistance projects that address the needs of owners and operators of small to midsized farms, beginning farmers, socially-disadvantaged farmers small processors, veteran farmers or ranchers, or small fresh fruit and vegetable merchant wholesalers.
The program will also support outreach to underserved audiences by establishing grant writing skills technical assistance resource awards. Community Outreach and Collaborative Education and Training projects will focus on, but are not limited to, providing on farm or on-site training and/or technical assistance that addresses knowledge and resource gaps for the target audiences in the areas of pre- and post-harvest water testing and sampling, soil amendments, developing supply chain programs, and/or developing food safety plans.
Types of Projects
This Request for Applications (RFA) will solicit proposals for three project types:
- Community Outreach Projects (award request: $80,000 – $150,000) – An additional $150,000 may be requested for Collaborative Engagement Supplements, for a total budget request of up to $300,000.
- Collaborative Education and Training Projects (award request: $200,000 – $400,000) – An additional $150,000 may be requested for Collaborative Engagement Supplements, for a total budget request of up to $550,000.
- Technical Assistance – Grant Writing Skills Projects (award request: $75,000 – $150,000) – An additional $150,000 may be requested for Collaborative Engagement Supplement, for a total budget request of up to $300,000.
Eligibility Criteria
Entities are eligible to apply to the National Food Safety and Outreach Program (FSOP) if they meet at least one of the following criteria:
- The Cooperative Extension Service for a U.S. state or territory;
- Non-government organizations and/or community-based organizations representing owners and operators of farms, small food processors, or small fruit and vegetable merchant wholesalers that has a commitment to public health and expertise in administering programs that contribute to food safety;
- Federal, State, local, or tribal agencies;
- An institution of higher education (as defined in Section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C1862. 1001(a)) or a foundation maintained by an institution of higher education;
- A collaboration of two or more eligible entities.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
