Food Protection Task Force Conference (R13)

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), issued by the Food and Drug Administration under the support for Conferences and Scientific meetings Grant mechanism (R13), is to solicit applications from organizations that propose to organize Food Protection Task Force meetings to foster communication, cooperation and collaboration within the States among State, local, tribal and territorial food protection, public health, agriculture, and regulatory agencies. The meetings should: (1) Provide a forum for all the stakeholders of the food protection system—regulatory agencies, academia, industry, consumers, State legislators, Boards of Health and Agriculture, and other interested parties; (2) assist in adopting or implementing the Food Code and other food protection regulations; and (3) promote the integration of an efficient statewide food safety/defense system that maximizes the protection of the public health through prevention, intervention and response including the early detection and containment of foodborne illness.

Application Instructions

Please submit a two to three-page letter of intent with a list of all anticipated investigators, description of proposed aims and approach, Biosketch of the PI, and a letter of support from the Dean or Chair to research@uw.edu by Thursday, May 16, 2013. This letter of support signifies that the Dean or Chair have ensured that the nominee and application are likely to be of sufficient quality to be competitive nationally.  Full applications are due to the sponsor 7/1/13, and so those materials will need to be in to the Office of Sponsored Programs by 6/24/13.