OpportunityTitle: Integrated Food Defense
Description: The Integrated Food Defense &amp; Emergency Response Cooperative Agreement Program (IFD&amp;ER CAP) grant awards are designed to generate food defense tools and resources that are easily replicated and can complement, aid in the development of, and/or improve State, local, Tribal and territorial (SLTT) food defense programs through unique, innovative, and reproducible projects . The known overlap between food safety (unintentional contamination) and food defense (intentional contamination) is extensive. And the pools of resources available are vast and sometimes difficult to locate and implement. As the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) recognizes the evolution of the relationship between food safety and food defense, it is critical that these programs be integrated to the maximum extent possible in order to ensure the most efficient use of resources, as well as to optimize responses to incidents and events.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: daniel.lukash@fda.hhs.gov
GrantorContactText: Daniel Lukash &lt;br/&gt;Grants Management Specialist &lt;br/&gt;Phone 240/402-7596
CloseDateExplanation: Other key dates include:Open Date (Earliest Submission Date) -May 8, 2015;  February 1, 2016;  February 1, 2017;February 1, 2018;  February 1, 2019    Letter of Intent Due Date(s) -June 15, 2015;  March 1, 2016;  March 1, 2017;March 1, 2018;  March 1, 2019     Application Due Date(s) -July 9, 2015;  April 2, 2016;  April 2, 2017;  April 2, 2018;  April 2, 2019:All applications should be submitted no later than 11:59 PM Eastern Time on each due date. Applicants are encouraged to apply early to allow adequate time to make any corrections to errors found in the application during the submission process by the due date.Applicants should be aware that on-time submission means that an application is submitted error free (of both Grants.gov and eRA Commons errors) by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the application due date