OpportunityTitle: Agriculture and Food Research Initiative: Food Safety
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligibility is linked to the project type5 requested in Program Area Descriptions beginning in Part I, C (page ). All project types are described beginning in Part II, C (page 10). Eligible institutions for multi-functional Integrated Projects are described in paragraph #1 below.
Description: This AFRI Challenge Area promotes and enhances the scientific discipline of food safety, with an overall aim of protecting consumers from microbial and chemical contaminants that may occur during all stages of the food chain, from production to consumption. This requires an understanding of the interdependencies of human, animal, and ecosystem health as it pertains to foodborne pathogens. The long-term outcome for this program is to reduce foodborne illnesses and deaths by improving the safety of the food supply, which will result in reduced impacts on public health and on our economy. In order to achieve this outcome, this program will support single-function Research Projects and multi-function Integrated Research, Education, and/or Extension Projects, and Food and Agricultural Science Enhancement (FASE) Grants that address one of the Program Area Priorities (see Food Safety RFA for details).
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CloseDateExplanation: In FY 2012, all Program Areas within the Food Safety Challenge Area require a Letter of Intent for submission of an application. For those programs requiring a Letter of Intent, a letter is required for all19 grant types except Conference Grant applications. Refer to Part IV, A (page ) for instructions on the preparation of a Letter of Intent.