Rapid Response Team (RRT) Cooperative Agreement
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- Posted
- July 28, 2022
- Closes
- See announcement
- Program funding
- $8,250,000
- Expected awards
- 25
- Cost sharing
- No
- Instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Assistance listing
- 93.103
Program funding history
Awards made under Assistance Listing 93.103 across FY2025–FY2027, from public federal spending records.
- FY2025 obligated
- $213M
- FY2026 obligated
- $215.3M
- FY2027 (to date) obligated
- $0
- Awards in window
- 849
Top recipients: The Critical Path Institute, National Environmental Health Association, Association of Food & Drug Officials, Yale Univ, Food & Agriculture, California Department of
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed October 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →
Synopsis
The purpose of the NOFO is to facilitate long-term improvements and innovation to the national integrated food safety system by unifying and coordinating federal/state/local human and animal food (HAF) emergency response efforts including:
1) Strengthening the link among epidemiology, lab, and environmental health/regulatory components;
2) Improving States' regulatory and surveillance HAF protection programs to include using Incident Command System (ICS)/National Incident Management System (NIMS) principles and a Unified Command structure to conduct integrated responses to all-hazards HAF emergencies, rapidly identifying and removing tainted food from commerce, and conducting root cause investigations to inform future prevention efforts; and
3) Addressing supporting components, such as training, data sharing, data analysis, communications, continuous process improvement, and development of best practices and other resources to support national capacity/capability development..
Who can apply
- Independent school districts
- County governments
- Private institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Special district governments
- Small businesses
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- State governments
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
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