NARMS Cooperative Agreement Program to Strengthen Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance in Retail Food Specimens
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- Posted
- November 5, 2024
- Closes
- See announcement
- Award ceiling
- $4,500,000
- Expected awards
- 30
- Cost sharing
- No
- Instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Assistance listing
- 93.103
- Category
- Agriculture, Consumer Protection, Food and Nutrition
Program funding history
Awards made under Assistance Listing 93.103 across FY2024–FY2026, from public federal spending records.
- FY2024 obligated
- $250.8M
- FY2025 obligated
- $213M
- FY2026 (to date) obligated
- $65.5M
- Awards in window
- 920
Top recipients: The Critical Path Institute, National Environmental Health Association, Association of Food & Drug Officials, The Medical Device Innovation Consortium, Food & Agriculture, California Department of
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed August 2026
Synopsis
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM), builds upon the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) which was initiated in 1996 as one of the key activities in a national action plan to combat antibiotic resistance threats. The purpose of this FOA is to protect and promote public health by enhancing, strengthening and sustaining antibiotic resistance monitoring in retail food specimens within the NARMS program. The NARMS cooperative agreements is intended to improve the detection of antibiotic resistance among bacteria in food commodities, as well as expand to new sites to expand the scope of sampling. Measurable outcomes of the program will be in alignment with the NARMS Objectives.
Who can apply
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- City or township governments
- Independent school districts
- Private institutions of higher education
- Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
- County governments
- Small businesses
- State governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Special district governments
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