Laboratory Flexible Funding Model (LFFM)
Federal funding opportunity RFA-FD-25-007 from Food and Drug Administration (Department of Health and Human Services).
Apply on Grants.gov →Application closes January 11, 2028
- Posted
- February 6, 2025
- Closes
- January 11, 2028
- Award ceiling
- $1,500,000
- Expected awards
- 75
- Cost sharing
- No
- Instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Assistance listing
- 93.103
- Category
- Agriculture, Consumer Protection, Food and Nutrition
- Archives
- February 10, 2028
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
- $15M
- Awards in window
- 911
Top recipients: The Critical Path Institute, National Environmental Health Association, Association of Food & Drug Officials, The Medical Device Innovation Consortium, Duke University
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed July 2026
Synopsis
This cooperative agreement is intended to enhance the capacity and capabilities of state human and animal food testing laboratories in support of an integrated food safety system (IFSS). This is achieved through prioritized sample testing and food defense preparedness in the areas of microbiology, chemistry, and radiochemistry, as well as method development and capacity/capability development projects that support and expand food safety and food defense testing.
Who can apply
- Private institutions of higher education
- County governments
- Special district governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- State governments
- City or township governments
Applicant organizations applying for product testing tracks must be accredited to ISO 17025 in at least one human or animal food testing method applicable to the discipline for which they are applying.Applicant organizations applying for tracks other than product testing must be accredited to ISO 17025 or have a quality system that ensures quality assurance and quality control of laboratory testing including but not limited to: validated methods, document control, training programs, and analyst competency requirements.Applicant organizations applying to any track other than Whole Genome Sequencing must have a valid 20.88 agreement with FDA prior to the time of application.
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