Flexible Funding Model - Advancing Domestic Mutual Reliance Through Strengthened Infrastructure Development and Maintenance for Manufactured Food Regulatory Programs
FDA funding helps manufactured food regulatory programs build and maintain infrastructure, meet national standards, and strengthen shared food safety oversight through collaboration and data sharing.
Funder: Food and Drug Administration
Due Dates: December 14, 2026 (Optional LOI) | January 14, 2027 (Application) | December 14, 2027 (Optional LOI) | January 14, 2028 (Application) | December 14, 2028 (Optional LOI) | January 16, 2029 (Application) | December 14, 2029 (Optional LOI) | January 14, 2030 (Application)
Funding Amounts: Development: $300,000/year; Maintenance: $200,000–$450,000/year by assigned level and year; maximum five years
Summary: Supports manufactured food regulatory infrastructure, MFRPS conformance, and shared food safety oversight between FDA and state or territorial programs.
Key Information: Limited competition for state and territorial manufactured food regulatory programs with human food safety contracts.
Description
The FDA’s Flexible Funding Model supports manufactured food regulatory programs in achieving and maintaining conformance with the Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards (MFRPS). Through cooperative agreements, it helps newer programs develop foundational infrastructure and established programs sustain regulatory operations, training, and audit capacity. Participating FDA components are the Human Foods Program and Office of Inspections and Investigations.
The program’s three goals are to support and enhance program infrastructure, advance domestic mutual reliance, and build the Integrated Food Safety System (IFSS) community. Funded work strengthens FDA–program partnerships through coordinated inspections, facility inventory reconciliation, enforcement, and sharing of complaints and recall information. The objective is more effective food safety oversight with less duplication of regulatory effort.
