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Next cut-off

11 Jan '28

in 492 days

Per grant

$1.5M

the call's own average

Grants expected

projects that will be funded

Funding rate

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In context of US Department of Health and Human Services

This grant$1.5M

The track runs to the largest grant in US Department of Health and Human Services ($42M). The median across the 961 calls we publish is $749K, this one is above it.

What this call funds

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.

What applying costs you

Item	Estimate	Note
Drafting effort	3–4 weeks	single submission
Time to first payment	6–9 months	cut-off → evaluation → grant agreement

These are Bemzu's estimates from the call's structure (the number of stages and whether a consortium is required) not figures published by the Commission. Only the co-financing share is read from the call itself.

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