This funding opportunity supports projects that enhance, strengthen, and sustain antibiotic resistance surveillance in retail food specimens. It focuses on improving detection of antibiotic resistance among bacteria in food commodities and expanding surveillance to new sites. Funded activities must align with the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) objectives to protect public health.
Eligible applicants include higher education institutions, nonprofits, for-profit organizations, local and state governments, tribal governments, federal agencies, and other specified organizations. Foreign and non-domestic entities are not eligible.
