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Laboratory Flexible Funding Model (LFFM)

Awards up to $1,500,000 per recipient for city or township governments, county governments, native american tribal governments (federally recognized), native american tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments), private institutions of higher education, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, special district governments, state governments, closing Jan 11, 2028.

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Laboratory Flexible Funding Model (LFFM) awards up to $1,500,000 per recipient, open to city or township governments, county governments, native american tribal governments (federally recognized), native american tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments), private…

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Program pool (total)
Not confirmed
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project)
$1,500,000
Award floor
$0
Typical award
Not confirmed
Deadline
Jan 11, 2028
Deadline type
Fixed date
Opens
Feb 6, 2025
Status
Open
Eligible entities
City or township governments · County governments · Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) · Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) · Private institutions of higher education · Public and State controlled institutions of higher education · Special district governments · State governments
Geography
Not stated
Matching funds
No
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Application effort
Not confirmed
Use of funds
sample testing · food defense preparedness · microbiology · chemistry · radiochemistry · method development · capacity/capability development
Currency
USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle
Not stated
Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive
$1,500,000

Who can apply?

level
Derived from the source that published this record
entity
City or township governments, County governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Private institutions of higher education, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Special district governments, State governments
Source field: entity types
industry
use
capacity/capability development, chemistry, food defense preparedness, method development, microbiology, radiochemistry, sample testing
Source field: use of funds
size limit

Not confirmed

Source field: applicant size limit
clause text

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…

We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.

When does it close?

Jan 11, 2028491 daysDeadline type Fixed date

What can the money be used for?

7 categorys
The source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.
sample testingfood defense preparednessmicrobiologychemistryradiochemistrymethod developmentcapacity/capability development

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

How hard is the application?

1 field
Effort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.
Application effort
Not confirmed
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Matching funds
No

Common questions

5 questions
Every answer is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.
How much can one applicant receive?
Up to $1,500,000 per recipient.
When is the application deadline?
Jan 11, 2028.
Who is eligible to apply?
City or township governments, County governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Private institutions of higher education, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Special district governments, State governments.
What can the funding be used for?
sample testing, food defense preparedness, microbiology, chemistry, radiochemistry, method development, capacity/capability development, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?
No. The source states that no matching funds are required.

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Source pagegrants.gov
Retrieved2026-09-06
MethodAutomated check
First seen2026-09-02

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