# Special Projects: Analytical Track 3: Method Development/Validation

> **NIH FDA U19** · MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH · 2020 · $35,000

## Abstract

SUMMARY: SPECIAL PROJECT TRACK 3 (METHOD DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION) 
The MDH Laboratories Administration places a high priority on developing and implementing cutting- 
edge technologies and capabilities. The core tenet of this large and multifaceted proposal is to contribute 
a comprehensive and integrated food protection laboratory hub to the Food Emergency Response 
Network (FERN) that is capable of analyzing many different foods across a diversity of threat priorities. 
Developing and validating new testing methods is thus central to achieving our goal of ensuring a 
safe food supply. Through this track the MDH Laboratories Administration proposes to conduct 
preliminary, short-term, or exploratory investigations, as needed by FERN, that focus on the feasibility of 
a new method and/or technology. The Laboratory will follow the Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) 
guidelines for method validation as described in “Validation of Chemical Methods for the FDA FVM 
Program” to complete a one-year, single-laboratory validation study. The Division of Environmental 
Sciences has all of the instrumentation, including 5 ICP-MS and 3 LC-MS/MS mass spectrometers, 
multiple expert and experienced scientists, and established methodologies in place to perform these 
studies. Projects for each of the five years of this cooperative agreement will be chosen based on FERN 
needs, and/or proposed based on emerging local priorities and opportunities, in consultation with the 
FERN management team.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10174023
- **Project number:** 1U19FD007084-01
- **Recipient organization:** MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
- **Principal Investigator:** SINISA URBAN
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $35,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10174023

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10174023, Special Projects: Analytical Track 3: Method Development/Validation (1U19FD007084-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10174023. Licensed CC0.

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