# Kansas Department of Agriculture Laboratory's Implementation of a Flexible Funding Model

> **NIH FDA U19** · KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE · 2020 · $93,422

## Abstract

Project Summary 
The Kansas Department of Agriculture Laboratory aims to help create a national, fully 
integrated food safety system by expanding our testing capabilities in both Microbiology 
and Chemistry as well as increase sample throughput in both human and animal product 
testing. The Laboratory serves as the primary servicing lab for the Food Safety and 
Lodging (FS&L) and Dairy and Feed Safety (DFS) programs. Continued laboratory 
accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 will allow for a complete quality system to ensure 
defensible analytical results are put forth. The accreditation attests to the competency 
and technical capabilities of a laboratory to perform certain tasks and supports 
traceability of data generated. The collaboration between the regulatory programs and 
the laboratory will play an integral role in achieving an integrated national food safety 
system.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10174185
- **Project number:** 1U19FD007079-01
- **Recipient organization:** KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
- **Principal Investigator:** Sarah DeDonder
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $93,422
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10174185

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10174185, Kansas Department of Agriculture Laboratory's Implementation of a Flexible Funding Model (1U19FD007079-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10174185. Licensed CC0.

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