# Discipline A: Microbiology, Analytical Track 4: Whole Genome Sequencing

> **NIH FDA U19** · VERMONT STATE AGENCY OF HUMAN SERVICES · 2020 · $110,000

## Abstract

Project Abstract Summary 
The Vermont Department of Health Laboratory (VDHL) is located at 359 South Park Drive in 
Colchester, VT. The mission of VDHL is to promote health and prevent disease by providing 
quality analytical services, leadership in laboratory science and support to public health and 
environmental activities. VDHL, as the primary servicing laboratory, is committed to 
strengthening the food safety system in Vermont by supporting the regulatory and surveillance 
activities of the Vermont Department of Health Food and Lodging Program (VDHFL), which 
holds the State Manufactured Food Regulatory Program contract with FDA. To support these 
activities, VDHL must maintain and enhance its ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation, obtained in 
September 2016, to ensure all test data generated is valid and defensible. VDHL is requesting 
funds in the amount of $1,884,472 to be used from July 2020 through June 2025 to maintain 
and enhance its ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation, increase its food sampling and testing capacity, 
develop a validated method for gamma emitting radionuclides in human food, and report all 
collected surveillance data to FDA. Some specific uses of the funds include hiring two new 
Public Health Laboratory Scientists, buying key equipment, traveling to face-to-face meetings to 
share cutting edge ideas, and verifying new methods through special projects. Through this 
partnership, an increase in the number and type of laboratory analyses conducted will lead to 
enhanced protection of the food supply through an integrated food safety system.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10174539
- **Project number:** 1U19FD007076-01
- **Recipient organization:** VERMONT STATE AGENCY OF HUMAN SERVICES
- **Principal Investigator:** Barb Cote
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $110,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10174539

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10174539, Discipline A: Microbiology, Analytical Track 4: Whole Genome Sequencing (1U19FD007076-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-29 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10174539. Licensed CC0.

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