# Microbiology Capability and Capacity Development

> **NIH FDA U19** · RHODE ISLAND STATE DEPT OF HEALTH · 2020 · $27,704

## Abstract

Project Summary for State of Rhode Island PAR-20-105 Laboratory Flexible Funding Model 
(LFFM) (U19) Application. Discipline A: Microbiology, Track 5: Microbiology 
Capability/Capacity Development 
Project Summary 
The Rhode Island State Health Laboratories (RISHL) will expand its scope of ISO/IEC 
17025:2017 accredited food testing by developing the method capability to test for 
Cyclospora in human food product and environmental samples according to FDA BAM 
method 19b. The RISHL will rely on the support of this project to acquire the equipment and 
supplies including a homogenizer, platform rocker, swinging bucket rotor and buckets with 
inserts for conical tubes, and other equipment an necessary to prepare samples for analysis by 
FDA BAM method 19b: Molecular Detection of Cyclospora cayetanensis in Fresh Produce 
Using Real-Time PCR. Support from this project will also be used to acquire Primer and 
Probes for two targets (Cyclospora and IAC), to train personnel on FDA BAM method 19b 
and to develop Standard Operating Procedures for the laboratory. The RISHL will participate 
successfully in a proficiency study offered by a suitable proficiency provider or in a 
laboratory developed exercise to demonstrate competency. 
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## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10175530
- **Project number:** 1U19FD007115-01
- **Recipient organization:** RHODE ISLAND STATE DEPT OF HEALTH
- **Principal Investigator:** Richard C Huard
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $27,704
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10175530

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10175530, Microbiology Capability and Capacity Development (1U19FD007115-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10175530. Licensed CC0.

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