# NCIMS Pre-Conference Planning Funding Support Request

> **NIH FDA R13** · NATL CONF ON INTERSTATE MILK SHIPMENTS · 2021 · $50,000

## Abstract

2021 NCIMS Project Summary
The National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments (NCIMS) is a non-profit
educational organization composed of state, local and federal regulatory officials
responsible for milk sanitation rating and enforcement of Grade A milk sanitation
laws, dairy industry personnel, academic researchers, advisors, and consumers.
Typically, the Conference meets biennially in odd-numbered years, but due to the
unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic public health emergency it is postponed
from 2021 until April 2022.
The primary business of the Conference is to deliberate proposals submitted by
individuals from various regulatory agencies and from the dairy industry, who
have an interest in ensuring that the dairy products available for sale and
consumed throughout the United States are safe. The mission of the NCIMS is
“To Assure the Safest Possible Milk Supply for All the People.”
The Conference business can only be accomplished with an in-person meeting
to allow for robust debate, transparency and input from all interested parties and
delegates from each of the fifty states and one United States Trust Territory that
participate in the Interstate Milk Shippers program and send a delegate to make
final decisions on the various proposals that are submitted. The state delegates
and Executive Board approved an action to reschedule the Conference until April
2022 due to ongoing concerns from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Due to COVID-19 the NCIMS is experiencing financial constraints as the primary
source of revenue is from Conference registrations which will not occur until
2022. The NCIMS has and will encounter additional administrative expenses for
planning, research, and logistics to ensure the necessary safety constraints and
protocols are in place to hold a conference safely and successfully for more than
300 attendees.
The grant will allow NCIMS to properly plan and prepare for the Conference that
will be held at the J.W. Marriott in Indianapolis, IN in April 2022. Funds from the
grant will be used to pay administrative costs, salary of the NCIMS staff that
organizes and plans the Conference and travel cost for staff and Officers to
inspect conference meeting space and plan and appropriately adapt the
Conference operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic and communicate these
changes to potential Conference attendees.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10391911
- **Project number:** 1R13FD007388-01
- **Recipient organization:** NATL CONF ON INTERSTATE MILK SHIPMENTS
- **Principal Investigator:** Cary Frye
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $50,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2021-07-01 → 2023-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10391911

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10391911, NCIMS Pre-Conference Planning Funding Support Request (1R13FD007388-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10391911. Licensed CC0.

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