# MASPHL-NARMS Cooperative Agreement

> **NIH FDA U01** · MASSACHUSETTS STATE DEPT OF PUB HEALTH · 2022 · $182,000

## Abstract

PAR-20-124 NARMS Cooperative Agreement Program to Enhance and Strengthen Antibiotic Resistance
Surveillance in Retail Food Specimens
Massachusetts State Public Health Laboratory
Abstract
The Massachusetts State Public Health Laboratory (MASPHL) is requesting funding from
PAR-20-124 NARMS Cooperative Agreement Program to Enhance and Strengthen
Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance in Retail Food Specimens in order to contribute to the
understanding of the burden of antibiotic resistant pathogens in retail meats in the food
supply. MA SPHL is committed to producing the highest quality results from the testing
performed at the lab and are using methods accredited to the ISO 17025 standard (or
equivalent), thereby assuring of the quality of the results generated.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10616236
- **Project number:** 1U01FD007753-01
- **Recipient organization:** MASSACHUSETTS STATE DEPT OF PUB HEALTH
- **Principal Investigator:** Esther Fortes
- **Activity code:** U01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $182,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2022-09-01 → 2025-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10616236

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10616236, MASPHL-NARMS Cooperative Agreement (1U01FD007753-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10616236. Licensed CC0.

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