Building Research Capacity in Global Tobacco Product Regulation Program (U18)

Resumen

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of grant funds for the support of the Center for Tobacco Product's (CTP's) Building Research Capacity in Global Tobacco Product Regulation Program. FDA intends to accept and consider a single source application for award to the World Health Organization (WHO) to identify, support, develop, conduct, and coordinate research efforts relating to tobacco control laws and rules in foreign countries that will directly inform and support FDA's exercise of its authority to regulate the manufacture, distribution, marketing, and sale of tobacco products in the United States. The Building Research Capacity in Global Tobacco Product Regulation Program seeks to advance and expand research in support of tobacco product regulation, in order to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with tobacco use both within the United States and internationally. The program will advance FDA's and CTP's mission by utilizing WHO Member States' expertise and extensive international contacts in global tobacco control, as well as WHO's own programmatic expertise, to inform and support adequate manufacture, distribution, and market regulatio