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The Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program
encourages new and innovative research and joint projects
with ERS researchers. The program awards grants and cooperative
agreements between $100,000 and $400,000.
- Grants are awarded when the research project supports
the research mission and does not require substantial
involvement between ERS staff and the extramural researchers
during the research period.
- Cooperative agreements, awarded when the research
project requires more substantial involvement between
ERS and the extramural researchers, allow ERS staff
to supplement their own expertise with the knowledge
and resources of academic and private institutions.
2008
FANRP Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements Awards
Program
ERS's Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program
(FANRP) is now accepting proposals for grants and cooperative
agreements for fiscal 2008. The three priority research
areas are: (1) Food Choices: Economic Determinants and
Consequences, (2) Economic Incentives in Food Assistance
Programs, and (3) Food Assistance as an Economic Safety
Net.
The publication, Food
Assistance and Nutrition Research Program, Fiscal 2008,
Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program:
Description and Application Process describes the
research areas and application requirements. Funding for
competitive awards in fiscal 2008 is approximately $2
million. The deadline for proposal submission is May 19,
2008.
Applicants may submit proposals to FANRP electronically
through the Grants.gov
website or through paper application as described in the
announcement.
Cover sheet (SF-424) and budget form (SF-424A) for paper
submissions:
The three priority research areas are:
Food Choices: Economic Determinants and Consequences
Economic Incentives in Food Assistance Programs
Food Assistance as an Economic Safety Net
The proposal evaluation process includes peer review
panels consisting of experts from academia, government,
and the private sector. In addition to reviewer’s
comments, FANRP’s selection process considers
coverage of priority research areas, overlap between
proposals and ongoing projects, program needs, potential
benefits from research collaborations on particular
projects, and availability of funding.
FANRP 2007 Awards—FANRP's
Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program
made awards in fiscal 2007 to fund research on food
choices: economic determinants and consequences, economic
incentives in food assistance programs; and food assistance
as an economic safety net. The program is publicly announced
and competitively awarded through the use of peer review
panels. Descriptions
of the projects funded in 2007 and awards
from previous years are available.
Food
Assistance and Nutrition Research Program, Final Report:
Fiscal 2007 Activities —Provides
an overview of FANRP's research themes, principles, publications,
and activities and describes the objectives of individual
research projects.
FANRP also indirectly supports extramural research
through the RIDGE
Program.
Visit Grants.gov
to find and apply for grants available across the Federal
Government.
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