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Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs: Fiscal 2007 Research Funding Opportunities

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 and policy choices 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.

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Investigator

City/State

Title

Award
amount

Food Choices: Economic Determinants and Consequences

Steven Yen
University of Tennessee

Knoxville, TN Food Demand in Low-Income Households $130,000
Diane Schanzenbach
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL Identifying Behavioral Economics Factors Affecting Food Consumption $399,773
Chen Zhen
Research Triangle Institute
Research Triangle Park, NC Measuring Consumption Response to Prices in a Dynamic Model of Consumer Food Purchase Behavior $249,494
David Just
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY Altering Social and Convenience Costs To Improve Students’ Lunch Choices $200,000
Cathleen Zick
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT The Role of Time Use in Promoting Healthy Energy Balance $100,000

Geetha Waehrer
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation

Calverton, MD Employment Status and Food Stamp Program Participation as Determinants of Eating Patterns of Low-Income Households $150,000
Economic Incentives and Policy Choices in Food Assistance Programs
Helen Jensen
Iowa State University
Ames, IA Incorporating Nutrition and Economic Factors Into Planning School Lunch $213,365
Mary Kay Fox
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Princeton, NJ The Effects of Subsidized School Meals on Children’s Diet Quality $140,000
Sonya Jones
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC Assessing Alternative Policies for Improving the School Food Environment $200,000
Michael Ponza
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Princeton, NJ The Economic Impact of School Meal Certification Approaches on the Uptake of Free- and Reduced-Price Meals $185,000
Laura Castner
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Washington, DC Interactions Between the Food Stamp Program and the Economy $185,000
Food Assistance as a Safety Net
Hilary Hoynes
University of California-Davis
Davis, CA Impact of Food Stamps and WIC on Health and Longrun Economic Outcomes $99,995
Signe-Mary McKernan
The Urban Institute
Washington, DC Food Sufficiency, the Role of Food Stamp Program Participation, Duration, and Policies $150,000
Craig Gundersen
Iowa State University
Ames, IA Assessing Effects of Food Stamps on Child Outcomes When Program Participation Is Misreported $140,000

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Updated date: October 17, 2007