ERS issues cooperative agreements and grant awards,
and works with land-grant partners and others on
plans of work and other administrative matters. ERS sponsors three major
competitive grants and cooperative agreements programs:
- The Consumer Data and Information Program (CDIP) oversees the development of an integrated and comprehensive data and analysis framework for food and nutrition policy analyses. The program uses competitive grants to fund research on behavioral economic strategies to promote healthy eating and obesity prevention. The findings from successful proposals are expected to advance USDA’s effort to ensure a healthy, well-nourished population.
Applications may be submitted electronically through the Grants.gov website, and are DUE July 3, 2008. USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) anticipates awarding up to eight individual grants. The maximum funding level per grant is $30,000 for the duration of the agreement, not to exceed 3 years. For information on the research areas of interest, application procedures, deadlines for submission, and guidance for the application process, go to the Behavioral Health Economics Research Program. For instructions on how to apply, click on the “Application” tab and scroll down to get the document, or download the instructions and application directly. You may also contact Lisa Mancino.
- The
Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program
(FANRP) at ERS funds economic research on the
U.S. Department of Agriculture's domestic food
assistance and nutrition programs. These programs
include the Food Stamp Program; the Special Supplemental
Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children
(WIC); and child nutrition programs, such as the
National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs.
The purpose of the research is to meet the critical
information needs of the Administration, Congress,
program managers, policy officials, clients, the
research community, and the public at large. Major
research themes of FANRP are diet and nutritional
outcomes, food program targeting and delivery,
and program dynamics and administration.
FANRP funds extramural research through grants,
cooperative agreements, and contracts that are
competitively awarded through a tightly run peer
review process. The publication Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program, Final Report: Fiscal 2007 Activities
has descriptions of past awards. Information on
Research Funding Opportunities
describes opportunities to submit proposals for grants and cooperative agreements.
PREISM funds extramural research through grants,
cooperative agreements, and contracts that are
competitively awarded through a tightly run peer
review process. The deadline for submitting proposals for fiscal 2008 has passed.
For information about all Federal funding opportunities,
visit www.Grants.gov.
ERS-Issued Significant Guidance Documents
All ERS awards are governed by the appropriate
Federal and agency-specific regulations (for example,
OMB
Circulars and the Code
of Federal Regulations). Please refer
to the request for applications, the award document,
or the content of the regulations for applicable
regulatory information or guidance.
Title |
Issuing Office |
Date of Issuance |
Applies to/Interprets |
CDIP Behavioral Health Economics |
Consumer Data and Information Program |
July 3, 2008 |
7 CFR 3019, 7 CFR Part 3015, 7 CFR Part 3016,
7 USC 3318b |
FANRP Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program |
Food Assistance and Nutrition
Research Program (FANRP), Economic Research
Service, USDA |
Annually, last issued in March
2008 |
7 CFR 3019, 7 CFR Part 3015, 7 CFR Part 3016,
7 USC 3318b |
PREISM Competitive Award Program |
Program of Research on the Economics
of Invasive Species Management (PREISM), Economic
Research Service, USDA |
Annually, last issued in July
2007 |
7 CFR 3019, 7 CFR Part 3015, 7 CFR Part 3016,
7 USC 3318b |
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published
two Federal Register Notices on Tuesday, May 11,
2004 (69 FR 26275 and 69 FR 26281). The Notices
implement changes affecting the location of policy
guidance for grants and other agreements.
In the first
notice, OMB established a single
title in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
(i.e., title 2 of the CFR) along with two subtitles
(i.e., subtitles A and B). Subtitle A of title
2 is to house OMB's guidance to Federal agencies
for grants and agreements. Subtitle B of title
2 will house agency regulations implementing the
OMB guidance.
By way of the second
notice, OMB relocates the
existing OMB Circular A-110 to title 2 in the CFR,
subtitle A, chapter II, subchapter B, part 215.
Contact Information
Members of the public who
wish to request that the agency issue, reconsider,
modify, or rescind a significant guidance document,
or to complain that the agency is not following
the procedures in OMB's Bulletin or is improperly
treating a significant guidance document as a binding
requirement, may do so by contacting
Janet Perry.
See also USDA Significant Guidance Documents
Also visit www.regulations.gov to
view and comment on regulations and other actions
for Federal agencies.
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