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 FANRP
research is conducted internally by ERS staff, as well
as through a portfolio of external research projects and
partnerships. FANRP supports extramural research primarily
through two mechanisms, the Competitive
Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program and the
Small
Grants Program. These programs enable FANRP to draw
upon the expertise of external researchers and are used
to stimulate new and innovative research.
FANRP
2006 Request for Research Proposals (Closed May 22,
2006)—In mid-March of each year, FANRP announces
its research priorities and invites the submission of
research proposals for competitive review and award. The
publication, Food
Assistance and Nutrition Research Program, Fiscal 2006
Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program:
Description and Application Process describes FANRP's
priority research areas and application requirements for
2006. ERS anticipates funding of about $1.5 million for
competitive grants and cooperative agreements this fiscal
year. Awards will be announced in mid-October 2006.
FANRP
2006 Awards—FANRP's Competitive Grants and
Cooperative Agreements Program made awards in fiscal
2006 to fund
research on strengthening economic incentives in food
assistance programs; food assistance as a safety
net;
and obesity, diet quality, and health outcomes. Descriptions
of the projects and awards
from previous years are available.
Food
Assistance and Nutrition Research Program Final Report:
Fiscal 2005 Activities—Provides an overview of
FANRP's research themes, principles, publications, and
activities and describes the objectives of individual
research projects.
Contracts are used when a very specific product is required,
such as compliance with a Congressional mandate. When
the intent is to stimulate new and innovative research
or to conduct projects jointly with ERS researchers, FANRP
uses its Competitive Grants and
Cooperative Agreements Program or its Small
Grants Program. Visit grants.gov to
find and apply for grants available across the Federal
government.
Competitive Grants and Cooperative
Agreements Program
This program awards grants and cooperative agreements
between $100,000 and $400,000. The program is publicly
announced and competitively awarded through the use of
peer review panels.
Research priorities for 2006 are:
Economic Incentives in Food Assistance Programs
- Program Incentives, Policy Choices, and Economic
Impacts
- Improving Evaluation Methodology with Administrative
Data
Food Assistance as a Safety Net
- Household Tradeoffs and Well-Being
- Filling the Gap or Duplication Efforts
Food Choices, Obesity, and Human Capital
- Economics of Food Choices of Low-Income Populations
- Obesity, Food Security, and Human Capital
Small Grants Program
The Small Grants Program seeks to stimulate new and
innovative research on food assistance and nutrition issues
and to broaden the participation of social science scholars
in these issues. Small grants last for 1 year; most are
in the range of $20,000 to $40,000. The program is funded
by ERS and is administered through selected universities
and their associated research institutes located at five
sites. The five institutions administer the application
and peer review processes. Each of the institutions takes
a different aspect of food assistance, nutrition, or subgroup
of recipients as its primary focus.
For details about the individual programs,
visit the institutions listed below:
Southern
Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
focuses on food assistance effects on rural people, families,
and communities in the South. The Center has also initiated
a dialogue among scholars by establishing a Rural South
Food Assistance Research Task Force.
The American
Indian Studies Program, University of Arizona is working
with scholars at tribal colleges and elsewhere to support
research on the unique issues and problems of Native Americans
with respect to food assistance. Their small grants program
focuses on the relationship between food assistance programs
on reservations and family poverty.
Institute
for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin focuses
its research on the effects of food assistance on individual
and family well-being and food security.
The Joint
Center for Poverty Research, University of Chicago and
Northwestern University focuses on interactions between
food assistance and other welfare programs and linkages
between the macroeconomy and food assistance.
Department
of Nutrition, University of California, Davis focuses
research on the impact of food assistance programs on
nutritional risk indicators (anthropometric, biochemical,
clinical, and dietary), food purchasing practices, and
food insecurity. This program encourages examinations
of multiple indicators of nutrition impact and interdisciplinary
approaches that integrate epidemiology, economics, or
anthropology with nutrition.
Visit grants.gov
to find and apply for grants available across the Federal
government.
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