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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
In fiscal 2008, ERS's Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program (FANRP) accepted proposals for grants and cooperative agreements. The three priority research areas were:
- Food Choices: Economic Determinants and Consequences
- Economic Incentives in Food Assistance Programs
- 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. The deadline for proposal submission was May 19, 2008.
The proposal evaluation process included peer review panels consisting of experts from academia, government, and the private sector. In addition to reviewer’s comments, FANRP’s selection process considered 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. The fiscal 2008 awards will be announced in mid-October 2008. Descriptions of 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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