Research Planning Grants To Support Application of Behavioral Economics in USDA’s Child Nutrition Programs: Request for Applications

Post Date

March 12th 2010

Application Due Date

May 17th 2010

Funding Opportunity Number

FANRP2010-003

CFDA Number(s)

10.253

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Agriculture
Food and Nutrition
Income Security and Social Services

Number of Awards

14

Eligibility Categories

Unrestricted

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $250000

• Award Range:

  $5000 - $30000

Grant Description

The Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program (FANRP) of USDA’s Economic ResearchService (ERS) and the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) announce the availability of funds and a request for applications for planning grants to promote new research in methods to improve children’s eating habits through USDA’s child nutrition programs. The planning grants will focus on developing research capacity in behavioral economic strategies and interventions that can be applied to child nutrition programs to improve children's food choices and reduce the prevalence of obesity. The activities that the planning grants will support include fostering research relationships between researchers and State or local implementing agencies, testing concepts and methods in small-scale pilots, developing and testing data collection methodologies, and sponsoring workshops to improve understanding of an understudied aspect of the application of behavioral economics to child nutrition programs. FANRP will accept proposals under this program for funding levels of up to $30,000 for a period not to exceed 15 months.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Agriculture

• Office:

  Economic Research Service

• Agency Contact:

  David Smallwood
  Deputy Dir for Food Asst. Res.
  Phone 202-694-5466

• Agency Mailing Address:

  email

• Agency Email Address:

  fanrp@ers.usda.gov

• More Information:

  Download Announcement from ERS Website