Funding-USDA - Request
for Applications for Competitive Grant Award To
Establish a USDA RIDGE Center for Food and Nutrition Assistance Research; July
1, 2016
Agency
Department
of Agriculture
Description
The
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Economic Research Service (ERS), in collaboration
with USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), invites applications for a
competitively awarded grant to establish a research center to administer the
Research Innovation and Development Grants in Economics (RIDGE) Program. The
USDA Ridge Center will: 1. Provide renewed focus on economic aspects of food
and nutrition assistance research; 2. Stimulate innovative research on domestic
food and nutrition assistance issues by providing small grants for new analyses
of the USDA major food and nutrition assistance programs, food security, and
smaller, less studied programs such as the Summer Food Service Program; 3.
Broaden the network of social scientists who collaborate in expanding the
understanding of the economic, nutrition, and health outcomes of participation
in USDA’s food assistance programs, as well as of the issues surrounding
program implementation and delivery, and 4. Achieve cost savings through
consolidating the previous two RIDGE Centers into one institution. Please email
Alex Majchrowicz at alexm@ers.usda.gov
by July 1, 2016, to inform ERS of your intent to submit an application.
Announcement
Number:
DNR-RIDGE-2016-001
Closing
Date:
Notice
of Intent due July 01, 2016. Full application due August 01, 2016.
Link
to Full Announcement
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=284365
Contact
Information
Alex
Majchrowicz
202-694-5355