The Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program of the
Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program (FANRP) funds research
to support USDA's domestic food assistance programs, including the
Food Stamp Program, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for
Women, Infants, and Children, and child nutrition programs. FANRP
uses its Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program to
stimulate new and innovative research and to conduct projects jointly with ERS researchers. The program is publicly announced
in the spring of each year and awards are made through the use of
peer review panels.
FANRP's perennial research themes are diet and nutritional outcomes,
food-program targeting and delivery, and program dynamics and administration.
Within these broad themes, FANRP identifies annual research priorities.
In developing research priorities, FANRP works closely with USDA's
Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), the agency responsible for administering
the Department's food assistance and nutrition programs. FANRP also
seeks input from a broad constituency of policy officials, researchers,
practitioners, advocates, industry groups, and service providers.
In conjunction with these activities, FANRP sponsors an annual round-table
discussion to identify crucial research and information needs that
would support food assistance and nutrition programs and to ensure
the policy- and program-relevance of the annual research agenda.
Information on these projects is available here.
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for more information, contact: Victor Oliveira
web administration: webadmin@ers.usda.gov
page updated:
February 27, 2004
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