Competitive Cooperative Agreement Award To Establish a USDA RIDGE Partnership for Food and Nutrition Assistance Research
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 cooperative agreement to establish a research partnership to administer the Research Innovation and Development
Grants in Economics (RIDGE) Program.
The USDA RIDGE Partnership 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 and food security.
3. Broaden the network and diversity of social scientists working to expand 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.ERS anticipates that $750,000 will be awarded in fiscal year 2022 to support this activity.
If funding is available, the Research Partner could be asked to fund subsequent rounds of small grants in FY 2023 and FY 202 4. This document describes the RIDGE Partnership responsibilities and application requirements.
The deadline for submission of applications is August 8, 202 2.
The USDA RIDGE Partnership 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 and food security.
3. Broaden the network and diversity of social scientists working to expand 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.ERS anticipates that $750,000 will be awarded in fiscal year 2022 to support this activity.
If funding is available, the Research Partner could be asked to fund subsequent rounds of small grants in FY 2023 and FY 202 4. This document describes the RIDGE Partnership responsibilities and application requirements.
The deadline for submission of applications is August 8, 202 2.
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
USDA ERS Website
Additional Information of Eligibility:
Only applicants that received an official invitation letter from BJA are able and eligible to apply.
Please refer to that letter for the eligibility requirements.To advance Executive Order 13929 Safe Policing for Safe Communities, the Attorney General determined that all state, local, and university or college law enforcement agencies must be certified by an approved independent credentialing body or have started the certification process to be eligible for FY 2022 DOJ discretionary grant funding.
To become certified, the law enforcement agency must meet two mandatory conditions: (1) the agency’s use-of-force policies adhere to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and (2) the agency’s use-of-force policies prohibit chokeholds except in situations where use of deadly force is allowed by law.
The certification requirement also applies to law enforcement agencies receiving DOJ discretionary grant funding through a subaward.
For detailed information on this certification requirement, please visit https://cops.usdoj.gov/SafePolicingEO to access the Standards for Certification on Safe Policing for Safe Communities, the Implementation Fact Sheet, and the List of Designated Independent Credentialing Bodies.All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
www.ers.usda.gov
Contact:
Agency Email Description:
ERS Work E-Mail
Agency Email:
Date Posted:
2022-07-07
Application Due Date:
Archive Date:
2022-09-07
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