ERS issues cooperative agreements and grant awards,
and works with land-grant partners and others on
plans of work and other administrative matters. ERS sponsors two major
competitive grants and cooperative agreements programs:
- The Food
Assistance and Nutrition Research Program
(FANRP) at ERS funds economic research on the
U.S. Department of Agriculture's domestic food
assistance and nutrition programs. These programs
include the Food Stamp Program; the Special Supplemental
Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children
(WIC); and child nutrition programs, such as the
National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs.
The purpose of the research is to meet the critical
information needs of the Administration, Congress,
program managers, policy officials, clients, the
research community, and the public at large. Major
research themes of FANRP are diet and nutritional
outcomes, food program targeting and delivery,
and program dynamics and administration.
FANRP funds extramural research through grants,
cooperative agreements, and contracts that are
competitively awarded through a tightly run peer
review process. The publication  Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program, Final Report: Fiscal 2007 Activities has descriptions of past awards. Information on Research Funding Opportunities describes opportunities to submit proposals for grants and cooperative agreements.
PREISM funds extramural research through grants,
cooperative agreements, and contracts that are
competitively awarded through a tightly run peer
review process. The deadline for submitting proposals for fiscal 2008 has passed.
For information about all Federal funding opportunities,
visit www.Grants.gov.
ERS-Issued Significant Guidance Documents
All ERS awards are governed by the appropriate
Federal and agency-specific regulations (for example,
OMB
Circulars and the Code
of Federal Regulations). Please refer
to the request for applications, the award document,
or the content of the regulations for applicable
regulatory information or guidance.
| Title |
Issuing Office |
Date of Issuance |
Applies to/Interprets |
| FANRP Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program |
Food Assistance and Nutrition
Research Program (FANRP), Economic Research
Service, USDA |
Annually, last issued in March
2008 |
7 CFR 3019, 7 CFR Part 3015, 7 CFR Part 3016,
7 USC 3318b |
| PREISM Competitive Award Program |
Program of Research on the Economics
of Invasive Species Management (PREISM), Economic
Research Service, USDA |
Annually, last issued in July
2007 |
7 CFR 3019, 7 CFR Part 3015, 7 CFR Part 3016,
7 USC 3318b |
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published
two Federal Register Notices on Tuesday, May 11,
2004 (69 FR 26275 and 69 FR 26281). The Notices
implement changes affecting the location of policy
guidance for grants and other agreements.
In the first
notice, OMB established a single
title in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
(i.e., title 2 of the CFR) along with two subtitles
(i.e., subtitles A and B). Subtitle A of title
2 is to house OMB's guidance to Federal agencies
for grants and agreements. Subtitle B of title
2 will house agency regulations implementing the
OMB guidance.
By way of the second
notice, OMB relocates the
existing OMB Circular A-110 to title 2 in the CFR,
subtitle A, chapter II, subchapter B, part 215.
Contact Information
Members of the public who
wish to request that the agency issue, reconsider,
modify, or rescind a significant guidance document,
or to complain that the agency is not following
the procedures in OMB's Bulletin or is improperly
treating a significant guidance document as a binding
requirement, may do so by contacting Janet
Perry.
See also USDA Significant Guidance Documents
Also visit www.regulations.gov to
view and comment on regulations and other actions
for Federal agencies.
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