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Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs: Fiscal 2005 Research Funding Opportunities

FANRP's competitive grants and cooperative agreements program made awards in fiscal 2005 to fund research on strengthening economic incentives in food assistance programs; food choices, diet quality, obesity, and health outcomes; and food assistance as a safety net. The program is publicly announced and competitively awarded through the use of peer review panels.

(Click on the title for the project's description)

Investigator

City/State

Title

Award
amount*

Strengthening Economic Incentives in Food Assistance Programs

Kenneth Finegold
The Urban Institute

Washington, DC Commodity Supplemental Food Program: Participation and Administration $210,000
David Ribar
George Washington University
Washington, DC The Processes of Getting and Staying on Food Stamps in South Carolina $200,000
Karen Cullen
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX Evaluation of State Food Policy Changes as Incentives To Foster Improved Middle School Lunch Selection and Consumption $149,085
James Ziliak
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY Effective Tax Rates and Guarantees and Food Stamp Program Participation $100,000

Jacob Klerman
RAND

Santa Monica, CA Determinants of the Food Stamp Caseload $125,000
Food Choices, Diet Quality, Obesity, and Health Outcomes
Jacinta Bronte-Tinkew
Child Trends
Washington, DC Food Insecurity and Outcomes for Infants and Toddlers in the ECLS-B $200,000

Ashlesha Datar
RAND

Santa Monica, CA Economic Determinants of School Meal Participation $199,971
Food Assistance as a Safety Net

Parke Wilde
Tufts University

Boston, MA Household Food Security and Tradeoffs in the Food Budget: A Revitalized Engel Approach Including Food Stamps $75,000
*Rounded to nearest thousand.

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Updated date: December 18, 2006