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Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs: Fiscal 2008 Research Funding Opportunities

FANRP's competitive grants and cooperative agreements program made awards in fiscal 2008 to fund research on food choices: economic determinants and consequences; economic incentives in food assistance programs; and food assistance as an economic 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

Food Choices: Economic Determinants and Consequences

Thomas Vartanian
Bryn Mawr College

Bryn Mawr, PA Long-term Effects of Food Stamp Receipt during Childhood on Adult Outcomes $110,605

Marlene Schwartz
Yale University

New Haven, CT Access to Healthy Foods: The Role of Market Competition, WIC Policy, and Vendor Attitudes $229,611

Sarah Anderson
Ohio State University

Columbus, OH Household Routines and the Development of Obesity in U.S. Preschool Children $155,000

Helen Jensen
Iowa State University

Ames, IA The Effect of WIC on Household Food Expenditures: Assessing Available Data $50,050
Economic Incentives in Food Assistance Programs

Loren Bell
Altarum Institute

Ann Arbor, MI Effects of Changes in WIC Food Packages on Redemptions $237,873

Karen Cunnyngham
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

Princeton, NJ State Trends in Food Stamp Program Eligibility and Participation Among Elderly Individuals $179,145

David Ribar
University of North Carolina

Greensboro, NC Effects of Change from Universal-Free to Eligibility-Based School Breakfast Program $250,000
Food Assistance as an Economic Safety Net

Rusty Tchernis
Indiana University

Bloomington, IN Effects on Childhood Obesity of Participation in Multiple Nutrition Assistance Programs $200,000

Randy Capps
The Urban Institute

Washington, DC Effects of Immigration on WIC and National School Lunch Program Caseloads $144,765

Anne Gordon
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

Princeton, NJ Children’s Food Security and Intakes from School Meals $200,406

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Updated date: October 22, 2008