USDA Economic Research Service Briefing Room
" "  
Search ERS

 
Briefing Rooms

Print this page Print | E-mail this link E-mail | Bookmark & Share Bookmark/share | Translate this page Translate | Text only Text only | resize text smallresize text mediumresize text large

Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs: Fiscal 2010 Research Funding Opportunities

FANRP awarded a total of 26 grants and cooperative agreements in fiscal 2010 in three areas:

 

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

Food Assistance, Children's Well-Being, and the Built Environment

Investigator

City/State

Title

Award
amount*

Food Assistance and Children's Well-Being

Karla Hanson
Cornell University

Ithaca, NY Weekday and Weekend Eating: Assessing the Effect of School Meals $125,000

Elizabeth Metallinos-Katsaras
Simmons College

Boston, MA WIC, Food Insecurity, and Child Health in Massachusetts $200,000

Rusty Tchernis
Georgia State University

Atlanta, GA Dynamics of Childhood Obesity $225,000

Sheldon Danziger
University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI Child Well-Being in Families with Job Loss, Divorce, or Separation: The Effects of Food Assistance Programs $140,000

Heather Koball
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

Princeton, NJ Children of Immigrants' Food Insecurity and SNAP Receipt $180,000
Interactions Between the Built Environment and Food Assistance Programs

Tatiana Andreyeva
Yale University

New Haven, CT WIC Food Package Revisions: Impact on Food Purchases and Access to Healthy Foods $265,000

Qi Zhang
Old Dominion University

Norfolk, VA Local Economic Conditions, Food Assistance and Food Insecurity Among Households With Children $185,000

James Mabli
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

Princeton, NJ Food Security and Access to Retail Food Establishments Among Emergency Food Program Recipients $180,000

Small arrow pointing upward top

 

 

Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition Programs

Investigator

City/State

Title

Award
amount*

Using Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition Programs: Center Award

David Just
Cornell University

Ithaca, NY Cornell Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition Programs $1,000,000
Evaluating Behavioral Economic Applications to Improve Children's Food Choices

Karen Cullen
Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX Using Nudges From Cafeterias and Parents To Encourage Healthy Food Choices at School $175,000

Gregory Madden
Utah State University

Logan, UT Incentivizing Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in Elementary Schools $350,000

Joseph Price
Brigham Young University

Provo, UT Can Default Options and Incentives Improve Food Choices at School? $150,000
Using Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition Programs: Developmental Awards

Cheryl Brown
West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV Nudging High School Students Toward Better School Lunch Food Choices: Planning for Behavioral Economic Interventions in West Virginia $30,000

Priscilla Connors
University of North Texas

Denton, TX Testing a Food Choice Innovation for Middle School Cafeterias $30,000

Ann Ferris
University of Connecticut

Farmington, CT Drawing Attention To Healthy Choices With Lighting $30,000

Deana Hildebrand
Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, OK Using Positive Deviance Principles To Identify Best Practices of Choice Architecture and Build Research Capacity With School Food Authorities $30,000

David Just
Cornell University

Ithaca, NY Smarter Choices Through Nutritional Report Cards $30,000

Mary Murimi
Louisiana Tech University

Ruston, LA Menu Modification for Lincoln Parish Child Nutrition Program $30,000

Marla Reicks
University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN Developing Research Capacity To Test Behavioral Economic Interventions in Child Nutrition Programs $30,000

Amit Sharma
Pennsylvania State University

University Park, PA Improving School Lunch Decisions With Fast Lane Meal Deals $40,000

Melayne McInnes
University of South Carolina

Columbia, SC Children's Food Choices: Understanding Defaults $25,000

Sean Cash
University of Wisconsin

Madison, WI Influence of Developmental Differences on Children's Responses to Information on Foods $25,000

Helen Jensen
Iowa State University

Ames, IA Is Healthy Eating Viral? Improving Understanding of How Social Networks Can Be Used To Influence School Food Choices $25,000

Small arrow pointing upward top

 

 

Joint Contributions of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Unemployment Insurance to the Nation's Social Safety Net

Investigator

City/State

Title

Award
amount*

Economic Research on the Joint Contributions of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Unemployment Insurance to the Nation's Social Safety Net

Jane Staveley
University of Baltimore/Jacob France Institute

Baltimore, MD Economic Research on the Joint Contributions of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Unemployment Insurance to the Nation's Social Safety Net $500,000

Colleen Heflin
University of Missouri

Columbia, MO Joint Participation in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Unemployment Insurance in Florida $107,254

Caroline Danielson
Public Policy Institue of California

San Francisco, CA Joint Contributions of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Unemployment Insurance, and Cash Assistance to California's Social Safety Net $97,961

*Award amounts are rounded to the nearest thousand.

Small arrow pointing upward top

 

 

Back arrow View all descriptions
Back arrow See awards from all years

 

For more information, contact: Victor Oliveira

Web administration: webadmin@ers.usda.gov

Updated date: October 12, 2010