IRP-USDA Research, Innovation, and Development Grants in Economics
(RIDGE) Program (formerly Small Grants)
NOTE: The USDA RIDGE Program has been suspended for 2009–2010. Resumption
of the program in 2010–2011 is expected, subject to the availability
of funds. Visit the program Web page for further details and updates, at http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/FoodNutritionAssistance/Funding/ridge.htm.
Application Guidelines
Program Description
Currently Funded Proposals at IRP
Previously Funded IRP Proposals
National Database of RIDGE Project Summaries
Program Description
The intent of the IRP-USDA Research, Innovation, and Development Grants in
Economics Program competition is to stimulate new areas of interest in research
on food insecurity and food assistance programs, such as Food Stamps, school
lunch and breakfast programs, summer food programs, the Special Supplemental
Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), and the Child and
Adult Care Food Program.
The grants program is cosponsored by the Economic
Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The program supports
small grants for studies focusing on topics such as food security and the
effects of food assistance programs on income security and other indicators
of well-being among low-income individuals and families.
Currently Funded Proposals at IRP
Four proposals have been funded for the period July 1, 2008 - December 31,
2009:
Principal Investigators for the projects will present their preliminary results
and receive feedback at IRP in the spring of 2009, and their final results
at a two-day conference in Washington, DC, in October 2009.
Previously Funded IRP Proposals
2007-2008 |
2006-2007 |
2005-2006 |
2004-2005 |
2003-2004 |
2002-2003 |
2001-2002 |
2000-2001
National Database of RIDGE Project Summaries
A searchable database of RIDGE project summaries dating back to the program’s
inception in 1999 is available on the ERS Web site at
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/FoodNutritionAssistance/Funding/RIDGEprojects.asp.
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