Grants Alert

• Date: 22 October 2015
• Published date: 22 October 2015
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/fgc.30046

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USDA grants empower

SNAP participants

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced up to

$16.8 million in funding to help participants in

the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

(SNAP) increase their purchases of fruits and

vegetables.

“Eating healthy foods makes a difference to an

entire family’s health and ability to learn, work

and enjoy life,” said Vilsack in a statement. “These

investments are moving the dial for families in

need and expanding the market for America’s

fruit and vegetable producers. The FINI [Food

Insecurity Nutrition Incentive] program scales up

public-private collaboration to develop innovative

strategies that make healthy fruits and vegetables

more accessible to families around the country,

part of our strategy to improve the diet and health

of all Americans.”

USDA said that applications will be sought in

three categories:

1. FINI pilot projects (awards of up to $100,000

in one year).

2. Multiyear, community-based FINI projects

(awards of up to $500,000 over no more than four

years).

3. Multiyear, FINI large-scale projects (awards

of $500,000 or more over no more than four years).

USDA said priority will be given to projects

that maximize the share of funds used for direct

incentives to participants and test innovative

or promising strategies that would contribute

to our understanding of how best to increase

the purchase of fruits and vegetables by SNAP

participants and inform future efforts, among

other activities.

Eligible applicants include local, state and

national organizations, USDA said. Applications

are due Dec. 16, 2015.

To learn more, visit http://1.usa.gov/1JVrkCR. ■

Grants alert

Collaborative Research Grants (NEH)

Scope: The National Endowment for the Humanities

seeks applications for Collaborative Research Grants

to support interpretive humanities research undertaken

by two or more collaborating scholars, for full-time or

part-time activities.

Deadline: Dec. 9, 2015.

Funds: Awards range from $25,000 to $100,000 per

year. The maximum project period is three years.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities; nonprofit

organizations; state, local, special district and Native

American tribal governments; and qualified individuals;

among others.

Areas: NEH said projects include: research that

significantly adds to knowledge and understanding

of the humanities, conferences on topics of major

importance in the humanities that will benefit scholarly

research, and archaeological projects that include the

interpretation and dissemination of results.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# 20151209-RZ

Scholarly Editions and Translations Grants

(NEH)

Scope: The National Endowment for the Humanities

seeks applications for Scholarly Editions and

Translations Grants to support the preparation of

editions and translations of pre-existing texts of value

to the humanities that are currently inaccessible or

available in inadequate editions.

Deadline: Dec. 9, 2015.

Funds: Awards range from $50,000 to $100,000 per

year. The maximum project period is three years.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities; nonprofit

organizations; state, local, special district and Native

American tribal governments; and qualified individuals;

among others.

Areas: NEH said usually texts and documents

are significant literary, philosophical and historical

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