Project Grant 59400080116

This $3.3 million project grant from the US Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service will support the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (CFDA #10.582) in Indiana from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022. The grant provides funding to the Indiana Department of Education to administer subawards that will directly deliver free fresh fruits and vegetables to elementary school children throughout the state. A total of 28 school districts/organizations are identified as subrecipients...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service awarded a $3,238,929 Project Grant to the Idaho State Board of Education under the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (CFDA 10.582). This grant provides cash assistance to states for offering free fresh fruits and vegetables to elementary schools with high percentages of children receiving free or reduced-price meals. The goal is to increase fruit and vegetable consumption, promote healthy eating habits, and improve nutrition among...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Boston Children's Hospital received a $482,992 Project Grant award dated September 15, 2025, under the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (CFDA 10.331) from the Institute of Food and Nutrition to establish a produce prescription initiative targeting children with cardiovascular disease risk factors. The project, which extends through September 14, 2028, will serve 150 patient/caregiver dyads recruited from Boston Children's Hospital and Boston...

This $11.7 million Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service will provide fresh fruits and vegetables to elementary school children in California through the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (CFDA 10.582). Awarded on October 1, 2021 for a one year period ending September 30, 2022, the grant will assist the California Department of Education in delivering the program's services. Specifically, sub-awards were provided to 21 local educational...

Federal Grant Award Summary OPT-FRESH: Optimizing Online Purchasing of Fruits, Vegetables, and Legumes for Low-Income Families The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) awarded New York University a Project Grant of $719,140 (awarded July 16, 2025) under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837) to conduct a research intervention study addressing food insecurity and cardiovascular disease disparities in low-income populations. The project will deliver a systematic...

This Project Grant award of $284,207.00 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) supports research at Cornell University examining farmer decision-making processes related to climate adaptation through the adoption of new crop varieties. The key products of this 3-year project include: (1) developing a multi-scale modeling approach combining land surface modeling, satellite...

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded a $46.88 million Project Grant to Action For Healthy Kids under the Child Nutrition Discretionary Grants Limited Availability (CFDA 10.579) federal grant program. The grant will fund CNP HEALTHY MEALS INCENTIVE services from February 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. The grant aims to support the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) Equipment Assistance Grants, which are competitively awarded subgrants to...

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), awarded a $712,096 Project Grant to Oregon Research Behavioral Intervention Strategies, Inc. (doing business as Influents Innovations), to develop and evaluate a smart speaker-based parenting education tool called "Talk Parenting (TP)". The grant will fund the completion of the TP program, which provides...

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded a $3,289,399.77 Project Grant to the Minnesota Department of Education doing business as Financial Reporting to support the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program. The one-year grant running from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022 will assist the state in providing free fresh fruits and vegetables to elementary schools with high percentages of children receiving free or reduced-price meals through the National School Lunch Program,...

This $431,250 project grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) will support the VeggieRx Prescription Produce Program operated by Chicago Botanic Garden. VeggieRx will provide 7,500 additional produce boxes and $8,250 in double value coupons to participants across its five clinic sites in Chicago neighborhoods disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. This will help meet immediate food security...