The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program Produce Prescription Program
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- USDA-NIFA-FINI-011907
- Agency
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
- Applications due
- Award size
- $500,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Agriculture
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
- Points of contact
- Full announcement
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About this opportunity
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture is soliciting applications for the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program Produce Prescription Program (CFDA 10.331) with an application due date of July 16, 2026, at 5:00 PM Eastern Time. Eligible applicants are limited to governmental agencies and nonprofit organizations. Projects must include partnerships with at least one healthcare partner (hospital, federally qualified health center, Veterans Affairs facility, or healthcare provider group) and demonstrate direct involvement in food and nutrition security, diet-related disease prevention, or GusNIP in low-income communities. No matching funds are required, though cost-sharing is encouraged.
Approximately $5.28 million is available in Fiscal Year 2026, with an anticipated 11 awards at a maximum of $500,000 per award. Project periods run up to three years. The program requires prescribing fresh fruits and vegetables only to eligible individuals, implementing effective produce prescription distribution, providing nutrition education, and conducting rigorous evaluation measuring impact on dietary health improvements, food insecurity reduction, and healthcare utilization and costs.
Required application components include a logic model (one page), business plan (five pages), data management plan (two pages), letters of support from healthcare partners, and a project narrative (maximum 15 pages) addressing community needs, personnel qualifications, goals, activities, evaluation methods, sustainability, and non-supplantation. Applicants must cooperate with the Nutrition Incentive Program Training, Technical Assistance, Evaluation, and Information Center (NTAE) for comprehensive program evaluation and provide core participant-level and firm-level metrics.
Applications are evaluated using six equally weighted criteria: community benefits, project goals and outcomes, organizational qualifications, project evaluation capacity, sustainability potential, and timeline/budget realism.
Synopsis
The GusNIP-PPR, Assistance Listing 10.331, presents the opportunity to bring together stakeholders from distinct parts of the food and healthcare systems and to foster understanding of how prescribing fresh (ONLY) fruits and vegetables might improve the nutrition and health status of participating households. The primary goals of the GusNIP-PPR are to demonstrate and evaluate the impact of projects on:
1. The improvement of dietary health through increased consumption of fruits and vegetables;
2. The reduction of individual and household food insecurity; and
3. The reduction in healthcare use and associated costs.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| FY26-GusNIP-PPR-NOFO-P.pdf |
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