Closed · USDA-NIFA-FINI-008053 · CFDA 10.331 · Mandatory
The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program
Federal grant opportunity posted by National Institute of Food and Agriculture, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $500K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- April 29, 2021
- Close date
- -
- Expected awards
The verdict
The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program is a closed mandatory listing from National Institute of Food and Agriculture that offered Up to $500,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 837 other opportunities from National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
- up to $500K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 10.331
- CFDA program
- 837
- other opportunities from National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Archived opportunity record
The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program is closed (last close April 29, 2021). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. National Institute of Food and Agriculture still indexes 837 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed April 29, 2021
Est. Total Funding
$41,600,000
Instrument
Grant
Cost Sharing
Required
Description
The GusNIP grant program presents the opportunity to bring together stakeholders from various parts of the food and healthcare systems to foster understanding of how they might improve the health and nutrition status of participating households 1) receiving incentives through the purchase of fruits and vegetables, 2) prescribed fresh fruits and vegetables in addition to nutrition educational opportunities and 3) offer incentive program training and technical assistance to applicants and grantees, facilitating growth in states with low participation, and collecting and aggregating core data sets from eligible entities through a central system to capture program success and identify best practices and areas to improve on a broad scale. NIFA requests applications for the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) to support and evaluate projects intended to increase the purchase of fruits and vegetables by low-income consumers participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by providing incentives at the point of purchase through nutrition incentive grants; and to demonstrate and evaluate the improvement of dietary health through increased consumption of fruits and vegetables, reduced individual and household food insecurity, and reduced healthcare usage and associated costs through produce prescription grants. The GusNIP grant program Nutrition Incentive Program Training, Technical Assistance, Evaluation and Information Centers (NTAE) cooperative agreement applications will be invited again in FY2022, when the current cooperative agreement ends.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · USDA-NIFA-FINI-008053
Grants.gov marks The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Agriculture (AG). This eligibility-code string dominates the National Institute of Food and Agriculture book (699 peers, 83% of 838).
- Code 25
- Others (see official listing text)
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
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