Closed · USDA-NIFA-FINI-010594 · CFDA 10.331 · Mandatory

The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program Competitive Grants Program

Federal grant opportunity posted by National Institute of Food and Agriculture, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$10K-$15M
Award range
Closed
Status
May 14, 2024
Close date
15
Expected awards

The verdict

The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program Competitive Grants Program is a closed mandatory listing from National Institute of Food and Agriculture that offered $10,000 -- $15,000,000 across 15 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 837 other opportunities from National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

$10K-$15M
award range
Closed
application status
15
expected awards
10.331
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Progra… is closed (last close May 14, 2024). 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 May 14, 2024

Posted Feb 14 Closes May 14

Est. Total Funding

$36,300,000

Expected Awards

15

Instrument

Grant

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

The GusNIP Nutrition Incentive 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. NIFA requests applications for the GusNIP Nutrition Incentive Program to support and evaluate projects intended to increase the purchase of fruits and vegetables by providing incentives at the point of purchase among income eligible consumers participating in the USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands, in addition to income-eligible consumers participating in the USDA Nutrition Assistance Program (NAP) in Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · USDA-NIFA-FINI-010594

Grants.gov marks The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Progra… 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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Agency Contact

NIFA Support Key Information: Business hours: Monday thru Friday, 7a.m. – 5p.m. ET, except federal holidays

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What to do next

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