The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR), in collaboration with The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation, is launching the Food Waste Challenge to develop an original, innovative methodology for regularly occurring quantitative measurement of food waste generated in US households that stakeholders across the food system can use.
Donor Name: Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 07/13/2022
Grant Size: up to $1M
Grant Duration: 18 months
Details:
This RFA aims to accelerate the development of an innovative methodology (technological and/or nontechnological for regularly occurring quantitative measurement of food waste generated in US households that can be used by stakeholders across the food system. A key component of developing such a measurement methodology is access to and collection of quality data, which, in turn, requires effective data management. Establishing such a methodology would require the collaboration of researchers and practitioners across multiple sectors and disciplines.
Funding Information
- Total Program Budget: US $2M
- Total Award Amount: up to US $1M per proposal
- Anticipated Project Duration: up to 18 months
Program Requirements
A project funded through this RFA must consider the following:
- A landscape analysis of the currently available household food waste data and data sets, and food waste measurement method, and how it informed the development of the measurement methodology.
- Setting criteria of a successful and reliable quantitative household food waste measurement methodology
- Framing and scoping research to develop a reliable recurring quantitative measurement methodology
- Possible barriers to wide adoption of the proposed methodology and approaches for overcoming them
- Designing and conducting a pilot study to validate the method and its potential for scaling up,
- Identifying stakeholders needed to be involved in implementing the research and analyzing the results
- Data management plan
- Applicability of the proposed methodology to identify hot spots and a potential to inform the development of interventions
Eligibility Criteria
FFAR welcomes applications from US institutions of higher education, non-profit and for-profit organizations, government-affiliated researchers and domestic and international organizations. Any individual(s) with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research as Program Director(s)/Principal Investigator(s) is invited to work with their organization to develop an application for support.
In keeping with FFAR goals to reach a diverse and broad range of institutions and individuals who participate in its programs, the following types of higher education institutions are encouraged to apply for FFAR programs:
- Hispanic-serving Institutions
- 1890s Land Grant Institutions and other Historically Black Colleges and Universities
- Tribal Colleges and Universities
- Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions
- Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions
For more information, visit Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR).
