The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is accepting applications to support research projects to better understand and generate information related to the school foodservice workforce focused on dimensions such as worker satisfaction, workforce experience, and training and development.
Donor Name: Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/09/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
Relevant research activities may include, but are not limited to providing information on career pathways for the school foodservice workforce, including training and skill-building opportunities, promotion potential, and tenure/retention within individual employers and the industry as a whole; identifying skills used on the job by role, including analysis of transferability of skills to other industries; identifying level of worker satisfaction and describe workplace conditions (perception and objective measures); and examining how any of the above vary across.
Objectives
- Design and conduct listening sessions with CN stakeholders to determine priority areas of research and any other relevant considerations for sub-grant awards.
- Develop and manage a competitive sub-grant award process to fund public or private not- for-profit or academic organizations to conduct research on equitable access in CN programs.
- Disseminate findings from the sub-grant projects broadly among CN stakeholders.
Funding Information
- Total amount of funding expected to award: $1,500,000
- Expected amounts of individual Federal awards: $1,500,000
- Anticipated start dates and period of performance: March 2024-March 2027
Eligibility Criteria
- This Request for Applications (RFA) is open to all accredited institutions of higher education (colleges/universities), nonprofit research entities and other nonprofit organizations with documented experience in public health research and communications. Nonprofit organizations must have documented 501(c)(3) status. These are requirements for the selected recipient of the cooperative agreement, not any potential sub-grantees.
- FNS is committed to enhancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility of programs and encourages individuals, institutions, and organizations from underserved communities to apply for funding opportunities as grant or subgrant recipients.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
