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.
Donor Name: National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/15/2025
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
NIFA requests applications for GusNIP for FY 2025 to support Nutrition Incentive Program projects. The Nutrition Incentive Program funds and evaluates projects to increase the purchase of fruits and vegetables among USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants in all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and U.S. Virgin Islands; and the USDA Nutrition Assistance Program (NAP) Block Grants for Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands by providing a financial incentive at the point of purchase.
Examples of Nutrition Incentive Program projects include, but are not limited to, innovative strategies to provide fruit and vegetable incentives and increase the redemption rate at the point of purchase at SNAP/NAP authorized retailers, including food stores, market stands, farmers markets, direct-marketing farmers (e.g., Community Supported Agriculture programs (CSAs)), marketing and consumer cooperatives, and other SNAP/NAP authorized retail firms.
The Nutrition Incentive Program will support three program area priorities as follows:
- GusNIP Pilot Projects (FPP)
- GusNIP Standard Projects (FIP)
- GusNIP Large Scale Projects (FLSP).
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $36,300,000
- Award Ceiling: $15,000,000
- Award Floor: $10,000.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligibility to apply for a GusNIP – Nutrition Incentive Program grant is limited to governmental agencies and non-profit organizations.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.