Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) — Nutrition Incentive
USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
Funds point-of-sale incentive projects that increase fruit and vegetable purchasing by SNAP participants, with required project-level evaluation and reporting to a national coordinating centre. Government agencies and nonprofits apply, often with academic evaluation partners.
- Indicative award
- $10k–$15M (total award)NIFA lists an award range of $10,000–$15,000,000 and estimated total programme funding of $36,300,000 for this cycle. The wide range reflects that both small single-site incentive projects and very large multi-state programmes are funded under one announcement. Matching funds are required.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · May, JunNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.The cycle verified on the NIFA page was posted Wednesday, May 13, 2026 and closed Tuesday, June 16, 2026 — already past as of 2026-08-07. The programme recurs annually; no future date is published yet, so watch the NIFA funding-opportunity page rather than assuming a repeat of these months.
- Who can apply
- Any faculty rank, Community organisation, Practitioner
- Eligibility
- The NIFA page states applications may only be submitted by government agencies and non-profit organizations; sub-awards to otherwise-ineligible entities (including universities acting as evaluators) are permitted where necessary. Matching funds are required.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- food insecurity · snap · nutrition incentives · produce prescription · programme evaluation
- Apply at
- https://www.nifa.usda.gov/grants/funding-opportunities/gus-schumacher-nutrition-incentive-program
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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