Assistance program
Research Innovation and Development Grants in Economic (RIDGE)
$2.5 Million committed in FY2018–FY2023
- Agency
- Economic Research Service, Agriculture, Department of
- Assistance
- Dissemination of Technical Information
- CFDA number
- 10.255
- What it does
- To provide economic and other social science information and analysis for public and private decisions on agriculture, food, natural resources, and rural America. ERS produces such information for use by the general public and to help the executive and legislative branches develop, administer, and evaluate agricultural and rural policies and programs. The Research Innovation and Development Grants in Economics (RIDGE) Program encourages new and innovative research on food and nutrition assistance issues and broadens the participation of social science scholars in such research.
- Who benefits
- Not Applicable
- Who applies
- Not Applicable
- Authorized by
- 7 U.S.C. § 3318(c)
Committed by fiscal year
How the money flows
Committed dollars by how this program's money is paid out.
Grants
$1.2M
48%
Other
$1.3M
52%
Top recipients
By dollars committed.
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Direct payments