The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) brings together stakeholders from various parts of the food and healthcare systems. The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program competitive grant programs are authorized under 7 U.S.C. 7517, for fiscal years 2019 through 2023 with mandatory growth in annual funding from $45 million to $56 million to be appropriated over 5 years.
The 2018 Farm Bill allows the Secretary to provide funding opportunities to conduct and evaluate projects providing incentives to income-eligible consumers to increase the purchase of fruits and vegetables and prescriptions for fresh fruits and vegetables. By bringing together stakeholders from various parts of the food and healthcare systems, GusNIP projects help foster understanding to improve the health and nutrition status of participating households, facilitate growth in underrepresented communities and geographies, as well as collect and aggregate data to identify and improve best practices on a broad scale.
GusNIP builds on the foundation of the Healthy Incentive Pilot (HIP) and the Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentives (FINI) grant program. GusNIP is made up of three competitive grant programs (1) Nutrition Incentive Program, (2) Produce Prescription Program, and (3) National Training, Technical Assistance, Evaluation, and Information Centers. From 2019 to 2024 GusNIP has provided over $330 million in funding to over 250 projects throughout the U.S.
GusNIP Competitive Grant Programs
The GusNIP NTAE’s Nutrition Incentive Hub provides free one-on-one support, as well as templates, checklists, webinars, and other resources, to all GusNIP grant
The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) - Produce Prescription Program supports projects that demonstrate and evaluate the impact of fresh fruit and vegetable prescriptions to increase procurement and consumption of fruits and vegetables, reduce individual and household food...
The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program presents the opportunity to bring together stakeholders from various parts of the food and healthcare systems.
Resources
NIFA Reporting Portal links of projects funded in the GusNIP portfolio, organized per program during 2019-2025.
- USDA Invests More Than $59M to Improve Dietary Health and Nutrition Security
- USDA Invests Nearly $8M to Improve Dietary Health and Nutrition Security
- USDA NIFA Invests $40M to Improve Dietary Health and Reduce Food Insecurity
- USDA Announces Framework for Shoring Up the Food Supply Chain and Transforming the Food System to be Fairer, More Competitive, More Resilient
- GusNIP Projects Help Families Purchase Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
- Nutrition Security Webinar - GusNIP: Overview, Impacts & Opportunities
- USDA Invests $69 Million to Support Critical Food and Nutrition Security Needs
- USDA Invests More Than $330 Million in Specialty Crops Grants, Incentives to Purchase Fruits and Vegetables, and Help for Cotton Producers