|
USDA Center for WIC Nutrition Education
Innovations
In FY 2012, the Food and Nutrition
Service (FNS) sponsored a competitive
application process to establish a university-based Center for WIC
Nutrition Education Innovations,
involving researcher-initiated projects
to demonstrate creative approaches to
evaluate or develop aspects of the
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program
for Women, Infants and Children (WIC),
coordinate activities among researchers,
and widely disseminate findings.
Following the competition, FNS
awarded a grant to the USDA/ARS
Children’s Nutrition Research Center (CNRC)
at Baylor College of Medicine to
establish the WIC Center, which will:
-
Support
researcher-initiated projects that
use a common approach to reporting
findings to ensure transparency and
facilitate a meta-analysis of all
projects;
-
Coordinate
activities among researchers;
-
Effectively use
technology and digital media to
achieve desired outcomes; and
-
Advance
communication and coordination to
improve target behaviors.
Grants Available for
WIC Nutrition Education Research
The CNRC WIC Center is
currently soliciting applications for
researcher-initiated demonstration
projects. The Request for
Applications and other information on
the Center can be found on their website
at
http://www.bcm.edu/cnrc/wiccenter/.
Last modified:
02/25/2013
|
