The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service, Global Programs, announces this funding opportunity to support the Regional Agricultural Promotion Program by issuing new awards.
Donor Name: Foreign Agricultural Service
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/04/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
The RAPP is a cost share program that is designed to reimburse nonprofit U.S. agricultural trade organizations, SRTGs, U.S. agricultural cooperatives, and state agencies that conduct approved market development activities to foster expanded exports and market diversification by encouraging the development, maintenance, and expansion of diverse commercial export markets for United States agricultural commodities and products.
Funding Information
The 2025 RAPP will provide up to $300 million in funding to support eligible projects.
Period of Performance
Awards will be generally granted for a period of performance of five years.
Eligible Activities
RAPP Participants may receive assistance for generic or branded promotion activities. For generic activities, funding priority is given to organizations that have the broadest possible producer representation of the commodity being promoted and that are nationwide in membership and scope. For branded activities, only nonprofit U.S. agricultural trade organizations, SRTGs, U.S. agricultural cooperatives, and state government agencies can participate directly in the branded program. Eligible for-profit U.S. commercial entities may participate in the branded program through one of these entities.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must be a nonprofit U.S. agricultural trade organization, an SRTG, a U.S. agricultural cooperative, or a state government agency. For profit U.S. commercial entities are not eligible to apply to RAPP. However, those for profit entities that do not exceed 300 percent of the small business size standards established for their particular industry at 13 CFR 121.201 may participate in a branded program through a RAPP Participant, pursuant to the RAPP program regulations at 7 CFR 1489.15.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
