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USDA-AMS-TM-FSMIP-G-24-0014: Federal-State Marketing Improvement Program (FSMIP)

Closed Closed May 28, 2024 Opportunity USDA-AMS-TM-FSMIP-G-24-0014 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of Agricultural Marketing Service notices from 2024.

• Award ceiling$250,000
• Award floor$50,000
• Total funding$1.1 million
• Expected awards15
• Cost sharingRequired
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to colleges and universities, state and local governments and tribes.

• State governments
• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Eligible applicants include state departments of agriculture, state agricultural experiment stations, and other appropriate state agencies from the 50 States, American Samoa, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The phrase “other appropriate state agency” means a state university, a state college, or a state government entity such as a state department of forestry, natural resources, or energy.A “state university” and “state college” include land-grant universities and colleges which are defined as institutions of higher education in the United States and designated by a state to receive the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890. Tribal colleges and universities that became land-grant institutions in 1994, under the Elementary and Secondary Education Reauthorization Act, as well as other State-run colleges and universities are also eligible.

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Federal-State Marketing Improvement Program awards averaged $194,317; this notice allows up to $250,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (77% over five years) went to colleges and universities.
• The notice requires cost sharing or matching funds, so you must contribute part of the project cost.

What the grant funds

To explore and identify new market opportunities for U.S. food and agricultural products, and encourage research and innovation aimed at improving the efficiency and performance of the U.S. agricultural marketing system. FSMIP funds a wide range of applied research projects that address barriers, challenges, and opportunities in marketing, transportation, and distribution of U.S. food and agricultural products domestically and internationally.

Category: Agriculture.

Applying now

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