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USDA-FAS-RAPP-2025: 2025 Regional Agricultural Promotion Program

Closed Closed October 4, 2024 Opportunity USDA-FAS-RAPP-2025

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 Foreign Agricultural Service notices from 2024.

Foreign Agricultural Service offered grants of up to $300 million to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make about 70 awards worth $300 million in total. Applications closed on October 4, 2024.

From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed August 5, 2024. Checked November 7, 2026.

Other notices with this title

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NoticePostedDeadlineStatus
USDA-FAS-RAPP-2024November 29, 2023Closed February 2, 2024Closed

Key dates

PostedAugust 5, 2024
DeadlineOctober 4, 2024
Archived by Grants.govNovember 3, 2024

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

See Section C of the funding opportunity announcement for eligibility information.

Is this a realistic fit?

What the grant funds

The Regional Agricultural Promotion Program is a cost share program that is designed to reimburse nonprofit U.S. agricultural trade organizations, state regional trade groups, 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.

Category: Agriculture.

Who has won Regional Agricultural Promotion Program grants before

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Regional Agricultural Promotion Program (10.618) awarded $597 million across 130 grant awards, an average of $4.6 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
American Soybean AssociationMissouri2$53.5 million
United States Meat Export Federation IncColorado2$40.5 million
Cotton Council InternationalDistrict of Columbia2$36.5 million
Food Export USA- NortheastPennsylvania2$33.5 million
U.S. Grains & Bioproducts CouncilDistrict of Columbia2$33.0 million

Top states: District of Columbia ($95.3 million), California ($93.6 million), Virginia ($91.2 million), Colorado ($58.0 million), Missouri ($53.5 million).

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Agencies often post the same opportunity again under a new number, so check the program's notices on Grants.gov and the similar open grants below.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.

Questions people ask

Is USDA-FAS-RAPP-2025 still open?

No. It closed on October 4, 2024.

Who can apply for 2025 Regional Agricultural Promotion Program?

Foreign Agricultural Service accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

What is the deadline for 2025 Regional Agricultural Promotion Program?

Closed October 4, 2024. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $300 million each. About $300 million in total across about 70 awards.

Who has won Regional Agricultural Promotion Program grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were American Soybean Association, United States Meat Export Federation Inc, Cotton Council International. The program made 130 awards worth $597 million in that time.

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