Federal grant programs / Department of Agriculture

American Rescue Plan Centers of Excellence for Meat and Poultry Processing and Food Safety Research and Innovation Phase III (10.243)

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$10.9 million
• Grant awards11
• Typical award$999,961
• Awarded in FY 2025$0
• Size rank1,467 of 1,823
• Type of assistanceGrant

Key findings

• It is the 1467th largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 11 largest recipients received 100% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 9 states and territories.

What the program funds

The MPPRI Program is part of the broader USDA investment to transform the food supply chain. Given that the meat and poultry processing sector is particularly vulnerable to disruption, increasing capacity and promoting competition in this sector is a high priority for USDA. Therefore, the USDA MPPRI awards will provide grants as equity-free (nondiluted) funding to promote private sector companies with SBIR/STTR Phase I/II success for the integration of technology that has been developed, with minimal additional research required, to impact technology advancements and adoption to benefit the supply chain resilience of small and midsize meat and poultry processors.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

. Eligibility Requirements 1. NIFA selected current and previously awarded SBIR/STTR Phase I/II recipients. 2. Companies were selected based upon SBIR/STTR project completion in areas that represent potential fits with demonstrated efficacy for applications in meat and poultry processing. 5 3. Expected stage of technologies should correspond to Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 4 through TRL 7. TRLs for reference are as described in TRL Stage Definition, Table 1. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS: 4. Technology providers must provide non-restrictive access or non-exclusive licenses for any technologies or related enabling technologies developed under this award to facilitate the ability of the small and mid-size processor to implement the technology. Exclusive licensing is not allowable for technologies developed under this award. 5. Eligibility requires businesses to be located within the United States. The purpose of the ownership requirement is to limit the program to companies controlled by United States citizens or permanent resident aliens as a way of maximizing the likelihood that the funding will stimulate innovative activity within the United States economy.

What the money can and cannot pay for

Pertinent details will be provided at a later date.

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

Program funding is approximately $15,000,000. Award size: Approximately $1,000,000 (proposals of scope less than $500,000 will not be considered). Number of anticipated awards: 15, anticipated award funding success rate is between 30-60%. Period of performance: No more than 2 years from project initiation.

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Who usually wins

Almost all of the money went to small businesses.

By state

2 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards. They are California and Michigan.

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.