Federal grant programs / Department of Agriculture

Biofuel Producer Program (10.378)

Also known as Biofuel Producer Relief Program

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$764 million
• Grant awards207
• Typical award$1.3 million
• Awarded in FY 2025$0
• Size rank293 of 1,823
• Type of assistanceGrant

Key findings

• It is the 293rd largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 20 largest recipients received 55% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 27 states and territories.

What the program funds

The Biofuel Producer Program will make payments to eligible biofuel producers for unexpected market losses because of COVID-19.

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

What the money can and cannot pay for

There are no restrictions on how the funds may be used. Payments will be calculated based on biofuel producers who experienced market loss in 2020 as a result of COVID-19, either with decreased production or producers who produced at a gross profit loss.

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.

Deadlines

Deadlines do not apply

Award range and average, in the agency's words

Not applicable. No additional funding is anticipated to be available for this program.

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

By state

23 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.

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