Federal grant programs / Department of Agriculture

Agriculture Risk Management Education Partnerships Competitive Grants Program (10.520)

Also known as ARME

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$54.6 million
• Grant awards26
• Typical award$2.1 million
• Awarded in FY 2025$9.1 million
• Size rank1,013 of 1,823
• Type of assistanceProject grants (discretionary)

Key findings

• Annual funding fell from $9.8 million in fiscal 2021 to $9.1 million in fiscal 2025.
• It is the 1013th largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 5 largest recipients received 100% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 5 states and territories.

What the program funds

To educate agricultural producers about the full range of risk management activities. These activities include futures, options, agricultural trade options, crop insurance, cash forward contracting, debt reduction, production diversification, marketing plans and tactics, farm resources risk reduction, and other appropriate risk management strategies. The primary goals of the ARME program are to 1) provide U.S. agricultural producers and their families, as appropriate, with the knowledge, skills, and tools needed to make informed risk management decisions that enhance profitability of their operations; and 2) deliver risk management education to farmers, ranchers, producers, and their families who underutilize crop insurance programs.

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

Applications may only be submitted by qualified public and private entities (including land grant colleges, cooperative extension services, and colleges or universities). This includes all colleges and universities, Federal, State, and local agencies, nonprofit and for-profit private organization or corporations, and other entities. Award recipients may subcontract to organizations not eligible to apply provided such organizations are necessary for the conduct of the project. Failure to meet an eligibility criterion by the application deadline may result in the application being excluded from consideration or, even though an application may be reviewed, will preclude NIFA from making an award.

What the money can and cannot pay for

Qualified public and private entities (including land grant colleges, cooperative extension services, and colleges or universities) may use funds for the purpose of educating agricultural producers about the full range of risk management activities, including futures, options, agricultural trade options, crop insurance, cash forward contracting, debt reduction, production diversification, farm resources risk reduction, and other risk management strategies. Section 714 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Pub. L. 115-31) limits indirect costs to 30 percent of the total Federal funds provided under each award. Therefore, when preparing budgets, applicants should limit their requests for recovery of indirect costs to the lesser of their institution’s official negotiated indirect cost rate or the equivalent of 30 percent of total Federal funds awarded. Grant funds awarded under this authority may not be used to renovate or refurbish research, education, or extension space; purchase or install fixed equipment in such space; or plan, repair; rehabilitate, acquire, or construction of buildings or facilities.;

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

Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

If minimum or maximum amounts of funding per competitive and/or capacity project grant, or cooperative agreement are established, these amounts will be announced in the annual Competitive Request for Application (RFA). The most current RFA is available via: https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/agriculture-risk-management-education-partnerships-competitive-grants-program

Examples of funded projects

Fiscal Year2025: NIFA made directed awards to the five Extension Risk Management Education Centers (Northeast, North Central, Southern and Western) was $2,121,750. The Centers facilitated competitive subaward programs and managed impact data collection for direct outreach and education programs for farmers, ranchers, producers, agricultural businesses, and industry professionals on the five areas of agricultural risk.

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 colleges and universities.

By state

Each state below has its own page for this program, with its recipients and yearly totals.

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