Deadline: 6-Jun-25
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service invites applications for the Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program intended to create, expand, and maintain long–term export markets for U.S. agricultural commodities and products.
Funding Information
- Anticipated to be no less than $34,500,000. The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 provided no less than $34.5 million per year for the Cooperator Program through FY 2025. This NOFO is being released prior to Congress appropriating funding for the Cooperator Program for FY 2026. If Congress authorizes an amount of funding for the Cooperator Program other than $34.5 million, USDA/FAS reserves the right to allow applicants to amend their original applications. Awards may be granted up to the maximum available program amount.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be a nonprofit U.S. agricultural trade organization that promotes the exports of one or more U.S. agricultural commodities and does not have a business interest in or receive remuneration from specific sales of agricultural commodities.
- All applicants must have an active registration in the U.S. Government System for Award Management before the application submission deadline of the announcement. Applicants with inactive, expired, pending, or excluded listings will be deemed ineligible. Exceptions, waivers, or extensions will not be considered.
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