At a glance
2027 Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program is a federal competitive grant from Foreign Agricultural Service for the science & technology sector. Funding: 69000000. Eligible applicants: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification). An applicant must be a nonprofit U.S. agricultural trade organization that promotes the exports of one or more U.S. agricultural. The application deadline is August 14, 2026. Apply via the official listing at www.grants.gov.
- Amount
- $69M total
- Deadline
- Aug 14, 2026
- Type
- Competitive
- Status
- Closing soon
About this program
Under the Cooperator Program, USDA/FAS enters into agreements with nonprofit agricultural trade organizations (“Cooperators”) to share the costs of maintaining and developing foreign markets for United States agricultural commodities and products. Financial assistance under the Cooperator Program is made available on a competitive basis, and USDA/FAS endeavors to enter into agreements with eligible Cooperators to cover as broad an array of agricultural commodities as possible. All U.S. agricultural commodities, except tobacco, are eligible for consideration.
Who can apply
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification). An applicant 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 (www.sam.gov) 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. More information about SAM.gov registration can be found in Section 9, Other Information.
How to apply
Apply through Grants.gov using funding opportunity number USDA-FAS-FMD-2027. Register your organization (SAM.gov + Grants.gov) before the deadline, then submit the application package listed in the official notice.
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