2026 Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- USDA-FAS-FMD-2026
- Agency
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Foreign Agricultural Service
Department of Agriculture
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $34,500,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Agriculture
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
- Points of contact
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- Curt Alt curt.alt@usda.gov (202) 690-4784
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service is offering the 2026 Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program, a grant opportunity for nonprofit U.S. agricultural trade organizations. The program aims to create, expand, and maintain long-term export markets for U.S. agricultural commodities and products. Eligible applicants must have an active SAM.gov registration and provide a minimum 50% cost share. The application process requires a comprehensive marketing plan, and proposals will be evaluated on criteria such as strategic planning, management, evaluation, and export performance history. Key dates include a May 30, 2025 deadline for questions and a June 6, 2025 application deadline.
The program anticipates awarding approximately $34.5 million through 20 grants, with most awards ranging from $50,000 to $250,000. This federal grant opportunity falls under the Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program (CFDA 10.600), which consistently provides cost-share assistance to nonprofit U.S. agricultural trade organizations for overseas marketing and promotional efforts targeting the creation, expansion, and maintenance of long-term export markets for U.S. agricultural products.
Synopsis
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service, announces this funding opportunity to support the Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program (Cooperator Program) by issuing new awards. This opportunity is available to nonprofit U.S. agricultural trade organizations and is intended to create, expand, and maintain long-term export markets for U.S. agricultural commodities and products.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 FMD NOFO FINAL.pdf |
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