Rural Innovation Stronger Economies (RISE)
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- RD-RBS-24-01-RISE
- Agency
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Rural Business Cooperative Services
Washington Office, Department of Agriculture
- Applications due
- Award size
- $500,000 to $2,000,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Categories
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- Agriculture
- Business and Commerce
- Regional Development
- Eligible applicants
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- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- Other
- State Governments
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Rural Business-Cooperative Service is seeking applications for the Rural Innovation Stronger Economy grant program. Applicants such as tribal governments, higher education institutions, non-profits and state governments will use grant funds to support innovation centers and job accelerator programs. The goal is to improve distressed rural communities' ability to generate high-wage jobs and accelerate business formation by identifying and leveraging local assets. Applications will be evaluated based on an applicant's plan to meet program objectives and are due by April 1, 2024.
The total amount of funding available through this opportunity is $2,000,000 in Fiscal Year 2023 grants. Subject to availability of funds, awards made under this program must be used to support innovation centers and job accelerator programs in distressed rural communities across the United States as places of performance.
Synopsis
The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBCS, Agency), a Rural Development (RD) agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), invites applications under the Rural Innovation Stronger Economy (RISE) program for fiscal year (FY) 2023, subject to the availability of funding. The Agency has $2,000,000 available for the RISE Program for FY 2023. Selected applicants will use Agency grant funds to provide financial assistance in support of innovation centers and job accelerator programs that improve the ability of distressed rural communities to create high wage jobs, accelerate the formation of new businesses, and help rural communities identify and maximize local assets.
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