Grant✓ Small businesses may apply
Agriculture Innovation Center Grant Program
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Award ceiling
$1,000,000
Award floor
$600,000
Program funding
$2,500,000
- Opportunity #
- RBCS-2026-AIC
- Agency
- Rural Business-Cooperative Service
- ALN (CFDA)
- 10.377
- Status
- posted
- Posted
- Sep 9, 2026
- Closes
- Jan 31, 2027
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
- Agriculture, Business and Commerce
- Cost sharing required
- Yes
Who can apply
- •Private institutions of higher education
- •Small businesses
- •Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- •State governments
- •Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- •City or township governments
- •Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- •County governments
- •Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- •For profit organizations other than small businesses
Synopsis
The primary objective of the program is to provide grants to Agriculture Innovation Centers that will provide technical assistance to agricultural producers to market value-added agricultural products.
Contact
Natalie Melton Management and Program Analyst · Shamika.Johnson@usda.gov