Agriculture · Active
Schools and Roads — Grants to States · USDA · Active NOFO · mega band
Schools and Roads — Grants to States (CFDA 10.960) - federal assistance administered by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), catalogued in the SAM.gov Assistance Listings.
- $100K–$5M
- Typical award range
- 3
- Indexed opportunities
- 1
- Open now
- USDA
- Administering agency
The verdict
According to indexed Grants.gov opportunity volume among active SAM.gov programs on PlainGrants, Schools and Roads — Grants to States ranks #68 of 504, #2 of 51 within USDA, and #10 of 52 among Agriculture programs by listed funding ceiling. Across 504 active programs, 47.041 leads by opportunity count (319, funding-ceiling rank #249) ≠ 66.054 leads by funding ceiling ($7.0 billion, opportunity rank #326). CFDA 10.960 is an active Agriculture program with 3 indexed Grants.gov opportunities. Of the 20 most recent listings shown here, 1 is open for application.
- $100K–$5M
- typical award range (SAM.gov)
- September 28
- next application deadline
- $2.6 million
- largest award ceiling indexed
- 10%
- of the catalog is Agriculture
Schools and Roads — Grants to States · midpack active desk (#226/502 by ceiling)
Schools and Roads — Grants to States lands midpack on published ceilings (55th percentile; rank #226 of 502). The printed high is a catalog cap, not a guaranteed outlay.
Schools and Roads — Grants to States vs programs with listed funding ceilings
Where this CFDA's SAM.gov award ceiling sits among active Assistance Listings with a reported ceiling
$5,000,000 Top 45% higher than 55% of 502 programs
Programs, banded by listed funding ceiling
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Source SAM.gov Assistance Listings · 2026-08-03
SAM.gov Assistance Listing plate
CFDA 10.960 · USDA VOL-SPARSE · #68/504
VOL-SPARSE · UPPER-Q · SOLO-LISTING · NOFO-OPEN · CEIL-MILLION · ELIG-SLG · BOOK-FULL · LISTING-LIVE
- VOL-SPARSE 3 indexed
- UPPER-Q #68/504
- SOLO-LISTING No peer gap
- NOFO-OPEN 1 open of 20 listed
- CEIL-MILLION $100K–$5M
- ELIG-SLG State/local government
- BOOK-FULL 20 listed / 3 indexed
- LISTING-LIVE Active SAM.gov listing
Opportunity-volume neighbourhood · CFDA 10.960
VOL-SPARSE · #68/504: quiet/busy corpus poles and ±- row peers, not a SAM.gov catalog reprint.
Engineering Grants · busiestSchools and Roads —… · this listingPlant and Animal Di… · quiet pole
Funding posture
Active mega-ceiling competition board
Schools and Roads — Grants to States combines mega-scale SAM.gov dollars ($100,000 to $5.0 million) with an active opportunity trail (3 indexed rows). Live windows exist on 1 of 20 recent listings. Volume and ceiling both clear the mid-tier bar.
Assistance Listing text · USDA
Payments to states with national forests and other federal lands to support public schools and roads.
Public-sector applicant lane · USDA
SAM.gov lists only government/tribal applicants for Schools and Roads — Grants to States. This is a public-sector Assistance Listing corridor, not a general nonprofit or small-business open call.
Predominantly cooperative agreements (CA) · CFDA 10.960
50% of the 60 indexed listings under CFDA 10.960 are cooperative agreements (CA), the SAM.gov-coded mechanism Schools and Roads — Grants to States typically uses to move money. None of the indexed listings require applicant cost-sharing.
- Estimated funding, indexed listings with a reported figure
- $43.2 million across 55 listings (avg $785,000)
- Expected awards, indexed listings with a reported count
- 64 across 57 listings
Figures are computed from the full indexed Grants.gov book for CFDA 10.960, not the 10 listings shown below; a listing missing a field is excluded from that field's total, not counted as zero.
Mostly archived listings · CFDA 10.960
Only 1 of 60 indexed listings under CFDA 10.960 are open (2%); the book is mostly archived. Reported award ceilings swing from $75,000 to $2.6 million (34×); treat any single listing's ceiling as a local bound, not the program's typical award. 98% of listings carry the Agriculture (AG) funding-activity code.
- Open vs archived (indexed book)
- 1 open · 59 archived
- Median reported award ceiling
- $300,000 (60 listings with a ceiling)
- Dominant Grants.gov funding-activity code
- Agriculture (AG)
Open counts use the same posted+close_date rule as the rest of PlainGrants; funding-activity codes are the Grants.gov category_of_funding field (first code when several are joined). Ceiling median is over positive reported ceilings only.
USDA · administering agency
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Farm, food, nutrition, rural development, and conservation programs for communities and businesses.
Grants.gov opportunities · CFDA 10.960 1 Open
Coordinating Agricultural Development & Innovation (CADI) to enable America First Trade Wins in Europe, the South Caucasus and Central Asia
Increasing Market Opportunities in Vietnam for U.S. Innovative Biofertilizer Exporters
Enhancing Biotechnology Market Opportunities for U.S. Exporters and American Farmers
Coordinating Agricultural Development & Innovation (CADI) Uzbekistan: U.S. Soy Marketing Promotion
Coordinating Agricultural Development & Innovation (CADI) Armenia Exchanges: U.S. Food Safety Regulations and Standards Training Program
Coordinating Agricultural Development & Innovation (CADI) Uzbekistan Exchanges: Promotion of U.S. Distilled Spirits
Coordinating Agricultural Development & Innovation (CADI) Georgia: U.S. Poultry Meat Marketing Promotion
Short-Term Agricultural Ukrainian Fellowship Program
Technical Support for Ukraine’s Swine Sector
Technical Support for Ukraine’s Dairy Sector
Showing 10 of the 20 most recent listings (3 indexed).
What to do next
CFDA 10.960: 3 indexed opportunities · 1 open on the recent slice.
- Start with the open listing USDA-FAS-10960-0700-109-26-0003 (closes September 28, 2026) before you compare distant categories. Open listing
- U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) administers 51 Assistance Listings in this extract. Agency catalog
- Nearest peer by listed ceiling: Community Economic Adjustment Assistance (11.002). Compare program
SAM.gov ceilings are catalog maximums, not guaranteed awards; verify every deadline on Grants.gov before submitting.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure on PlainGrants is rendered directly from SAM.gov Assistance Listings data, no number is typed in by an editor. This grant program's figures are rendered directly from SAM.gov Assistance Listings data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data issue on this page.
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