Closed · USDA-FAS-10962-0700-10-23-0008 · CFDA 10.962 · Discretionary
FY2023 Cochran Fellowship Program
Federal grant opportunity posted by Foreign Agricultural Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $150K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- August 25, 2023
- Close date
- 29
- Expected awards
The verdict
FY2023 Cochran Fellowship Program is a closed discretionary listing from Foreign Agricultural Service that offered Up to $150,000 across 29 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 138 other opportunities from Foreign Agricultural Service.
- up to $150K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 29
- expected awards
- 10.962
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
FY2023 Cochran Fellowship Program is closed (last close August 25, 2023). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Foreign Agricultural Service still indexes 138 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed August 25, 2023
Est. Total Funding
$4,350,000
Expected Awards
29
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
Since 1984, the U.S. Congress has made funds available to the Cochran Fellowship Program for training agriculturalists from middle-income countries, emerging markets, and emerging democracies. Training opportunities are for senior and mid-level specialists and administrators working in agricultural trade and policy, agribusiness development, management, animal, plant, and food sciences, extension services, agricultural marketing, and many other areas.Please see appendix for full SOWs and learning objectives.• Adoption of Biotechnology and Science-Based Agricultural Policy for Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Republic of Congo, Tanzania and Uganda• Community Based Aquaculture Development for Senegal• Women in Agriculture: Entrepreneurship for Food Processing, Packaging and Value Chain for India• Peoples Republic of China – Feed Ingredients for Aquaculture and Animal Husbandry• Peoples Republic of China – Food Service Chief Training Program• Climate Smart Agriculture for Vietnam• Effective Implementation of Climate Smart Agricultural Technology for Thailand• Biotechnology Adoption and Biosafety for Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras• Biotechnology: Policies, Management, and Public Outreach for Argentina and Paraguay• Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices and Extension for Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Guyana• Post-Harvest and Storage Handling of U.S. Grains for Dominican RepublicPartnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities Initiative for Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Peru• Hotel Foodservice Industry Trends & Best Practices for Mexico, Monterrey• Stock Inventory Management for Peru and Ecuador• U.S. Tree Nuts as Food Ingredients for Brazil• Hotel Foodservice Industry Trends & Best Practices for Mexico• Introduction to U.S. Gastronomy and Food Ingredients for Colombia• Promotion & Marketing of U.S. Seafood for Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Togo• U.S. Private Label Management for People’s Republic of China• Utilization of American Softwood for Vietnam• U.S. Sweets and Snacks for Bangladesh• Marketing and Grading of U.S. Hardwood for Pakistan• Overview of U.S. East Coast Seafood and New Species for People’s Republic of China• Promotion of U.S. Tree Nuts for Turkey• Building Resilience through Climate-Smart Agriculture for Bosnia and Herzegovina• Overview of Animal Health and Disease Management for Bosnia and Herzegovina• Climate Smart Agriculture and Food Systems Innovation for Serbia• Women in Agriculture Entrepreneurship and Food Production for Serbia• Overview of Climate-Smart Agricultural for Turkey
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · USDA-FAS-10962-0700-10-23-0008
Grants.gov marks FY2023 Cochran Fellowship Program with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Agriculture (AG). This eligibility-code string dominates the Foreign Agricultural Service book (104 peers, 75% of 139).
- Code 25
- Others (see official listing text)
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Agency Contact
Desiree Lawrence Phone: 202-690-0947
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FY2023 Cochran Fellowship Program is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
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