Closed · USDA-RD-RBCS-INVESTFSC-23 · CFDA 10.890 · Discretionary

Evaluation of Rural Development’s Investments in Food Supply Chains

Federal grant opportunity posted by Rural Business-Cooperative Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.

Varies
Award range
Closed
Status
September 8, 2023
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

Evaluation of Rural Development’s Investments in Food Supply Chains is a closed discretionary listing from Rural Business-Cooperative Service that offered Varies by applicant. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 127 other opportunities from Rural Business-Cooperative Service.

Varies
award range
Closed
application status
10.890
CFDA program
127
other opportunities from Rural Business-Cooperative Service

Archived opportunity record

Evaluation of Rural Development’s Investments… is closed (last close September 8, 2023). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Rural Business-Cooperative Service still indexes 127 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 September 8, 2023

Posted Aug 9 Closes Sep 8

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

This Notice announces that Rural Development (RD or the Agency) is accepting proposals to evaluate the impact of RD’s grants and loan programs on regional food supply chains. This funding opportunity will be administered by the RD Innovation Center, in partnership with the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Office of Budget and Program Analysis (OBPA). The Agency is announcing $750,000 in competitive cooperative agreement funds in fiscal year (FY) 2023. The Agency may select one (1) or no Cooperator. RD reserves the right to withhold the awarding of any funds. Applications must receive a minimum score of at least 60 points to be considered. This Notice lists the information needed to submit an application for these funds.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · USDA-RD-RBCS-INVESTFSC-23

Grants.gov marks Evaluation of Rural Development’s Investments… 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 codes span Agriculture · Business and Commerce · Food and Nutrition (AG;BC;FN). This eligibility-code string dominates the Rural Business-Cooperative Service book (56 peers, 44% of 128).

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.

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Agency Contact

Kasey Martin

What to do next

Evaluation of Rural Development’s Investments… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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