Closed · RDBCP-REAP-RES-EEI-2025 · CFDA 10.868 · Discretionary

Rural Energy for America Program

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

up to $1M
Award range
Closed
Status
March 31, 2025
Close date
6000
Expected awards

The verdict

Rural Energy for America Program is a closed discretionary listing from Rural Business-Cooperative Service that offered Up to $1,000,000 across 6000 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 127 other opportunities from Rural Business-Cooperative Service.

up to $1M
award range
Closed
application status
6000
expected awards
10.868
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Rural Energy for America Program is closed (last close March 31, 2025). 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 March 31, 2025

Posted Oct 24 Closes Mar 31

Est. Total Funding

$200,000,000

Expected Awards

6000

Instrument

Grant

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

The Rural Business Cooperative Service (RBCS or the Agency), a Rural Development (RD) agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to announce acceptance of grant, guaranteed loan, and combined grant and guaranteed loan applications under the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). This notice announces the deadlines, dates, and times that applications must be received in order to be considered for REAP funds. The NOFO is being issued for Fiscal Years (FY) 2025, 2026, and 2027. The notice will not be applied retroactively to any applications previously filed. Applications received on or after October 16, 2024, through September 30, 2027, will be evaluated and scored according to the Federal Register October 16, 2024, at 89 FR 83449 - 2024-23854.pdf (govinfo.gov), unless otherwise amended via a subsequent notice. Applications received between July 2, 2024, and October 15, 2024, will be evaluated and scored according to the Federal Register March 31, 2023, at 88 FR 19239 - Link notice: 2023-06376.pdf (govinfo.gov). This funding opportunity posting only applies to FY 2025. Subsequent funding opportunity postings will be published July 1, 2025, (FY 2026) and July 1, 2026 (FY 2027).

Small-business / for-profit corridor · RDBCP-REAP-RES-EEI-2025

Rural Energy for America Program prints a for-profit / small-business applicant door (Small businesses). Treat the listing as business-facing unless the full Grants.gov announcement narrows it further. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Energy (EN). Only 3 other Rural Business-Cooperative Service listings share this exact eligibility-code string (2% of 128).

Code 23
Small businesses

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

View full details, application forms, and submission instructions.

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Agency Contact

Contact your State Energy Coordinator as listed: https://www.rd.usda.gov/sites/default/files/RBS_StateEnergyCoordinators.pdf

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What to do next

Rural Energy for America Program is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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