Closed · RD-RBS-25-03-MPPEP · CFDA 10.381 · Discretionary
MPPEP Phase 3 Invasive Wild-Caught Catfish
Federal grant opportunity posted by Rural Business-Cooperative Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $250K-$1M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- October 6, 2025
- Close date
- 10
- Expected awards
The verdict
MPPEP Phase 3 Invasive Wild-Caught Catfish is a closed discretionary listing from Rural Business-Cooperative Service that offered $250,000 -- $1,000,000 across 10 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number.
- $250K-$1M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 10
- expected awards
- 10.381
- CFDA program
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement - MPPEP Phase 3 Invasive Wild-Caught Catfish - is cataloged under number RD-RBS-25-03-MPPEP and tied to CFDA assistance listing 10.381, posted by Rural Business-Cooperative Service. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on August 7, 2025. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a grant.
Award economics. The award range on file is $250,000 -- $1,000,000. The agency has projected $6.0 million in total estimated funding for this announcement. It expects to issue 10 awards. If the agency funds the expected 10 awards from the $6.0 million estimated pool, the average award works out to roughly $600,000. Cost sharing or matching funds are required, meaning applicants must contribute a portion of the project budget from non-federal sources, factor this into your financial plan before drafting the proposal. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.
Deadline and action path. This opportunity closed on October 6, 2025. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number, so monitoring the parent program page is the most reliable way to catch re-announcements. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully, federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed, it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities. Before acting on the deadline or award figures above, verify them directly on the official Grants.gov listing, amendments can change dates and amounts after this page was last refreshed.
Award Range
$250,000 -- $1,000,000
Close Date
October 6, 2025
Posted
August 7, 2025
Est. Total Funding
$6,000,000
Expected Awards
10
Instrument
Grant
Cost Sharing
Required
Description
The Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program (MPPEP) provides grants to help eligible meat and poultry processors expand their capacity. USDA Rural Development designed this program to encourage competition and sustainable growth in the U.S. meat processing sector, and to help improve supply chain resiliency. The previous 2 Phases of MPPEP made available funding for new facilities and renovation and expansion of existing facilities. USDA MPPEP Phase III is making competitive grant funding available specifically for the processing of wild-caught invasive catfish for purchase of equipment, including improvements, upgrades, renovations or retrofits to an existing Facility, needed to install the equipment to increase processing capacity of invasive, Wild-Caught catfish and overall volume of Processing. This will not only scale capacity and efficiency at Processing facilities, but also help to reduce Invasive Species populations that are decimating marine ecosystems and threatening the economy of the fishing industry.
Eligibility
Grants.gov lists this opportunity under eligibility category codes 00, 01, 02, 07, 11, 12, 22, 23, 25. These codes correspond to applicant types (state/local government, tribal organization, nonprofit, educational institution, individual, small business, etc.) defined in Grants.gov's own eligibility reference. See the current Grants.gov eligibility categories or check the official listing below for this opportunity's exact eligibility statement.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Agency Contact
Program Management Division USDA Rural Development RBCS
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