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. PlainGrants indexes 127 other opportunities from Rural Business-Cooperative Service.
- $250K-$1M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 10
- expected awards
- 10.381
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
MPPEP Phase 3 Invasive Wild-Caught Catfish is closed (last close October 6, 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 October 6, 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.
Market-open applicant set · includes for-profit door
The eligibility set for MPPEP Phase 3 Invasive Wild-Caught Catfish includes a for-profit door among 9 printed types (State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Federally recognized tribal governments; +5 more). Competitive traffic can include commercial applicants alongside other listed classes. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Agriculture (AG). Only 1 other Rural Business-Cooperative Service listing share this exact eligibility-code string (1% of 128).
- Code 00
- State governments
- Code 01
- County governments
- Code 02
- City or township governments
- Code 07
- Federally recognized tribal governments
- Code 11
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Code 12
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
- Code 22
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
- Code 23
- Small businesses
- 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
Program Management Division USDA Rural Development RBCS
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What to do next
MPPEP Phase 3 Invasive Wild-Caught Catfish is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
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