Closed · USDA-AMS-TM-RFSP-G-26-0006 · CFDA 10.177 · Discretionary

Regional Food System Partnership Fiscal Year 2026

Federal grant opportunity posted by Agricultural Marketing Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$100K-$1M
Award range
Closed
Status
June 5, 2026
Close date
10
Expected awards

The verdict

Regional Food System Partnership Fiscal Year 2026 is a closed discretionary listing from Agricultural Marketing Service that offered $100,000 -- $1,000,000 across 10 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 123 other opportunities from Agricultural Marketing Service.

$100K-$1M
award range
Closed
application status
10
expected awards
10.177
CFDA program

Recently closed NOFO

This listing closed on June 5, 2026. CFDA 10.177 may re-announce under a new opportunity number. Historical award band was $100,000 -- $1,000,000.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed June 5, 2026

Posted Apr 21 Closes Jun 5

Est. Total Funding

$4,710,000

Expected Awards

10

Instrument

Grant

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), requests applications for the 2026 Fiscal Year (FY) Regional Food System Partnerships (RFSP) grant program. RFSP purpose is to support partnerships that connect public and private resources to plan and develop local and regional food systems.RFSP is part of the Local Agriculture Market Program (LAMP) umbrella program. AMS welcomes applications that meet LAMP goals (see section 3.1) to support the development, coordination, and expansion of direct producer-to-consumer marketing, local and regional food markets and enterprises, and value-added agricultural products.Approximately $4.71 million is available to fund applications under this solicitation. In FY2025, AMS funded 7 (6.5%) of the eligible applications received an awarded a total of $4,712,934.This announcement identifies the eligibility criteria for RFSP projects and applicants, and the application forms and associated instructions needed to apply for an RFSP grant. AMS will award these grants competitively to eligible applicants proposing high quality projects that meet the purpose and requirements of the program. All applications will be reviewed using merit and evaluation procedures.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · USDA-AMS-TM-RFSP-G-26-0006

Grants.gov marks Regional Food System Partnership Fiscal Year… 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. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Agriculture (AG). This eligibility-code string dominates the Agricultural Marketing Service book (48 peers, 39% of 124).

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

Regional Food System Partnerships IPPGrants@usda.gov

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