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2027 Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program

Agency: Foreign Agricultural Service

Assistance Listings: 10.600 -- Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program

Last Updated: June 10, 2026

Under the Cooperator Program, USDA/FAS enters into agreements with nonprofit agricultural trade organizations (“Cooperators”) to share the costs of maintaining and developing foreign markets for United States agricultural commodities and products. Financial assistance under the Cooperator Program is made available on a competitive basis, and USDA/FAS endeavors to enter into agreements with eligible Cooperators to cover as broad an array of agricultural commodities as possible. All U.S. agricultural commodities, except tobacco, are eligible for consideration.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Miscellaneous

  • Other

Additional information

An applicant must be a nonprofit U.S. agricultural trade organization that promotes the exports of one or more U.S. agricultural commodities and does not have a business interest in or receive remuneration from specific sales of agricultural commodities.All applicants must have an active registration in the U.S. Government System for Award Management (www.sam.gov) before the application submission deadline of the announcement. Applicants with inactive, expired, pending, or excluded listings will be deemed ineligible. Exceptions, waivers, or extensions will not be considered. More information about SAM.gov registration can be found in Section 9, Other Information.

Grantor contact information

Description

Curt Alt Phone 2026904784

Email

curt.alt@usda.gov

curt.alt@usda.gov

Documents

File nameDescriptionLast updated
2027_FMD_NOFO_Final.pdf
2027 Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program NOFO
Jun 10, 2026 02:24 PM UTC

Link to additional information

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Closing: August 14, 2026

August 14, 2026 at 5:00 pm, Eastern Time

Application process

This site is a work in progress. Go to www.grants.gov to apply, track application status, and subscribe to updates.

Award

$69,000,000

Program Funding

20

Expected awards

$--

Award Minimum

$--

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

USDA-FAS-FMD-2027

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

Yes

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

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Category of Funding Activity:

Agriculture

Category Explanation:

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History

Version:

2

Posted date:

June 10, 2026

Archive date:

September 13, 2026

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