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Farm Business Management and Benchmarking Competitive Grants Program (FBMB)

Agency: National Institute of Food and Agriculture-eRA

Assistance Listings: 10.319 -- Farm Business Management and Benchmarking Competitive Grants Program

Last Updated: June 15, 2026
The FBMB program aims to strongly support innovative extension approaches and collaborative efforts to maintain and expand the publicly available national farm financial management database (FINBIN). Such efforts are needed to meet the challenges facing the Nation's agriculture and food systems. Farmers, farm managers, and individuals involved in production agriculture must be educated and prepared to work effectively across disciplines to solve agricultural and educational challenges. Meeting these challenges will require projects that are timely, strategic, creative, and multidisciplinary. The...

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Miscellaneous

  • Other

Additional information

Eligibility Requirements: Applications may be submitted by the following entities: State agricultural experiment station; College and universities; University research foundation; Other research institutions and organizations; Federal agencies; National laboratories; Private organizations or corporations; Individuals; or any group consisting of two (2) or more of the entities described in subparagraphs (A) through (H).

Grantor contact information

Description

NIFA Support Email grantapplicationquestions@usda.gov

Email

If you have questions about preparing application content, contact grantapplicationquestions@usda.gov

grantapplicationquestions@usda.gov

Documents

File nameDescriptionLast updated
USDA-NIFA-KFBMB-32830-Full-Announcement.html
USDA-NIFA-KFBMB-32830-Full-Announcement.html
Jun 15, 2026 05:47 PM UTC

Link to additional information

https://www.nifa.usda.gov/grants/funding-opportunities/farm-business-management-benchmarking-competitive-grants-program

Closing: July 20, 2026

Application process

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

Award

$2,000,000

Program Funding

6

Expected awards

$200,000

Award Minimum

$450,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

USDA-NIFA-KFBMB-32830

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

No

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

--

Category of Funding Activity:

Agriculture

Category Explanation:

--

History

Version:

1

Posted date:

June 15, 2026

Archive date:

August 24, 2026

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