OpportunityTitle: Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives Program (DBI) Fiscal Year 2025
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), requests applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2025 only from the existing four initiatives of the Dairy Business Innovation (DBI) Initiatives program: the California State University Fresno Foundation, the University of Tennessee, the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets, and the University of Wisconsin.
Description: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), requests applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2025 only from the existing four initiatives of the Dairy Business Innovation (DBI) Initiatives program: the California State University Fresno Foundation, the University of Tennessee, the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets, and the University of Wisconsin. These initiatives serve to:Diversify dairy product markets to reduce risk and develop higher value uses for dairy products,Promote business development that diversifies farmer income through processing and marketing innovation, andEncourage the use of regional milk production.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: IPPGrants@usda.gov
GrantorContactText: DBI Grant Program Questions: IPPGrants@usda.gov; Grants.gov Questions: support@grants.gov or 1-800-518-4726.&lt;br/&gt;IPPGrants@usda.gov
CloseDateExplanation: Applicants must submit applications electronically via Grants.gov by 11:59 p.m. prior to the deadlines listed on this RFA. AMS cannot consider applications received after this deadline for funding. See AMS&quot; Late Applications, Denials and/or Appeal Procedures Policy. Only applications submitted and validated by 11:59 pm Eastern Time on the application due date to Grants.gov will be accepted. See AMS&quot; Late and/or Non-Responsive Applications Policy.