Potential Grants for Aquaculture

 

There are a number of grants from different funding agencies that current and prospective aquaculture producers can apply. Federal & State governments offer 3 broad types of grants / support. Individual, farmer organizations, community agencies, foundations, private entities, government institutions, and educational institutions are eligible to apply for these government grants.

1. Marketing Technical Assistance
2. Development and Evaluation of Marketing Tools and Approaches
3. Applied and Integrated Research

• Farmer Rancher Grant Program ($6,000 for individual farmers; up to $18,000 for groups of 3 or more farmers &  ranchers) <http://www.sare.org/ncrsare/prod.htm>
• Small Socially-Disadvantaged Producer Grants (SSDPG) Program <http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/coops/ssdpg/ssdpg.htm>
• Value-Added Producer Grants (VAPG) Program <http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/coops/vadg.htm>
• Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) <http://www.nifa.usda.gov/funding/sbir/sbir.html> and also < http://www.sbir.gov/solicitations/>
• Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) <http://www.nifa.usda.gov/funding/rfas/bfrdp.html>
• Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) - Agricultural Prosperity for Small and Medium-Sized Farms <http://www.nifa.usda.gov/nea/ag_systems/in_focus/smallfarms_if_ag_prosperity.html>
• Emerging Markets Program (EMP) <http://www.fas.usda.gov/mos/em-markets/em-markets.asp>
• Farmers Market Promotion Program (FMPP) <http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/>
• Federal-State Marketing Improvement Program (FSMIP) <http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/>

Resources on Grant Writing:

• Developing a Successful Grant Proposal <https://www.agecon.purdue.edu/newventures/Grant_Writing/index.html>
• Writing a Successful Grant Proposal <http://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/EC/EC-737.pdf>