Upcoming Sub-Award Funding Opportunities
Northeast USDA Regional Food Business Center technical assistance provider sub-award funding applications are now CLOSED and will reopen in 2025 for business builders awards and future technical assistance provider funding rounds. Subscribers to the Center’s mailing list will receive periodic updates with more information on the two funding types, along with announcements on upcoming informational sessions to support your team in completing the funding proposal.
Awards for Technical Assistance Providers
The Northeast Regional Food Business Center has CLOSED applications for technical assistance providers to offer guidance and training to local producers and food and farm businesses, or to create or expand regional or sub-regional networks of technical assistance providers. Future funding rounds will be announced in the coming months.
Mid 2024 – Early 2025
Business Builder Sub-Awards
We provide sub-awards to individual food businesses that are seeking support in access to capital, supply chain coordination and other barriers to expansion.
Envisioning a Northeast food system that strengthens communities and economies.
Applications for the first round of funding will open in Early 2025. Eligible entities must:
- Be a currently operating small or mid-size food or agricultural business
- Operate within the Northeast region for the duration of the project
- Be current and in good standing with all taxes
- Be working toward business expansion, including follow-on investments from other sources in any of the following areas: Value-added opportunities; Diversification of on-farm business activities; Accessing new markets
- Propose projects focused on regional needs identified as Center priorities
- Produce, process or add value via manufacturing processes to locally or regionally sourced foods
