MPPEP Phase 3 Invasive Wild-Caught Catfish
The summary for the MPPEP Phase 3 Invasive Wild-Caught Catfish grant is detailed below.
This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants.
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MPPEP Phase 3 Invasive Wild-Caught Catfish: The Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program (MPPEP) provides grants to help eligible meat and poultry processors expand their capacity. USDA Rural Development designed this program to encourage competition and sustainable growth in the U.S. meat processing sector, and to help improve supply chain resiliency. The previous 2 Phases of MPPEP made available funding for new facilities and renovation and expansion of existing facilities. USDA MPPEP Phase III is making competitive grant funding available specifically for the processing of wild-caught invasive catfish for purchase of equipment, including improvements, upgrades, renovations or retrofits to an existing Facility, needed to install the equipment to increase processing capacity of invasive, Wild-Caught catfish and overall volume of Processing. This will not only scale capacity and efficiency at Processing facilities, but also help to reduce Invasive Species populations that are decimating marine ecosystems and threatening the economy of the fishing industry.
| Federal Grant Title: | MPPEP Phase 3 Invasive Wild-Caught Catfish |
| Federal Agency Name: | Rural Business-Cooperative Service (USDA-RBCS) |
| Grant Categories: | Agriculture |
| Type of Opportunity: | Discretionary |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | RD-RBS-25-03-MPPEP |
| Type of Funding: | Grant |
| CFDA Numbers: | 10.381 |
| CFDA Descriptions: | Information not provided |
| Current Application Deadline: | October 6th, 2025 |
| Original Application Deadline: | October 6th, 2025 |
| Posted Date: | August 7th, 2025 |
| Creation Date: | August 7th, 2025 |
| Archive Date: | November 5th, 2025 |
| Total Program Funding: | $6,000,000 |
| Maximum Federal Grant Award: | $1,000,000 |
| Minimum Federal Grant Award: | $250,000 |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 10 |
| Cost Sharing or Matching: | Yes |
| Last Updated: | August 7th, 2025 |
- Applicants Eligible for this Grant
- State governments - County governments - City or township governments - Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) - Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) - Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education - For-profit organizations other than small businesses - Small businesses - Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification.)
- Additional Information on Eligibility
- for‐profit and nonprofit entities, producer‐owned Cooperatives and corporations, certified benefit corporations, Tribes and Tribal Entities, State or local government entities, and other business types (regardless of legal structure
- Link to Full Grant Announcement
- USDA MPPEP Website
- Grant Announcement Contact
- Program Management Division
USDA Rural Development
RBCS
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