Agricultural Trade Promotion Program (now called America First Trade Promotion Program) from the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) provides cost-share grants to U.S. agricultural organizations to fund marketing and promotion activities that expand exports of U.S. agricultural commodities. The 2026 funding cycle offered an estimated $285 million in total funding with approximately 60 awards expected. Eligible applicants include nonprofit U.S. agricultural trade organizations, state regional trade groups (SRTGs), U.S. agricultural cooperatives, and U.S. state agencies. All U.S. agricultural commodities except tobacco are eligible for promotion. Cost sharing or matching is required. Applications for the 2026 cycle closed January 23, 2026. Applicants proposing new and innovative activities in non-traditional markets receive priority consideration. Organizations must have an active SAM.gov registration before the application deadline to be eligible.

Regional Agricultural Promotion Program (RAPP) is a cost-share grant program from the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) that reimburses U.S. agricultural organizations for market development activities that expand and diversify U.S. agricultural exports. The program supports development, maintenance, and expansion of commercial export markets for U.S. agricultural commodities and products worldwide. Eligible applicants include nonprofit U.S. agricultural trade organizations, state regional trade groups, U.S. agricultural cooperatives, and state agencies that conduct approved export market development activities. The 2025 program offered an estimated $300 million in total funding, with an expected 70 awards. Cost sharing or matching is required. Applications for the 2025 funding opportunity closed October 4, 2024. RAPP is designed to strengthen U.S. agricultural export competitiveness through targeted regional marketing and trade promotion activities.

Foreign Market Development Program (FMD) from the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) supports nonprofit U.S. agricultural trade organizations in creating, expanding, and maintaining long-term export markets for U.S. agricultural commodities and products. The program operates as a cost-share grant, with recipients required to contribute matching funds. The 2026 funding cycle offered an estimated $34.5 million in total funding with approximately 20 awards expected. Applications for the 2026 cycle closed June 6, 2025. Eligible applicants are cooperator organizations — specifically nonprofit U.S. agricultural trade associations with the expertise and industry resources to conduct sustained market development activities in foreign markets. The program provides long-term funding to build commercial relationships and demand for U.S. agricultural products in key export markets around the world.

The Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL, or the Department), announces the availability of approximately $9 million total costs (subject to the availability of Federal funds) for 2 cooperative agreements aimed at securing fair and reliable critical mineral supply chains free of child labor (CL) and forced labor (FL). ILAB intends to fund one cooperative agreement of up to $5 million in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and one cooperative agreement of up to $4 million in Indonesia. The duration of each project will be 54 months from the award date. Applicants may propose a shorter period of performance in line with their proposed strategy. Applicants may choose to apply for one or both cooperative agreements. Applicants that wish to apply for both Cooperative Agreements must submit two distinct applications.The cooperative agreements will be focused on the supply chains of critical minerals identified in the List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor, published by the Department of Labor as required under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 and subsequent reauthorizations (TVPRA List). Applications must propose a strategy to address CL and/or FL in the supply chains of at least one (1) of the following minerals in one (1) of the following countries:• DRC: Cobalt, copper, tantalum, tin, and/or tungsten.• Indonesia: Nickel, with the option to also include tin.Applicants must propose to work with key stakeholders to identify and address child labor and/or forced labor, and related labor abuses in their proposed country of implementation. Applicants must propose a strategy to conduct activities under each of the following two focus areas:Focus Area 1: Policy and Legal Frameworks. Applicants will propose a strategy to assist partner governments and supply chain actors to bring their mining, labor, procurement, trade rules, and other relevant policy frameworks into full alignment with international standards, particularly U.S. forced-labor import requirements, International Labor Organization conventions, and other due diligence guidelines and best practices.0F1Focus Area 2: Capacity Building for Monitoring, Identification, Enforcement, and Remediation. Applicants will propose a strategy to improve national and local systems for monitoring and identifying child labor and/or forced labor in critical mineral supply chains. Applicants must also propose a strategy to strengthen public and private sector entities responsible for addressing child labor and/or forced labor in critical mineral supply chains through enforcement actions and through remediation measures for children and individuals placed in conditions of child labor and/or forced labor.In addition to work under the two Focus Areas outlined above, applicants must propose a strategy to conduct a supply chain research study and produce a final report in close coordination with ILAB. Applicants should plan to produce a final research product within the first three years of the project period of performance. Funding Opportunity Number: FOA-ILAB-25-15. Assistance Listing: 17.401. Funding Instrument: CA. Category: O. Award Amount: $4M – $5M per award.