Sheep Production and Marketing Grant Program FY 2026

The Sheep Production and Marketing Grant Program funds projects that strengthen and improve the production and marketing of U.S. sheep and sheep products, including infrastructure, business, and resource development and innovative approaches to long-term needs. About $2.4 million is available, with one or more awards expected, and individual awards must be between $1 million and $2.4 million. Eligible applicants are domestic national entities with sheep industry support and the ability to run a competitive subaward program; they may include nonprofit, higher education, government, or business entities, and Tribal governments. Primary recipients do not have a cost share requirement for managing the program, but each subaward project must include cash or in-kind cost share equal to 25 percent of the federal funds requested, and the applicant must cover any recipient-led project with the same 25 percent requirement. Eligible applicants must be located in the 50 states, D.C., Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, or the Northern Mariana Islands.

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