Risk Management Education Partnership Program | USDA PP RMED 2018

Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA PP RMED 2018

The Risk Management Education Partnership Program (USDA PP RMED 2018) is a discretionary funding opportunity offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture through its Risk Management Education function. It is structured as a cooperative agreement, which generally means the USDA expects to have substantial involvement with recipients during the project period (for example, coordination, shared planning, or active participation in implementation), rather than simply issuing a hands-off grant. The program sits within the Education funding activity category and is associated with CFDA number 10.460.

The core purpose of the program is to strengthen the ability of U.S. agricultural producers to make informed decisions about risk, with a strong emphasis on crop insurance education and broader risk management training. Funded projects are expected to help producers better identify and manage multiple categories of risk that affect farm and ranch businesses. These risk areas explicitly include production risk (such as yield variability, pests, disease, and weather impacts), marketing risk (price volatility, market access, and contracting decisions), legal risk (compliance, liabilities, and regulatory considerations), financial risk (cash flow management, credit, debt structure, and overall financial resilience), and human risk (labor, health and safety, succession planning, and other people-related issues that can disrupt operations). In practical terms, the opportunity is aimed at supporting education and training that improves how producers evaluate their options and use tools like crop insurance as part of a wider risk management strategy.

Eligibility is listed as unrestricted, meaning the competition is open to any type of entity, subject to any additional constraints that would have appeared in the full notice under an “Additional Information on Eligibility” section. In other words, it is broadly open, but applicants would still need to confirm any specific requirements, priorities, or limitations that may have been described in the complete announcement.

For this particular posting, the opportunity was created on May 29, 2018, with an original application deadline of July 30, 2018. The stated award ceiling is $4,160,000, and the agency anticipated making approximately 200 awards. Overall, the program is designed to fund a wide set of education-focused partnerships and training efforts that can reach producers across different regions and commodities, improving their understanding and practical use of crop insurance and other risk management approaches to support more resilient agricultural operations.

• The Department of Agriculture, Risk Management Education in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Risk Management Education Partnership Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.460.
• This funding opportunity was created on May 29, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 30, 2018. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $4,160,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 200 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.

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