Risk Management Education Partnership Program | USDA PP RMED 2017

Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA PP RMED 2017

The Risk Management Education Partnership Program (Funding Opportunity Number USDA PP RMED 2017) is a discretionary USDA cooperative agreement run through the Risk Management Education office (CFDA 10.460). Its core goal is to strengthen the ability of U.S. agricultural producers to understand and manage the major categories of risk that affect farm and ranch operations. The program focuses heavily on crop insurance education alongside broader risk management training, with the intent of helping producers make better-informed decisions that protect the financial and operational stability of their businesses.

The training supported under this opportunity is designed to address multiple, real-world risk areas producers face, including production risk (for example, yield variability, weather impacts, pests, and disease), marketing risk (price volatility, market access, contracting, and timing of sales), legal risk (regulatory compliance, liability concerns, business structures, and contractual issues), financial risk (cash flow management, credit, debt structure, budgeting, and financial analysis), and human risk (labor availability, safety, health, succession planning, and management capacity). In practice, this means funded projects are expected to deliver educational programming that improves producers knowledge and confidence in evaluating options such as crop insurance products and related risk tools, and in integrating those tools into overall farm business planning.

A key administrative detail is the required submission method. Applications must be submitted through the Results Verification System (RVS) at https://rvs.umn.edu/HOME.aspx, and applicants are encouraged to use the most current versions of required documents available within that system. Submissions through Grants.gov are explicitly not accepted, so an otherwise strong proposal could be disqualified if it is submitted through the wrong portal. The listing indicates eligible applicants are unrestricted, meaning there is no narrow applicant category limitation stated in the notice itself, though applicants still need to meet any standard federal eligibility and program-specific requirements described in the full application materials.

The opportunity was created on May 11, 2017, with an original closing date of July 10, 2017. The notice lists an award ceiling of $4,000,000 and an expectation of around 200 awards, reflecting an intent to support a broad portfolio of education and training efforts rather than only a small number of large projects. Because the instrument type is a cooperative agreement, recipients should generally expect substantial involvement from the federal program in areas such as coordination, oversight, or technical input compared with a standard grant, which often affects reporting expectations, project management, and how program deliverables are developed and verified.

• The 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 2017-05-11.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2017-07-10. (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 $4,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 200 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted.

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