Farm Business Management and Benchmarking Competitive Grants Program (FBMB)
Supports extension-oriented projects and collaborative efforts to maintain and expand the public FINBIN farm financial management database and to educate farmers and producers in farm management skills.
⚑ Focus is on extension and benchmarking/database maintenance, not hypothesis-driven research. · Supports collaborative efforts around FINBIN; proposals should be multidisciplinary and farmer-facing.
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 40 partial | technical depth: substantial; funds training education (capped) |
| IPPRA | 39 weak | outside portfolio topics; signature methods: community engaged; social/behavioral work is minor; funds training education, not research (capped) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 10 none | deep-tech content; no commercialization signal |
Description
The FBMB program aims to strongly support innovative extension approaches and collaborative efforts to maintain and expand the publicly available national farm financial management database (FINBIN). Such efforts are needed to meet the challenges facing the Nation's agriculture and food systems. Farmers, farm managers, and individuals involved in production agriculture must be educated and prepared to work effectively across disciplines to solve agricultural and educational challenges. Meeting these challenges will require projects that are timely, strategic, creative, and multidisciplinary. The FBMB program supports all farmers, ranchers, and producers to develop farm management knowledge and skills that are consistent with the agriculture and food systems priorities of the USDA.
Eligibility
Eligibility Requirements: Applications may be submitted by the following entities: State agricultural experiment station; College and universities; University research foundation; Other research institutions and organizations; Federal agencies; National laboratories; Private organizations or corporations; Individuals; or any group consisting of two (2) or more of the entities described in subparagraphs (A) through (H).
Apply
View on Grants.gov → CONTACT: National Institute of Food and Agriculture-eRA <grantapplicationquestions@usda.gov>
Proposal brief SEE AN EXAMPLE →
A one-page internal memo: fit assessment, submission requirements, document scaffold, and next steps dated back from the deadline — tailored to your project idea if you add one.
Proposal shell · USDA NIFA conventions SEE A USDA EXAMPLE →
Funder-faithful document skeletons — USDA NIFA's document set with section headings, page limits, reviewer guidance, and writing prompts; add a project idea to get [DRAFT] starter bullets. Download as .md for Word or Overleaf.