USDA SME Grant 

grants to qualified small businesses to support advanced research related to scientific problems and opportunities in agriculture that could lead to significant public benefit.

Rural Cooperative Grant 

The Rural Cooperative Development Grants (RCDG) program provides grants of up to $200,000 to nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher education so they can establish and operate centers for cooperative development.

Small Business Research Grant

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant provides opportunity for US-owned, for-profit, small business firms to submit innovative, applied, research and development projects that address important problems facing American agriculture and have the potential to lead to significant public benefit if the research is successful.