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Grants

Rural Innovation Stronger Economy (RISE) Grant

Status

Status not published

Announced through an annual Federal Register notice; historically with a spring or summer deadline.

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Amount
$2,000,000

Grants from $500,000 to $2 million to create or expand rural job accelerator partnerships. A 20% non-federal match is required (5% for projects in persistent poverty counties).

You must co-fund 20%. Work out the cash you need

Funder

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development

public · national

Deadline: One call a year — Announced through an annual Federal Register notice; historically with a spring or summer deadline.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

You fund 20% yourself.

Who can apply

Applicants are rural jobs accelerator partnerships - consortia of public bodies, tribes, non-profits, higher education institutions and regional economic development organisations. Start-ups benefit as accelerator participants.

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · UEI and SAM.gov registration, explained

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/business-programs/rural-innovation-stronger-economy-rise-grants

Not yet re-checked against the official page — this record was extracted on 14 August 2026 and may be out of date. Check the source before you rely on it.

Source: www.rd.usda.gov

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