Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (RMAP) for Fiscal Year 2026
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The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBCS or the Agency), a Rural Development (RD) agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to announce acceptance of grant, loan, and combined grant and loan applications under the Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (RMAP). In future years this funding opportunity will only be announced on the Agency website and grants.gov, without a Federal Register notice. Therefore, in future years, neither the funding opportunity nor reference to the funding opportunity in grants.gov will appear in the Federal Register. Please make a note of this change in location of the funding announcement in your records.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 37 (Wednesday, February 25, 2026)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-03790]
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Federal Register / Vol. 91, No. 37 / Wednesday, February 25, 2026 /
Notices
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
[Docket No. RBS-26-BUSINESS-0133]
Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Rural Microentrepreneur
Assistance Program (RMAP) for Fiscal Year 2026
AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice of funding opportunity.
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SUMMARY: The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBCS or the Agency), a
Rural Development (RD) agency of the United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA) is issuing a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to
announce acceptance of grant, loan, and combined grant and loan
applications under the Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program
(RMAP). In future years this funding opportunity will only be announced
on the Agency website and <a href="http://grants.gov">grants.gov</a>, without a Federal Register
notice. Therefore, in future years, neither the funding opportunity nor
reference to the funding opportunity in <a href="http://grants.gov">grants.gov</a> will appear in the
Federal Register. Please make a note of this change in location of the
funding announcement in your records.
DATES: February 25, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Full funding notice is available on <a href="http://grants.gov">grants.gov</a>. Program
guidance and application forms may be obtained at <a href="https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/business-programs/rural-microentrepreneur-assistance-program">https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/business-programs/rural-microentrepreneur-assistance-program</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shamika Johnson, Program Management
Division, Business Programs, RBCS, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue SW,
Mail Stop 3226, Room 5160-S, Washington, DC 20250-3226, or call (202)
720-1400. For further information on this notice, please contact the RD
State Office in the State where the project is located. A list of RD
State Office contacts is provided at the following link: <a href="http://rd.usda.gov/about-rd/offices/state-offices">rd.usda.gov/about-rd/offices/state-offices</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The full text of the Notice of Funding
Opportunity (NOFO) is available on the Agency website and on <a href="http://grants.gov">grants.gov</a>
using Funding Opportunity Number RD-RBCS-26-RMAP or Assistance Listing
Number 10.870.
Jeremy Claeys,
Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative Service, USDA Rural
Development.
[FR Doc. 2026-03790 Filed 2-24-26; 8:45 am]
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