Assistance Listing 10.601
Market Access Program
Foreign Agricultural Service · Department of Agriculture
The verdict for a small nonprofit
Rarely funds nonprofits directly. 100% of awards go to governments and other applicants, so look for a subrecipient or partner role instead.
Based on 672 new awards in FY2024–25. The median award is $50,000. Expect about 65 days between posting and deadline.
- First-time winners
- —
- of new awards, last 3 FYs
- Nonprofit share
- 0%
- 0% higher ed · 0% gov't
- Under-$1M orgs
- n/a
- revenue join unavailable
- Median award
- $50K
- $22K – $139K middle half
- New awards, FY2025
- 114
- $14M committed to them
- Usually posts
- Apr
- annual · 65-day window
Open right now under this program
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Who won in FY2025
Largest recipients by dollars. From USAspending.
| Recipient | Type | State | Awards | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redacted DUE to PII | Individual | MO | 559 | $63,880,173 |
| Redacted DUE to PII | Individual | MD | 113 | $12,444,688 |
New awards by fiscal year
Awards first made in each fiscal year; dollars are the total committed to that year's new awards over their life.
| FY | New awards | Committed | Median | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 558 | $63M | $54K | $17K – $133K |
| 2025 | 114 | $14M | $50K | $22K – $139K |
Past rounds
Every announcement under this listing that Grants.gov still lists. Use it to plan next year.
| Posted | Closed | Window | Announcement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-10 | 2026-08-14 | 65 d | USDA-FAS-MAP-2027 · 2027 Market Access Program |
| 2025-04-01 | 2025-06-06 | 66 d | USDA-FAS-MAP-2026 · 2026 Market Access Program |
| 2024-04-03 | 2024-06-14 | 72 d | USDA-FAS-MAP-2025 · 2025 Market Access Program |
| 2023-03-17 | 2023-05-19 | 63 d | USDA-FAS-MAP-2024 · 2024 Market Access Program |
| 2022-03-18 | 2022-05-20 | 63 d | 2023-01 · Market Access Program |
| 2021-04-23 | 2021-06-25 | 63 d | 2022-01 · Market Access Program |
| 2020-12-18 | — | — | NOT-FAS-2021-01 · MAP FMD funding notice |
| 2020-07-01 | — | — | NOT-FAS-2020-01 · Notice of funding strategy for Market Access Program and Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program |
| 2020-07-01 | — | — | NOT-FAS-2020-02 · Notice of funding strategy for Market Access Program and Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program |
| 2020-05-08 | 2020-06-26 | 49 d | 2021-01 · Market Access Program Notice of Funding Opportunity Title |
| 2019-05-28 | 2019-06-28 | 31 d | 2019-11022 · 2020 Market Access Program |
| 2018-05-10 | 2018-06-08 | 29 d | 2018-09871 · 2019 Market Access Program (MAP) |
| 2014-04-17 | 2014-05-19 | 32 d | MAP2015 · Notice of Funds Availability - Market Access Program |
| 2013-04-25 | 2013-05-28 | 33 d | MAP2014 · Inviting Applications for the Market Access Program |
| 2012-04-30 | 2012-05-23 | 23 d | FAS-OTP-MAP04232012 · Notice of Funds Availability - Market Access Program |
| 2009-04-30 | 2009-05-29 | 29 d | FAS-OTP-MAP-052909 · MAP: Availability of Funds For FY 2010 |
Common questions
How hard is it to win a grant under 10.601?
Rarely funds nonprofits directly. 100% of awards go to governments and other applicants, so look for a subrecipient or partner role instead. Based on 672 new awards in FY2024–25. The median award is $50,000. Expect about 65 days between posting and deadline.
How much does Market Access Program award?
In FY2025 the median new award was $50K; the middle half ran from $22K to $139K. 114 new awards were made, with $14M committed to them.
When does 10.601 usually post?
Over the last several years, new rounds most often posted in Apr with about 65 days to apply. The most recent round posted Jun 10, 2026.
Who runs this program?
Department of Agriculture (Foreign Agricultural Service). Assistance Listing 10.601 on SAM.gov describes the authorizing statute and standard terms.
Sources: USAspending FY2021–25 award archive (2026-10-06); Grants.gov Search2 (fetched 2026-10-28); IRS EO BMF (fetched 2026-10-28). Award counts are new awards by fiscal year of first action. Shares are computed from award counts, not dollars. Recipient type comes from the award record's business-type codes. Always confirm details in the official announcement.