[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 22988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06999]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Business-Cooperative Service

[Docket #: RBS-23-BUSINESS-0024]


Notice for the Rural Innovation Stronger Economy (RISE) Grant 
Program for Fiscal Year 2024

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBCS, Agency), a Rural 
Development (RD) agency of the United States Department of Agriculture 
(USDA), published in the Federal Register, a Notice of Solicitation of 
Applications for the Rural Innovation Stronger Economy (RISE) program 
for fiscal year (FY) 2024 on January 2, 2024 that invited applications 
for funding subject to the availability of funding. However, the Agency 
did not receive any funding for FY24, so it will not be accepting 
applications this cycle.

DATES: Completed applications were to be submitted electronically no 
later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time April 1, 2024 through grants.gov. 
Effective now, RBCS is not accepting applications and any applications 
submitted to date will not be funded through the RISE program.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rachel Reister, Program Management 
Division, RBCS, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Mail Stop-3226, 
Washington, DC 20250-3226, (202) 720-1400 or email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Agency invited applications for the RISE 
program for FY24 on January 2, 2024, 89 FR 43, in anticipation of 
funding appropriations. However, the program did not receive any 
funding for FY24, so it will not be accepting applications this cycle.

Kathryn E. Dirksen Londrigan,
Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-06999 Filed 4-2-24; 8:45 am]
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