The Northeast Dairy Business Innovation Center is excited to announce that the Dairy Packaging Innovation Grant opens June 29. 

This program provides funding to support modernized, climate-forward dairy packaging initiatives that prioritize sustainability, scalability, and marketability.  Grant funds are available to dairy packaging projects along the spectrum of research, development, and implementation and for projects at a variety of scales. 

The RFA for the first round of this two-step application process is available now on our website: https://agriculture.vermont.gov/dbic/grants/dairy-packaging-innovation-grant  

The Pre-application window is June 29 – August 24, 2023  at 2:00 pm ET 

Following the review of pre-applications, a subset of applicants will be invited to submit a full application beginning in mid-September to mid-November. Awards will range from $75,000 to $350,000 with a 25% (cash or in-kind) match commitment required.