Deadline: Applications must be received before Friday, January 31, 2025, by 11:59 pm Central Time (CT).
The Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) will accept applications for Product Promotion (GTP) Grants under the GO TEXAN - Marketing Enhancement Grant Assistance (MEGA) Program (Program). The Program is designed to provide grant funds to GO TEXAN Product Partners at the Tier 2 or higher level of participation to assist with marketing and promotion of Texas products, including those that have been produced, processed, or otherwise had value added to the products in Texas.
Eligible applicants
- Eligible applicants are current GO TEXAN Product Program Tier 2, 3, or Champion Product Partners in good standing.
- A Product Partner is a business that has applied for and been approved to use the GO TEXAN certification mark for tangible products grown, produced, manufactured, or value-added in Texas.
- For purposes of eligibility for GTP grants, “good standing” means that at the time of the MEGA - GTP grant application submission deadline the applicant’s GO TEXAN registration is in full compliance with all of the provisions of the GO TEXAN Program:
- the applicant’s GO TEXAN registration has been approved by TDA and is not currently suspended or terminated,
- all registration fees have been paid,
- and the registrant’s account has no outstanding issues.
- Please note: an application for GO TEXAN registration takes 2 weeks to process and upgrades cannot be performed online.
- A Product partnership upgrade must be submitted at least 2 weeks prior to the GTP application. See Submission details for more information. For questions or to check on GO TEXAN partnership status, please contact (877) 99-GOTEX or gotexan@TexasAgriculture.gov. NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE.
- Only GTP grant applications submitted by applicants physically located in Texas or that have a principal place of business in Texas shall be funded.
- Selected applicants must maintain a GO TEXAN Tier 2 or higher certification throughout the term of the GTP grant agreement.
Ineligible applicants
- GO TEXAN Associate Partners regardless of level.
- Associate Partner means retailers, livestock shows, festivals, distributors, communities, restaurants, farmers markets, and other entities that have applied for and been approved to use the GO TEXAN Associate mark.
- If a GO TEXAN Partner previously received and accepted an award or awards under the MEGA program totaling $40,000, the Partner is ineligible to receive another MEGA GTP grant for seven (7) years from the date of the last award.
- An applicant that has a family, employment or business relationship with an executive, officer or employee of TDA is not eligible for a grant and may not seek or participate in a GTP grant under the MEGA Program.
- A "family” or familial relationship is defined as a relationship within the third degree of consanguinity, or second degree of affinity, as established in Texas Government Code, Sections 573.023-.025.