Project Grant GA18235

The Small Business Administration Office of International Trade awarded a $969,753 Project Grant to the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina Inc. under the State Trade Expansion program (CFDA 59.061). The grant funding will support efforts to increase the number of small businesses in North Carolina that export goods and services, as well as increase export values for small businesses already engaged in international trade. Specifically, the Economic Development Partnership of...

This FY 2024 $325,000 State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) award (CFDA 59.061) from the U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of International Trade will enable the West Virginia Department of Economic Development to assist small businesses in West Virginia with expanding their export activities and increasing the value of their exports. The funding will support export promotion services such as export training, trade missions, international marketing assistance, trade show...

The U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of International Trade has awarded a $525,000 Project Grant to the State of Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) through the State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) for FY 2024. This two-year grant, running from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2026, will enable DBEDT to provide a range of export promotion services to help eligible small businesses in Hawaii enter and expand into international markets. Key...

The Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC) was awarded a $750,000 Project Grant from the Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of International Trade under the State Trade Expansion Program (STEP). The two-year award runs from September 30, 2022 through September 29, 2024. The STEP grant will support EDPNC's efforts to increase the number of small businesses in North Carolina that are exporting, as well as boost export values for small businesses already engaged in...

The Small Business Administration Office of International Trade awarded a $537,464 Project Grant to the Department of Commerce Office of Finance Programs to deliver services under the State Trade Expansion federal grant program (CFDA 59.061). The grant aims to increase the number of small businesses exporting and boost export values for existing small business exporters through September 2022. Specifically, the grant will fund services delivered from Baltimore, Maryland to help more small...

This award provides $150,980.71 in cost-share assistance to a nonprofit U.S. agricultural trade organization under the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program (CFDA 10.600). The funding supports generic overseas marketing and promotional activities by the organization to help create, expand, and maintain long-term foreign export markets for a variety of U.S. agricultural commodities and products, including cotton, soybeans, wheat, livestock genetics,...

The U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of International Trade awarded a $240,000 Project Grant to the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development under the State Trade Expansion Program (STEP), CFDA #59.061. The grant, awarded on September 30, 2024, with a performance period ending September 29, 2026, will enable the Connecticut agency Economic & Community Development Connect to provide a range of export promotion services to eligible small businesses in the...

The U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) Office of International Trade awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the State Trade Expansion Program (STEP), CFDA #59.061, to the Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development (DCED). The 2-year grant, awarded on September 30, 2023, will fund initiatives to increase the number of small businesses in Pennsylvania engaged in exporting and expand export sales for current small business exporters. Key services to be provided...

The State of Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) was awarded a $750,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of International Trade under the State Trade Expansion Program (STEP), CFDA 59.061, on September 30, 2023. The 2-year grant will fund initiatives to increase exporting by Hawaii small businesses, including export training, trade missions, international marketing, trade show assistance, market research, and technical...

The Ohio Department of Development (ODSA) was awarded a $500,000 State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) Project Grant by the Small Business Administration Office of International Trade. The two-year award runs from September 30, 2022 through September 29, 2024. Under the State Trade Expansion federal grant program (CFDA #59.061), ODSA will use the funding to increase the number of small businesses in Ohio that are exporting, as well as increase the value of exports for small businesses in the...