The Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity has been awarded a $800,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of International Trade under the State Trade Expansion Program (STEP), CFDA 59.061. The 2-year grant, which commenced on Sep 30, 2023, will fund initiatives to increase the number of small businesses in Illinois engaged in exporting and expand export sales for current small business exporters. Key activities to be supported include...
The Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity (DCEO) was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of International Trade under the State Trade Expansion Program (STEP). The grant will support DCEO's delivery of services to increase the number of small businesses in Illinois that are exporting and increase the value of exports for those small businesses from September 2022 through September 2024. The STEP program aims to help state...
This federal Project Grant award of $375,000 was provided by the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) Office of International Trade through the State Trade Expansion Program (STEP), CFDA 59.061. The award was granted to the Missouri Department of Economic Development, Business & Community Services Division to support small business export activities and increase the value of exports for eligible small businesses in Missouri. The funding will be used to provide a range of export...
This federal Project Grant award in the amount of $325,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of International Trade through the State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) (CFDA 59.061). The grant was awarded on Sep 30, 2024 to the South Carolina Department of Commerce, a state government entity, to support its efforts to increase export activities and expand the international reach of small businesses in South Carolina. The grant funding will enable the Department to...
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of International Trade awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the State Trade Expansion Program (STEP), CFDA 59.061, to the South Carolina Department of Commerce. The award commenced on Sep 30, 2023 and is scheduled for completion by Sep 29, 2025. The STEP program provides grants to state governments to fund initiatives that support small business exporting, such as export training, trade missions, international marketing, trade show...
This $200,000 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of International Trade under the State Trade Expansion Program (STEP), CFDA 59.061. The grant provides funding to the South Dakota Trade Association, a non-profit organization, to support initiatives that increase the number of small businesses engaged in exporting and expand export sales for current small business exporters. Key services funded include export training, trade missions, international...
The federal Project Grant award of $275,000 was provided by the U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of International Trade under the State Trade Expansion Program (STEP), CFDA 59.061. The grant supports the Maine International Trade Center, a non-profit organization, in delivering export promotion services to help Maine-based small businesses enter and expand into international markets. Key services include organizing trade shows, conducting trade missions, and providing export...
The Missouri Department of Economic Development, doing business as Business and Community Services, was awarded a $400,000 State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) Project Grant by the Small Business Administration Office of International Trade. The two-year grant runs from September 30, 2022 through September 29, 2024. The grant will support the State Trade Expansion program, which provides funding to state governments to increase the number of small businesses exporting and the value of exports...
The U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) Office of International Trade awarded a $550,000 Project Grant through the State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) (CFDA 59.061) to the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) on September 30, 2024. The grant will fund IEDC's efforts to increase export activities and capabilities of eligible small businesses in Indiana over a two-year period until September 29, 2026. The STEP program provides funding to state government entities to develop...
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...