Special American Business Internship Training Program

The Department of Commerce International Trade Administration (CFDA 11.114) funded training internship programs under the Special American Business Internship Training Program through September 2005, with no grant awards reported since that date—21 years ago.

The program supported short-term business and technical training placements for interns from Eurasia and the former Soviet Union, typically lasting two to six months. Recent awards funded practical training across sectors including medical education (family practice programs, physician training), engineering and management techniques, intellectual property law, pharmaceutical quality assurance, software development, construction industry sales and technical support, lumber processing and grading, medical device development, and agricultural practices. Representative awards included $50,400 to train six interns in intellectual property law and software development (September 2005), $45,240 for eight Ukrainian interns in research management and technology transfer (September 2005), and $137,000 to train Eurasian interns in market economy practices (September 2004).

From 2001 through 2005, the program distributed 161 awards totaling $5 million in federal dollars, with awards peaking in 2003 at 49 per year before declining to 21 in 2005. The International Trade Administration was the sole funding agency. Awards were structured predominantly as Cooperative Agreements (97 percent, or 156 awards), with Project Grants accounting for the remaining 3 percent (5 awards). Individual award values typically ranged from approximately $5,000 to $137,000.

No grant opportunities are currently open, and no awards have been reported since 2005. This program is inactive and not a viable pursuit vehicle for current grant applications.