2027 Small Business Development Centers CORE
Funds existing SBA-funded Small Business Development Center lead centers to deliver business and economic development technical assistance to small businesses and nascent entrepreneurs.
RESTRICTED TO: SINGLE NAMED INSTITUTION
⚑ Only currently funded SBDC Lead Centers may apply; applications from other entities will not be considered. · Matching technical assistance program/cooperative agreement. · Primarily a service-delivery network award, not a research grant.
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| IPPRA | 5 none | limited competition — a named institution holds this |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 5 none | not openly competed |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 5 none | limited competition — a named institution holds this |
Description
The SBDC Program is the SBA’s largest matching technical assistance grant program, funding a service delivery network to provide high quality business and economic development assistance to small businesses and nascent entrepreneurs in order to promote growth, expansion, innovation, increased productivity and management improvement. The SBDCs, in partnership with SBA’s Small Business Development Centers Office (SBDCO) and SBA District Offices, develop programs and provide business management and other services that enhance the economic development goals and objectives of SBA and their other respective state and local funding partners.
Eligibility
An eligible candidate is an existing SBDC Recipient currently funded under the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Program. An application submitted by an entity that is not a currently funded SBDC Lead Center SBDC will not be considered.
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View on Grants.gov → CONTACT: Small Business Administration <support@grants.gov>
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