State Trade and Export Promotion Grant Program

The summary for the State Trade and Export Promotion Grant Program grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Small Business Administration, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

State Trade and Export Promotion Grant Program: The SBA is issuing Program Announcement No. OIT-STEP-2012-01 to invite the States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa (hereinafter 'States') to apply for a STEP grant to carry out export promotion programs that assist 'eligible small business concerns,' to become exporters, and to increase the value of small business exports. The STEP grants will be awarded on a competitive basis. The funding instrument is acooperative agreement. A State may not submit more than one application for a grant under the program. Awards will be made for a project period of 12 months from the date of award. A State may apply each Federal fiscal year that Congressional appropriations are made available throughout the 3-year term of the program.