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Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Number: OIT-STEP-2011-01
Close Date: 2011-05-10 00:00:00
Agency: Small Business Administration
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: 3/1/2011
Creation Date: Mar 29, 2011
Original Closing Date for Applications: Apr 26, 2011
Archive Date: May 11, 2011
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity: Business and Commerce
Expected Number of Awards: 55
Estimated Total Program Funding: $30,000,000
Award Ceiling: $3,000,000
Award Floor: $0
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes
Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Eligible applicants for this grant are each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa.
Description: Program Announcement No. OIT-STEP-2011-01, U.S. Small Business Administration/Office of International Trade (OIT), OPENING DATE: March 1, 2011, CLOSING DATE: April 26, 2011. The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issues Program Announcement No. OIT-STEP-2011-01 to invite applications from States, as authorized by the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, Section 1207. The Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 authorizes the U.S. Small Business Administration to establish a 3-year trade and export promotion pilot program, known as the State Trade and Export Promotion (STEP) Grant Program, to make grants to carry out export programs that assist eligible small business concerns. The aim of the STEP pilot program is to increase the number of small businesses that are exporting and increase the value of exports for those small businesses that are currently exporting. The States must use funds to carry out exporting programs that assist small businesses through participation in a foreign trade mission, a foreign market sales trip, a subscription to services provided by the Department of Commerce, the payment of website translation fees, the design of international marketing products or campaigns, an export trade show exhibit, participation in training workshops, or any other export initiative deemed appropriate by SBAs Associate Administrator of OIT that does not duplicate the services of other SBA resource partners. In making grants, priority may be given to States that focus on socially- and economically-disadvantaged small businesses, women-owned businesses, veteran and service-connected small business owners, disabled veteran small businesses or rural small businesses as part of an export promotion program. SBA is responsible for general management of this initiative to ensure the effective delivery of assistance to the small business community. Questions about this program announcement should be directed to the Office of International Trade at STEP@sba.gov
Link to Additional Information: http://www.sba.gov/step
Contact Info: Office of International Trade STEP@sba.gov
Synopsis Modification History: The following files represent the modifications to this synopsis with the changes noted within the documents. The list of files is arranged from newest to oldest with the newest file representing the current synopsis. Changed sections from the previous document are shown in a light grey background. Synopsis Version NameModification DescriptionDate ModifiedCurrent Version U. S. Small Business Administration Office of International Trade State Trade and Export Promotion (Pilot) Grant Program Program Announcement # OIT-STEP-2011-01 M O D I F I C A T I O N #1 (A 3-year pilot program to provide grants to states to carry-out export programs that assist eligible small business concerns) ____________________________________ � The CLOSING DATE extended to May 10, 2011. � Section III C. 4, INELIGIBLE APPLICANTS FOR THIS COOPERATION AGREEMENT, (p.8), Add: [Note: An applicant will not be considered a pass-through if it is an agency or instrumentality of the government of a State (i.e., is subject to the unilateral control of the State) or if it has been officially designated by a State as being the sole entity responsible for conducting the State�s trade and export activities prior to the date of application submission for a STEP grant.] � Section IV A. 1, Governor�s Letter of Endorsement for Applications, (p. 8), Add: If, prior to applying for the STEP grant, a state has designated another agency or instrumentality to have unilateral control of conducting the state�s trade export activities, the Letter of Endorsement must: (a) provide the name of the agency or instrumentality, (b) confirm that the organization will be responsible for conducting the grant activities; and (c) confirm that the state has legal authority and fiduciary responsibility for the grant. � Appendix 1 (pp. 24 - 25) has been updated based on the latest data available from the U.S Department of Commerce. Mar 29, 2011Original VersionMar 1, 2011

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