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OSBDC-2022-01: OSBDC Funding Opportunity

Closed Closed September 10, 2021 Opportunity OSBDC-2022-01 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: FY27 Small Business Development Center State of Kansas Network Rebid (SB-OEDSB-27-001). Status: Closes November 19, 2026 (12 days left). It is in our archive of Small Business Administration notices from 2021.

• Award ceiling$7.8 million
• Award floor$199,999
• Total funding$136 million
• Expected awards16
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to colleges and universities and state and local governments.

• State governments
• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education

An eligible candidate is an existing SBDC Recipient Organization currently funded under the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Program. An application submitted by an entity that is not a current SBDC Lead Center SBDC will not be considered.

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Small Business Development Centers awards averaged $1.8 million; this notice allows up to $7.8 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (83% over five years) went to colleges and universities.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

2022 Notice of Funding Opportunity No. OSBDC-2022-01 (Fiscal Year) U.S. Small Business Administration / Office of Small Business Development Centers (OSBDC) OPENING DATE: July 27, 2021 CLOSING DATE: September 10, 2021 The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issues Notice of Funding Opportunity No. OSBDC-2021-01 (FY) to invite applications from existing SBDC recipient organization currently funded under the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Program as authorized by Section 21(a) of the Small Business Act, (15 USC Section 648). The SBDC program is the SBA’s largest matching 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 Office of Small Business Development Centers (OSBDC) 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. The SBDC program is a broad-based system of assistance for the small business community that links the resources of Federal, state and local governments with those of the educational community and the private sector. Although SBA is responsible for the general management and oversight of the SBDC program, a partnership exists between SBA and the Recipient Organization to effectuate the delivery of assistance to the small business community. Questions about this Notice of Funding Opportunity should be directed to the Office of Small Business Development Centers at SBDCGrantsq@sba.gov.

Category: Business and Commerce.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, SB-OEDSB-27-001, which is open now.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.