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Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) Grants

SBDC Programs deliver professional, high quality, individualized business advising and technical assistance to existing small businesses and pre-venture entrepreneurs. SBDCs provide problem-solving assistance to help small businesses access capital, develop and exchange new technologies, and improve business planning, strategy, operations, financial management, personnel administration, marketing, export assistance, sales and other areas required for small business growth and expansion, management improvement, increased productivity and innovation. Small business grant programs:

Research and development: If your small business is engaged in scientific research and development, you may qualify for federal grants under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. These programs encourage small firms to undertake scientific research that helps meet federal research and development objectives and have high potential for commercialization if successful.

Management and technical assistance: SBA's 7(j) Management and Technical Assistance Program is for capable small businesses in Regions I – X interested in providing management and technical assistance and guidance to eligible small businesses.

What you need to know about small business grants:
– SBA does not provide grants for starting and expanding a business.
– SBA provides grants to nonprofit, Resource Partners, and educational organizations that support entrepreneurship through counseling and training programs.
– SBA only communicates from email addresses ending in @sba.gov. If you are being contacted by someone claiming to be from SBA who is not using an official SBA email address, you should suspect fraud and report it.