OpportunityTitle: SBDC in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issues Program Announcement No. OSBDC-2022-04 to any State government or any agency thereof, any regional entity, any State-chartered development, credit or finance corporation, any women&#8217;s business center operating pursuant to section 656 of title(15 USC 648), any public or private institution of higher education, including but not limited to any land-grant college or university, any college or school of business, engineering, commerce, or agriculture, community college or junior college, or to any entity formed by two or more of the above entities, and must conduct a majority of its operations within the CNMI and must have a physical location on Guam or CNMI.
Description: The SBDC program is the SBA&#8217;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&#8217;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.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: SBDCGrantsq@sba.gov
GrantorContactText: Aaron Arnwine &lt;br/&gt;Grants Management Specialist