State Trade and Export Promotion (STEP) Pilot Grant Initiative, CFDA# 59.061

“The State Trade and Export Promotion Grant (STEP) Pilot Grant Initiative will provide grants to states for small business exporting assistance programs. The aim of the STEP Initiative 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. These goals build on the President’s National Export Initiative which is working to double U.S. exports and give America a stronger competitive edge in the global market.

For more information, please e-mail STEP@sba.gov

New - Program Announcement OIT-STEP-2012-01

On March 27, 2012, SBA announced the opening of the second round of grant competition under the STEP Program. The STEP Program Announcement is now posted at www.Grants.gov The application period will be March 27, 2012 through May 17, 2012. Awards will be issued by September 30, 2012.

The STEP Program is a pilot grant initiative, authorized for three years under the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010. The Act authorizes award of up to $90 million in grants over three fiscal years, with up to $30 million to be awarded each year. The 50 states, District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa (‘States’) are eligible to apply for competitively awarded grants covering the period October 2012 – September 2013. (For each State, only the single state agency that has been officially designated as sole entity responsible for conducting that State’s trade and export activities, may apply.) Individual State project award amounts will vary, based on each State’s proposed project plan and budget. In fiscal year 2011, SBA awarded 52 grants totaling $30 million. The average value of awards was $577,000.

Current Grants by State

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State Federal Award State Match Award Total
Alabama $368,414.00 $0.00 $368,414.00
Arkansas $320,358.00 $0.00 $320,358.00
American Samoa $246,671.00 $0.00 $246,671.00
Arizona $490,440.00 $0.00 $490,440.00
California $1,623,637.00 $0.00 $1,623,637.00
Colorado $329,517.00 $0.00 $329,517.00
Connecticut $339,319.00 $0.00 $339,319.00
Washington, D.C. $240,711.00 $0.00 $240,711.00
Delaware $189,705.00 $0.00 $189,705.00
Florida $1,099,256.00 $0.00 $1,099,256.00
Georgia $831,349.00 $0.00 $831,349.00
Guam $227,445.00 $0.00 $227,445.00
Hawaii $703,505.00 $0.00 $703,505.00
Iowa $109,012.00 $0.00 $109,012.00
Idaho $405,128.00 $0.00 $405,128.00
Illinois $1,069,279.00 $0.00 $1,069,279.00
Kansas $154,371.00 $0.00 $154,371.00
Kentucky $275,802.00 $0.00 $275,802.00
Louisiana $796,000.00 $0.00 $796,000.00
Massachusetts $720,856.00 $0.00 $720,856.00
Maryland $656,181.00 $0.00 $656,181.00
Maine $121,000.00 $0.00 $121,000.00
Michigan $2,186,907.00 $0.00 $2,186,907.00
Minnesota $493,086.00 $0.00 $493,086.00
Missouri $1,017,448.00 $0.00 $1,017,448.00
Mississippi $739,460.00 $0.00 $739,460.00
Montana $247,523.00 $0.00 $247,523.00
North Carolina $945,564.00 $0.00 $945,564.00
North Dakota $671,437.00 $0.00 $671,437.00
Nebraska $566,300.00 $0.00 $566,300.00
New Hampshire $293,692.00 $0.00 $293,692.00
New Jersey $203,431.00 $0.00 $203,431.00
New Mexico $187,802.00 $0.00 $187,802.00
Nevada $203,878.00 $0.00 $203,878.00
New York $625,591.00 $0.00 $625,591.00
Ohio $1,297,598.00 $0.00 $1,297,598.00
Oklahoma $383,077.00 $0.00 $383,077.00
Oregon $499,049.00 $0.00 $499,049.00
Pennsylvania $2,357,098.00 $0.00 $2,357,098.00
Puerto Rico $455,559.00 $0.00 $455,559.00
Rhode Island $412,474.00 $0.00 $412,474.00
South Carolina $279,128.00 $0.00 $279,128.00
South Dakota $165,417.00 $0.00 $165,417.00
Tennessee $604,551.00 $0.00 $604,551.00
Texas $133,324.00 $0.00 $133,324.00
Utah $341,656.00 $0.00 $341,656.00
Virginia $734,002.00 $0.00 $734,002.00
U.S. Virgin Islands $322,498.00 $0.00 $322,498.00
Vermont $212,533.00 $0.00 $212,533.00
Washington $1,404,930.00 $0.00 $1,404,930.00
Wisconsin $661,087.00 $0.00 $661,087.00
Wyoming $32,127.00 $0.00 $32,127.00

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Dario J. Gomez
Associate Administrator

Appointed to the position of Associate Administrator for International Trade at the U.S. Small Business Administration in August 2011, Dario J. Gomez oversees programs that support small...

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