Manufacturing in America E2G Grant Initiative

Key Facts

Status: Forecasted

Posted date: May 4, 2026

Archive date: July 15, 2026

Close date: June 15, 2026

Opportunity ID: 362182

Opportunity number: SB-GC7J-26-001

Opportunity category: Discretionary

Agency name: Small Business Administration

Agency code: SBA

Award floor: $2,500,000

Award ceiling: $5,000,000

Cost sharing required: No

Funding Instrument Types
  • Grant
Category of Funding Activity
  • Business and Commerce
  • Education
  • Employment, Labor and Training
Eligible Applicants
  • For-profit organizations other than small businesses
  • Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
  • Others
  • Private institutions of higher education
  • Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
  • Small businesses
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  • category_of_funding_activity:business_and_commerce
  • category_of_funding_activity:education
  • category_of_funding_activity:employment_labor_and_training
  • cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:false
  • eligible_applicants:for_profit_organizations_other_than_small_businesses
  • eligible_applicants:nonprofits_having_a_501_c_3_status_with_the_irs_other_than_institutions_of_higher_education
  • eligible_applicants:others
  • eligible_applicants:private_institutions_of_higher_education
  • eligible_applicants:public_and_state_controlled_institutions_of_higher_education
  • eligible_applicants:small_businesses
  • funding_instrument_type:grant
  • opportunity_category:discretionary
  • status:forecasted
Description

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement is to invite proposals for funding from established organizations interested in providing innovative hands-on, in-person manufacturing training and technical assistance to eligible small manufacturing business concerns, under the U.S. Small Business Administration's Empower to Grow Program (formerly known as 7(j) Management and Technical Assistance Program).

Manufacturing in America E2G Grant Initiative
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement is to invite proposals for funding from established organizations interested in providing innovative hands-on, in-person manufacturing training and technical assistance to eligible small manufacturing business concerns, under the U.S. Small Business Administration's Empower to Grow Program (formerly known as 7(j) Management and Technical Assistance Program).
[Forecasted] Manufacturing in America E2G Grant Initiative
Forecasted
Small Business Administration
Business and Commerce
Education
Employment, Labor and Training
Grant
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
For-profit organizations other than small businesses
Small businesses
Others
2026-05-04