State Trade Expansion Program 2026-001
Key Facts
Status: Forecasted
Posted date: July 9, 2026
Archive date: September 9, 2026
Close date: August 10, 2026
Opportunity ID: 363143
Opportunity number: SB-OITST-26-001
Opportunity category: Discretionary
Agency name: Small Business Administration
Agency code: SBA
Award floor: $100,000
Award ceiling: $900,000
Cost sharing required: Yes
Funding Instrument Types
- Grant
Category of Funding Activity
- Business and Commerce
- Community Development
Eligible Applicants
- 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
- State governments
Tools
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
- agency_code:sba
- category_of_funding_activity:business_and_commerce
- category_of_funding_activity:community_development
- cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:true
- 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:state_governments
- funding_instrument_type:grant
- opportunity_category:discretionary
- status:forecasted
Description
The underlying premise of STEP is to supplement non-federal entities’ (as defined in Section 3.1) funds for export activities, not to substitute federal funds to cover costs.