MBDA Women’s Entrepreneurship Program
- Posted
- January 15, 2025
- Closed
- February 3, 2025
- Expected awards
- 10
- Cost sharing
- No
- Instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Assistance listing
- 11.802
- Archives
- March 5, 2025
Program funding history
Awards made under Assistance Listing 11.802 across FY2025–FY2027, from public federal spending records.
- FY2025 obligated
- $0
- FY2026 obligated
- $12.9M
- FY2027 (to date) obligated
- $0
- Awards in window
- 29
Top recipients: Florida a & M University, Fayetteville State University, Albany State University, Purdue University, Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed October 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →
Synopsis
The MBDA Women’s Entrepreneurship Program (Program or WEP) is designed to improve the entrepreneurial outcomes of MBEs, including entrepreneurs at all stages of business development, from ideation to established businesses. While MBDA encourages applicants to include in their proposal services that address barriers traditionally experienced by women entrepreneurs, all MBEs are eligible to receive services under this Program. This notice requests applications from qualified organizations that have the expertise to provide a range of services including counseling, training, and technical assistance to launch, sustain, obtain capital for, and scale their ventures.
Who can apply
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
The organization must be a private nonprofit organization as described in paragraph (3), (4), (5), or (6) of section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a); andThe organization must provide – as a primary activity of the organization – services to minority business enterprises, whether through education, making grants or loans, or other similar activities.
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