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2027 Small Business Development Centers CORE

Federal funding opportunity SB-OEDSB-26-002 from Small Business Administration.

Posted
October 21, 2026
Closed
Before December 3, 2026
Award ceiling
$8,393,834
Award floor
$200,000
Program funding
$140,000,000
Expected awards
62
Cost sharing
Yes
Award type
Cooperative Agreement
Assistance listing
59.037
Category
Business and Commerce
Archive date
January 2, 2027

Program funding history

Net obligations of grants and cooperative agreements under Assistance Listing 59.037 across FY2025 to FY2027: new awards plus amendments and cuts to earlier ones, from public federal spending records.

Awarded in FY2025
$128.5M
Awarded in FY2026
$154.5M
Awarded in FY2027 (to date)
not yet reported
Awards with activity in FY2025 to FY2027
193

Top recipients: University of West Florida, The Research Foundation for the State University of New York, Long Beach City College, Cal Poly Humboldt Sponsored Programs Foundation, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed November 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →

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Synopsis

The SBDC Program is the SBA’s largest matching technical assistance 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’s Small Business Development Centers Office (SBDCO) 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.

Who can apply

An eligible candidate is an existing SBDC Recipient currently funded under the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Program. An application submitted by an entity that is not a currently funded SBDC Lead Center SBDC will not be considered.

The official record

Grants.gov published the official terms and dates of this opportunity; this page keeps them as they were listed.

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Agency contact: Small Business Administration · [email protected] · 202 619 0603

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