GrantSmall businesses not listed as eligible
ONAA 7J-TCU Manufacturing NOFO FY2026
Small Business Administration
Award ceiling
$5,000,000
Award floor
$1
Program funding
$10,000,000
- Opportunity #
- SB-OEDNA-26-001
- Agency
- Small Business Administration
- ALN (CFDA)
- 59.007
- Status
- posted
- Posted
- Jul 24, 2026
- Closes
- Aug 24, 2026
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
- Education
- Cost sharing required
- No
Who can apply
- •Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- •Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
a) A Tribal College or University (TCU) as defined in the Higher Education Act,
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Section 316 (20 U.S.C. §1059c);
b) A community college located on or near tribal lands or Indian lands as defined
under 25 U.S.C. §2;
c) A trade or vocational school that primarily serves federally recognized Indian
Tribes, Alaska Native villages or organizations (as defined under the Alaska
Native Claims Settlement Act, 43 U.S.C. §1601 et seq.), or Native Hawaiian
communities; or
d) A tribal-serving institution with established manufacturing or skilled labor
training programs.
• Have been in existence continually for at least the past three years;
• Have experience providing hands-on, in-person technical assistance, tools, or
training relating to manufacturing or skilled labor to small businesses on a
regional or national basis; and
• Demonstrate that it has the capacity to provide manufacturing-related training
and technical assistance to small business concerns
Synopsis
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement is to invite proposals for funding from Tribal Colleges and Universities, Tribal Serving Institutions, Community Colleges on or near Tribal Lands, and other Trade Schools on or near Tribal Lands interested in providing innovative hands-on, in-person manufacturing training and technical assistance through rapid reskilling of employees for 8(a) and HUBZone eligible small businesses , under the U.S. Small Business Administration's Empower to Grow Program (formerly known as 7(j) Management and Technical Assistance Program).
Contact
Small Business Administration · support@grants.gov