OtherClosedDepartment of Commerce - Economic Development Administration

FY 2021 - 2023 Economic Development RNTA

Awards $1 – $1,500,000 per recipient for district organization, indian tribe or consortium of indian tribes, other legal entity, state, city or other political subdivision of a state, consortium of institutions of higher education, consortium of political subdivisions, for-profit organization, institution of higher education, private individual, public or private non-profit organization or association, special purpose unit of a state or local government, closing Not stated.

Official page
District OrganizationIndian Tribe or consortium of Indian TribesOther Legal EntityStatecity or other political subdivision of a Stateconsortium of institutions of higher educationconsortium of political subdivisionsfor-profit organizationinstitution of higher educationprivate individualpublic or private non-profit organization or associationspecial purpose unit of a State or local governmentOther (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)

In one sentence

FY 2021 - 2023 Economic Development RNTA awards $1 – $1,500,000 per recipient, open to district organization, indian tribe or consortium of indian tribes, other legal entity, state, city or other political subdivision of a state, consortium of institutions of higher education, consortium of…

Record fields
Program pool (total)
Not confirmed
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project)
$1,500,000
Award ceiling is $1,500,000 per award; Award floor is $1
Award floor
$1
Typical award
Not confirmed
Deadline
Not stated
Deadline type
unknown
Opens
Jun 9, 2021
Status
Closed
Eligible entities
District Organization · Indian Tribe or consortium of Indian Tribes · Other Legal Entity · State · city or other political subdivision of a State · consortium of institutions of higher education · consortium of political subdivisions · for-profit organization · institution of higher education · private individual · public or private non-profit organization or association · special purpose unit of a State or local government
Geography
Not stated
Matching funds
No
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Application effort
Not confirmed
Currency
USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle
Not stated
Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive
$1,500,000

Source wording: “Award ceiling is $1,500,000 per award; Award floor is $1”

Who can apply?

entity

District Organization, Indian Tribe or consortium of Indian Tribes, Other Legal Entity, State, city or other political subdivision of a State, consortium of institutions of higher education, consortium of political subdivisions, for-profit organization, institution of higher education, private individual, public or private non-profit organization or association, special purpose unit of a State or local government

Source field: entity types
industry
use

economic development strategies, job creation, private investment attraction in economically distressed areas, research and technical assistance projects

Source field: use of funds
size limit

Not stated

Source field: applicant size limit
clause text

Eligible applicants must be in economically distressed areas. Pursuant to Section 3(4) of PWEDA (42 U.S.C. § 3122(4)) and 13 C.F.R. § 300.3

We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.

When does it close?

Closedunknown deadline

Two-step application process: Concept Proposal followed by Full Application. As of April 6, 2023, applications only accepted through EDGE platform, not Grants.gov

What can the money be used for?

research and technical assistance projectseconomic development strategiesjob creationprivate investment attraction in economically distressed areas

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

How hard is the application?

Application effort
Not confirmed
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Matching funds
No
Cost sharing is false according to labelled fields

Who has received this funding?

No award records yet

We hold no prior awards for this programme. That is a gap in what we have connected, not a finding that the programme has never funded anyone — check the official page, which may list past recipients.

Common questions

Every answer below is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.

How much can one applicant receive?
$1 – $1,500,000 per recipient. The source states: “Award ceiling is $1,500,000 per award; Award floor is $1”.
Who is eligible to apply?
District Organization, Indian Tribe or consortium of Indian Tribes, Other Legal Entity, State, city or other political subdivision of a State, consortium of institutions of higher education, consortium of political subdivisions, for-profit organization, institution of higher education, private individual, public or private non-profit organization or association, special purpose unit of a State or local government.
What can the funding be used for?
research and technical assistance projects, economic development strategies, job creation, private investment attraction in economically distressed areas, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?
No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing is false according to labelled fields
Provenance
Source pagegrants.gov
Retrieved2026-08-31
MethodAutomated check
First seen2026-08-31

The official page governs. If the source and this record disagree, the source is correct — programmes change their terms between our checks, so confirm every figure above before you apply.