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Capital Readiness Program is sponsored by U.S. Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA). The Capital Readiness Program provides funding to incubators and accelerators across the country with expertise to assist and train minority and other underserved entrepreneurs, including women and Black founders. The goal is to help these entrepreneurs seek resources, tools, and technical assistance to start or scale their businesses in high-growth industries.
The Commerce Department's August 2025 march-in proceeding against Harvard is the first invocation of an authority that sat dormant for 45 years. The policy precedent reaches every Bayh-Dole grantee — and the operational compliance gap is wider than most institutions realize.
Read articleThe U.S. Small Business Growth and Innovation Program closes October 21, 2026 at 12:00 PM PT with $2 million in grants of $100,000 to $250,000. Eligibility requires an annual operating budget between $1 million and $10 million — a two-sided gate that excludes the neighborhood provider and the national intermediary alike.
Read articleUSDA-NIFA-ICGP-012261 offers $23,800,000 across an estimated 36 awards of $250,000 to $1,500,000, with no cost share. It posted September 4, 2026 and closes September 10, 2026 — a window containing Labor Day weekend. The program is statutorily the Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged AND Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Program. This NOFO is titled for veterans only.
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