Business & Economic Development · Active
State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) · DOC · Sparse NOFO · mid band
State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) (CFDA 11.549) - federal assistance administered by U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), catalogued in the SAM.gov Assistance Listings.
- $500K–$2M
- Typical award range
- 2
- Indexed opportunities
- 0
- Open now
- DOC
- Administering agency
The verdict
According to indexed Grants.gov opportunity volume among active SAM.gov programs on PlainGrants, State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) ranks #74 of 504, #6 of 19 within DOC, and #24 of 42 among Business & Economic Development programs by listed funding ceiling. Across 504 active programs, 47.041 leads by opportunity count (319, funding-ceiling rank #249) ≠ 66.054 leads by funding ceiling ($7.0 billion, opportunity rank #326). CFDA 11.549 is an active Business & Economic Development program with 2 indexed Grants.gov opportunities. Of the 2 most recent listings shown here, 0 are open for application.
- $500K–$2M
- typical award range (SAM.gov)
- -
- next application deadline
- -
- largest award ceiling indexed
- 8%
- of the catalog is Business & Economic Development
State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) · lower-band quiet listing (#368/502 by ceiling)
State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) sits below most listed ceilings (27th percentile among 502 active programs), a floor-band Assistance Listing card, not a mega solicitation.
State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) vs programs with listed funding ceilings
Where this CFDA's SAM.gov award ceiling sits among active Assistance Listings with a reported ceiling
$2,000,000 Top 73% higher than 27% of 502 programs
Programs, banded by listed funding ceiling
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Source SAM.gov Assistance Listings · 2018-01-18
SAM.gov Assistance Listing plate
CFDA 11.549 · DOC VOL-SPARSE · #74/504
VOL-SPARSE · UPPER-Q · SOLO-LISTING · NOFO-CLOSED · CEIL-MILLION · ELIG-SLG · BOOK-FULL · LISTING-LIVE
- VOL-SPARSE 2 indexed
- UPPER-Q #74/504
- SOLO-LISTING No peer gap
- NOFO-CLOSED 0 open of 2 listed
- CEIL-MILLION $500K–$2M
- ELIG-SLG State/local government
- BOOK-FULL 2 listed / 2 indexed
- LISTING-LIVE Active SAM.gov listing
Opportunity-volume neighbourhood · CFDA 11.549
VOL-SPARSE · #74/504: quiet/busy corpus poles and ±- row peers, not a SAM.gov catalog reprint.
Engineering Grants · busiestState Trade Expansi… · this listingPlant and Animal Di… · quiet pole
Funding posture
Few announcements, mid-scale dollars
Mid-band ceiling ($500,000 to $2.0 million) with only 2 indexed Grants.gov rows for State Trade Expansion Program (STEP). Competitive traffic is light relative to the printed award size, so deadlines on the sparse NOFO list matter more than catalog rank.
Assistance Listing text · DOC
Grants to increase export of products and services by small businesses through state-level trade programs.
Public-sector applicant lane · DOC
SAM.gov lists only government/tribal applicants for State Trade Expansion Program (STEP). This is a public-sector Assistance Listing corridor, not a general nonprofit or small-business open call.
Predominantly grants (G) · CFDA 11.549
100% of the 2 indexed listings under CFDA 11.549 are grants (G), the SAM.gov-coded mechanism State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) typically uses to move money. Every indexed listing requires applicant cost-sharing.
- Expected awards, indexed listings with a reported count
- 56 across 1 listings
Figures are computed from the full indexed Grants.gov book for CFDA 11.549, not the 10 listings shown below; a listing missing a field is excluded from that field's total, not counted as zero.
Archived NOFO book · CFDA 11.549
None of the 2 indexed Grants.gov listings under CFDA 11.549 are open on the current extract. Award ceilings are not reported on enough listings to measure spread. 100% of listings carry the Other (O) funding-activity code.
- Open vs archived (indexed book)
- 0 open · 2 archived
- Dominant Grants.gov funding-activity code
- Other (O)
Open counts use the same posted+close_date rule as the rest of PlainGrants; funding-activity codes are the Grants.gov category_of_funding field (first code when several are joined). Ceiling median is over positive reported ceilings only.
DOC · administering agency
U.S. Department of Commerce
Economic development, trade, broadband, and technology programs for communities and businesses.
Grants.gov opportunities · CFDA 11.549
What to do next
CFDA 11.549: 2 indexed opportunities · 0 open on the recent slice.
- No open Grants.gov rows on the recent slice, watch this CFDA for the next NOFO drop. How to apply
- U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) administers 19 Assistance Listings in this extract. Agency catalog
- Nearest peer by listed ceiling: Intergovernmental Climate Change Adaptation (11.426). Compare program
SAM.gov ceilings are catalog maximums, not guaranteed awards; verify every deadline on Grants.gov before submitting.
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