Closed · EDA-HDQ-RNTA-2017-2005262 · CFDA 11.312 · Discretionary
FDI and Trade: International Engagement Ready Communities
Federal grant opportunity posted by Department of Commerce, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $600K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- June 12, 2017
- Close date
- 1
- Expected awards
The verdict
FDI and Trade: International Engagement Ready Communities is a closed discretionary listing from Department of Commerce that offered Up to $600,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 898 other opportunities from Department of Commerce.
- up to $600K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 1
- expected award
- 11.312
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
FDI and Trade: International Engagement Ready… is closed (last close June 12, 2017). The parent program page for CFDA 11.312 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Department of Commerce still indexes 898 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed June 12, 2017
Expected Awards
1
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
There is tremendous variability among state and local Economic Development Organizations (EDOs) engaged in foreign direct investment (FDI) and export strategies and promotion. To be more globally competitive, these communities of varied resource abilities must develop a strong regional plan that provide them with a roadmap to attract more FDI and increase international business opportunities for their communities. This initiative will assist communities in attracting more FDI as well as increase export promotion to strengthen their local economies by identifying and applying best practices that use international markets to create domestic jobs.EDA seeks to accomplish the following activities and outputs with this award: 1) Identify and understand the characteristics of an effective trade and FDI promotion strategy, and the barriers to success at the local and regional level;2) Develop best practice reports; 3) Develop cluster specific assessment tool and tool kit training guide;4) Develop a user-friendly applied findings toolkit that communities can use to easily:a) Assess the efficacy of their overall international engagement;b) Identify areas of potential global competitiveness in trade and investment given assets in their respective geographies; andc) Develop and implement an enhanced international engagement strategy that may be incorporated into a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) or similar document.
Campus–civic applicant bridge · 10 doors
FDI and Trade: International Engagement Ready… bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (10 doors: State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Special district governments; +6 more). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity codes span Business and Commerce · Community Development · Regional Development (BC;CD;RD). Only 11 other Department of Commerce listings share this exact eligibility-code string (1% of 899).
- Code 00
- State governments
- Code 01
- County governments
- Code 02
- City or township governments
- Code 04
- Special district governments
- Code 06
- Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Code 07
- Federally recognized tribal governments
- Code 12
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
- Code 13
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
- Code 20
- Private institutions of higher education
- Code 25
- Others (see official listing text)
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Parent Grant Program
Recompete Pilot Program
U.S. Department of Commerce
Agency Contact
Bernadette Grafton Program Analyst Phone 202-482-2917
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What to do next
FDI and Trade: International Engagement Ready… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
- Parent CFDA 11.312 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
- Recompete Pilot Program indexes 1 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
- Department of Commerce lists 898 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog
Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.
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