Closed · MBDA-OBC-2025-1002156 · CFDA 11.802 · Discretionary

MBDA Women’s Entrepreneurship Program

Federal grant opportunity posted by Minority Business Development Agency, cataloged on Grants.gov.

Varies
Award range
Closed
Status
February 3, 2025
Close date
10
Expected awards

The verdict

MBDA Women’s Entrepreneurship Program is a closed discretionary listing from Minority Business Development Agency that offered Varies by applicant across 10 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 2 other opportunities from Minority Business Development Agency.

Varies
award range
Closed
application status
10
expected awards
11.802
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

MBDA Women’s Entrepreneurship Program is closed (last close February 3, 2025). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Minority Business Development Agency still indexes 2 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 February 3, 2025

Posted Jan 15 Closes Feb 3

Expected Awards

10

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The MBDA Women’s Entrepreneurship Program (Program or WEP) is designed to improve the entrepreneurial outcomes of MBEs, including entrepreneurs at all stages of business development, from ideation to established businesses. While MBDA encourages applicants to include in their proposal services that address barriers traditionally experienced by women entrepreneurs, all MBEs are eligible to receive services under this Program. This notice requests applications from qualified organizations that have the expertise to provide a range of services including counseling, training, and technical assistance to launch, sustain, obtain capital for, and scale their ventures.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · MBDA-OBC-2025-1002156

Grants.gov marks MBDA Women’s Entrepreneurship Program with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Science and Technology / R&D (ST). 1 other Minority Business Development Agency listings share this eligibility-code string (33% of 3).

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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Agency Contact

Nakita Chambers Grantor nchambers2@mbda.gov

What to do next

MBDA Women’s Entrepreneurship Program is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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