MBDA Native American Business Enterprise Entrepreneurship Program

MBDA's American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Project provides support for the American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian communities (AIANNH) and has been one focus area of MBDA’s overall support for minority business development since the Agency’s inception. Although AIANNH businesses experience a range of common needs and problems that impede growth, MBDA has identified the following three Strategic Initiatives to support Tribal and native business growth: 1. AIANNH Strategic Initiatives (Applicants must select one or more of the following initiatives to address in the application.) a) Innovation and Entrepreneurship (e.g., business training, access to capital, incubators, accelerators, Federal program coaching); b) Strategic Planning (e.g., fostering, developing and/or implementing entrepreneurial and economic development); and c) Transformative Projects (e.g., support for MBEs involved in infrastructure focused public-private partnerships, and broadband).

Eligible applicants include: Indian Tribal governments, Tribal entities, Alaska Native Corporations, Native Hawaiian entities, for-profit entities (including but not limited to sole-proprietorships, partnerships, limited liability companies, and corporations), non-profit organizations, institutions of higher education, commercial organizations, state and local government entities, and quasi-government entities.

Prior to the formal review process, each application will receive an initial administrative screening to ensure that all required forms, signatures, and documents are present. An application will not be evaluated by the review panel if: a) The application is received after the closing date; b) The application package is not complete; c) The project synopsis/description fails to address one of the above-listed AIANNH Strategic Initiative (see Section I.B.1, Program Priorities); d) The application falls within the scope of an existing MBDA competitive program or announcement for Federal Funding or duplicates a project previously awarded; e) The principal purpose of the activities in the application is to provide a direct benefit or service to MBDA; MBDA Merit Review Panel - Each responsive application will receive an independent, merit review by a panel qualified to evaluate the applications submitted based on the published criteria. The review panel will consist of at least three (3) individuals, all of whom could be a combination of full-time federal employees and/or non-federal civilians at least one of whom will be an MBDA employee. Each reviewer shall evaluate and provide individual scores for each proposal based on the criteria set out in this Section (see Application Review Information, above) for a maximum of 100 points. The Applicant Narrative section of the application will be eligible for a total of 65 points, the Applicant Budget section will be eligible for...

This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Not Applicable.