Indian Business Incubators Program (IBIP) Grants
This funding record is inactive. Please see the program website or contact the program
sponsor to
determine if this program is currently accepting applications or will open again in the future.
For questions about the application
process:
Jo Ann Metcalfe
703.390.6410
jo.metcalfe@bia.gov
For grants management questions:
Dennis Wilson
505.917.3235
dennis.wilson@bia.gov
The Indian Business Incubators Program (IBIP) offers grants to establish and operate business incubators that serve tribal reservation communities. Projects should provide individually tailored business incubation and other business services to native businesses/entrepreneurs to overcome the unique obstacles they confront and provide tools to start and grow businesses that offer products and services to reservation communities (including health and human service related businesses).
Awardees should provide quality incubation services to a significant number of native businesses and native entrepreneurs or provide such services at geographically remote locations where quality business guidance and counseling is difficult to obtain.
Funded business incubators should deliver a range of individually tailored business services such as:
- Mentorships
- Networking
- Technical assistance
- Access to investors
Eligible applicants include tribal organizations and federally recognized tribes listed as Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible to Receive Services from the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs at 87 FR 4636 (January 28, 2022).
Award ceiling: $300,000 per year
Award floor: $100,000 per year
Project period: 3 years
Estimated number of awards: 10-15
Estimated total program funding:
$2,500,000
Links to the full announcement and the online application process are available through grants.gov.
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