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8(a) Business Development Program

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
Not published

Not a cash grant. Provides a nine-year business development programme with access to sole-source federal contracts (up to $4.5m for services, $7m for manufacturing) plus mentoring and training.

Funder

U.S. Small Business Administration

public · national

Deadline: Open all year

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
moderate

Moderate — a form and supporting documents.

Who can apply

Business must be at least 51% owned and controlled by US citizens who are socially and economically disadvantaged; owner personal net worth under $850,000, adjusted gross income under $400,000 and total assets under $6.5m. Normally requires two years of business tax returns unless a waiver is granted.

How to apply

  1. Register in SAM.gov
  2. Complete the 8(a) application in the SBA certify.sba.gov portal
  3. Provide evidence of social and economic disadvantage, ownership and control
  4. Await SBA determination

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · The EU SME definition (Recommendation 2003/361)

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.sba.gov/federal-contracting/contracting-assistance-programs/8a-business-development-program · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: www.sba.gov

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