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Grants

Program for Investment in Micro-Entrepreneurs (PRIME)

Status

Usually opens in May and June

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Closed

Projected from the pattern of past calls — confirm on the funder's page before planning around it.

Amount
$400,000

FY2026 award floor $75,000, ceiling $400,000, with about 27 awards expected. Cost sharing/matching is required.

Funder

U.S. Small Business Administration

public · national

Deadline: One call a year — The FY2026 PRIME notice of funding opportunity closed on 12 August 2026.

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
major

Major bid — written case, budget, possibly partners.

Who can apply

Applicants are microenterprise development organisations, intermediaries, non-profits, tribal governments and faith-based organisations - not individual businesses. Funds flow to training and technical assistance for disadvantaged microentrepreneurs.

How to apply

  1. Confirm your organisation is a microenterprise development organisation or intermediary with a track record
  2. Register in SAM.gov and Grants.gov
  3. Submit the application package via Grants.gov before the closing date

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · UEI and SAM.gov registration, explained

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://simpler.grants.gov/opportunity/c55857c6-55ef-453b-b9ce-37c31ba73a5b

"provid[e] assistance and guidance to disadvantaged microentrepreneurs and/or microenterprise development organizations"

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: simpler.grants.gov

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