PRIME — Grant for Microenterprise Development Organizations
Supports microenterprise development organizations with resources for training, assistance, and capital pathways for disadvantaged entrepreneurs.
The Program for Investors in Microentrepreneurs (PRIME) is an annual competitive grant administered by the Small Business Administration that provides funding to non-profit microenterprise development organizations (MDOs) and select government entities supporting disadvantaged microentrepreneurs. PRIME is explicitly aimed at low-income individuals, very low-income individuals, and entrepreneurs wh…
Grants to non-profit microenterprise development organizations that provide training, technical assistance, and access-to-capital support for disadvantaged microentrepreneurs.
Sign up free to see the funding breakdown
Sign up free to see the industries in scope
Sign up free to see the full eligibility
Sign up free to see the timeline
Sign up free to see where teams trip up
Guides for this application
All guides →SAM.gov Registration and UEI Guide for Federal Grant Applicants
Learn how SAM.gov registration, UEI numbers, Grants.gov accounts, organization profiles, workspace roles, and renewal timing fit together.
BudgetGrant Budget Justification: How to Write the Budget Narrative
Learn how to write a grant budget justification, explain R&D costs, avoid weak budget narratives, and connect each cost to your work plan.
Find grantsGovernment Grants for Startups: What Deeptech Founders Should Know
A practical guide to government grants for startups, including Grants.gov, SBIR/STTR, state programs, eligibility, fit, timelines, and when to apply.
BudgetIndirect Costs in Grants: Rates, MTDC, and Examples
Understand indirect costs in grants, including direct vs indirect costs, negotiated rates, de minimis rates, MTDC, funder caps, and budget narrative implications.
More from SBA
All grants from this funder →E2G Manufacturing Grant
🇺🇸SBA · United States
Supports manufacturing workforce growth by funding practical in-person training and technical assistance for smaller manufacturing businesses.
FAST Partnership Program
🇺🇸SBA · United States
Supports state and regional programs increasing small business federal research proposal volumes and award rates.
Growth Accelerator Fund Competition (GAFC)
🇺🇸SBA · United States
Funds Entrepreneur Support Organizations strengthening innovation ecosystems through commercialization and capital formation.
SBA Growth Accelerator Fund Competition (GAFC)
🇺🇸SBA · United States
Pays entrepreneur support organisations such as accelerators and incubators to build startup ecosystems in underserved regions and critical tech sectors.
Similar grants
Browse the directory →
Eric and Wendy Schmidt Technology Fund
🇺🇸Princeton Innovation / Schmidt DataX · United States
Funds eligible Princeton researchers inventing or applying new research technology through one- or two-year grants.
GRA I&E Development Grant
🇺🇸GRA · United States
Supports Georgia university teams with prototype development and commercialization validation.
NIOSH Exploratory/Developmental Grant Program
🇺🇸CDC · United States
Funds early-stage R21 research into workplace health hazards and the tools to reduce them.
NIOSH Exploratory/Developmental OSH Grant
🇺🇸NIOSH · United States
Supports exploratory and developmental grants for novel approaches in occupational safety and health research.
Ben Franklin Technology Development Grant — seed
🇺🇸PA DCED · United States
Funds Pennsylvania innovation consortia through regional grants for early technology commercialization and collaborative projects.
Innovation Ecosystem Development
🇺🇸MTI · United States
Provides the Innovation Ecosystem Development grant to organizations building innovation infrastructure for Maine technology firms and growth networks.