Economic Development Administration Grants

The Economic Development Administration is the only federal government agency focused exclusively on economic development. This office within the Department of Commerce plays a critical role in fostering regional economic development efforts in communities across the United States.

Through strategic investments that foster job creation and attract private investment, EDA supports development in economically distressed areas throughout the nation.



Department of Health and Human Services $62,853,680,968 Department of Transportation $56,443,571,981 Environmental Protection Agency $35,751,587,496 Department of Energy $24,661,368,000 National Aeronautics and Space Administration $14,032,768,821 Department of Homeland Security $13,986,266,741 Department of Labor $10,348,285,755 Department of Defense $10,111,366,675 Department of the Interior $9,806,569,960 Department of Agriculture $8,296,397,040 Agency for International Development $7,754,781,106 Department of Commerce $6,871,103,950 Department of Housing and Urban Development $6,642,477,476 Department of State $6,042,666,916 Department of Justice $5,571,395,802 Department of Education $2,642,831,221 Department of the Treasury $1,019,380,000 Other Agencies $724,036,487


This FFO announces the availability of funding for EDA’s FY 2013 University Center Economic Development Program Competition. The purpose of EDA’s University Center Economic Development Program...more
Posted On - 2013-04-18


This FFO announces the availability of funding for the Make it in America Challenge. The Make it in America Challenge will provide up to $40 million in competitive grant funding through the DOC’s...more
Posted On - 2013-03-18


Pursuant to its Research and Evaluation program, EDA seeks applications to review the attributes of EDA-funded University Centers (UCs), evaluate the types of activities that have the greatest...more
Posted On - 2012-07-02




EDA solicits competitive applications to encourage and reward innovative, ground-breaking ideas that greatly expand innovation, commercialization and new enterprise formation across the United...more
Posted On - 2012-06-12


This FFO announces the availability of funding for the Advanced Manufacturing Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge (Advanced Manufacturing Jobs Accelerator). Under this FFO, regional...more
Posted On - 2012-05-24


Through this Disaster Relief Opportunity, EDA intends to award investments in regions experiencing severe economic distress as a result of natural disasters that were declared as major Federal...more
Posted On - 2012-03-28


The Rural Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge offers a combination of $15 million in funding from 4 agencies, including the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration,...more
Posted On - 2012-03-08

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The purpose of EDA’s University Center Economic Development Program is to assist institutions of higher education and consortia of institutions of higher education in establishing and operating...more
Posted On - 2012-02-08


As noted above, EDA supports development in economically distressed areas of the United States by fostering job creation and attracting private investment. Specifically, under the FFO, EDA will...more
Posted On - 2011-11-18



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