Any profit or non-profit organization may apply. The program is ideal for small and medium sized businesses looking to establish long-term relationships with potential customers, distributors, or partners. Since 1990, more than 1,000 organizations have hosted over 3,000 trainees. These linkages have helped to facilitate over $260 million in export revenues.

    
    Structured as reimbursable awards, the grants cover:
 -Round-trip airfare from trainee's home country.
 -$34 per diem for trainee.
  -Up to $750 per month for housing costs.

   $1.5 Million in Grants Available   

     Visit www.mac.doc.gov/sabit to download an application and to explore the innovative approaches that SABIT offers to organizations interested in exploring Eurasian market opportunities. 

   Dates for SABIT Specialized Programs

2006

ATTENTION: The SABIT Program has indefinately postponed its upcoming round of competitive funding opportunities for FY2006.

 

 

  

 

 

 

    EcoLinks Partnership Grants build the capacity of businesses and local governments in the region to develop market-based solutions to urban and industrial environmental problems. EcoLinks is based on cross-border partnerships. By learning from each other or from US experience and capabilities, the countries in the region can shorten the timeline for addressing environmental issues. EcoLinks partnerships are broadly defined, though all partnerships are expected to provide benefits to both parties. 

Only businesses, local governments, and associations of businesses and local governments with activities in the environmental field are eligible for the grants. The EcoLinks Grants are implemented through the Washington, DC office.

Quick Response Awards

• Awards are up to $4,000 (grants for travel to and from  Kazakhstan ,  Kyrgyzstan ,  Turkmenistan , and  Uzbekistan  are up to $5,000) and are designed to meet the immediate and small-scale needs of organizations exploring potential partnerships within the framework of EcoLinks. Activities must promote environmental trade and investment
  *For Trade Promotion QRAs, the awarded amount should not exceed $1,500/person ($3,000/award). TP QRAs for applicants traveling to or from  Kazakhstan ,  Kyrgyzstan ,  Turkmenistan , and  Uzbekistan  have a limit $2,000/person ($4,000/award). The grantees are strongly encouraged to contribute in travel and lodging costs.  
• Applications from the following countries are welcome: Albania, Armenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia Serbia and Monetnegro, Slovakia, Slovania, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and the United States   
• Examples of activities funded by the QRA may include, but are not limited to: travel to meet potential partners; site visits to facilities; and technology demonstrations.   
• Applicants must complete a QRA application packet which includes a cover page, a narrative description of the activity, a budget summary, a company profile, and a Letter of Interest from the organization with which the applicant will be completing the QRA activity. (*Trade Promotion QRA applicants are not required to provide references and letter of interest.)   
• After the complete application is received, it will take about two weeks for the organization to receive notification concerning the award.

The QRA application includes more information.  Download an application by clicking on the preferred file type.

• Adobe Acrobat PDF (117 KB)   
• Microsoft Word (169 KB)    
• Plain Text (17 KB)

For more information about the EcoLinks Grants Program, please contact: 

Pavel Tojsl Ecolinks Program Officer Institute of International Education 1400 K Street, N.W., Suite 650 Washington, DC 20005 Tel: 202-326-7839 Fax: 202-326-7774 Email: ptojsl@iie.org www.ecolinks.org