Rhode Island State Trade Expansion Program

The Chafee Center for International Business at Bryant University,in collaboration with the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation, is pleased to announce they have once again been awarded the STEP grant. The Chafee Center will work with eligible RI small businesses to enroll them in this valuable program and assist them in receiving STEP funding to support their international sales.

 

Eligibility

In order to participate in the RI STEP program, a company must meet the following requirements:

• Organized and incorporated in the United States.
• Is registered in Rhode Island as a for‐profit business and has operations in RI.
• Meets the SBA definition of a “small business”.
• Has been in business not less than 1 year.
• Has sufficient resources to bear the costs associated with trade, including the costs of packing, shipping, freight forwarding and custom brokers.
• Is engaged in, or wishes to be engaged in, the delivery abroad of goods and/or services produced in the United States.
• Offers products that are of USA origin, or have at least 51% U.S. content.

For more information view the STEP program guidelines.

 

Companies wishing to participate in the Rhode Island STEP grant may email Linda Woulfe at lwoulfe@bryant.edu or call (401) 232-6525.