New month, new grants and funding opportunities. We have compiled a list below to support our Georgia Energy Cities by helping our communities secure essential resources, advance existing industries, and attract new businesses and investment. Our featured funding comes from the Small Business Administration.

Small Business Administration
Manufacturing in America E2G Grant Initiative
Grant Type: Grant
Deadline: 6/15/2026

This Manufacturing in America E2G Grant Initiative aligns with the SBA’s strategic priorities to empower small businesses, bring manufacturing jobs back to the United States, and addresses workforce shortages, operational inefficiencies, and limited access to contract opportunities.  This Funding Opportunity seeks proposals that are unique and innovative in the substance of manufacturing-related training and technical assistance to be provided to eligible participants, and/or the methodology by which the assistance is provided. Accordingly, SBA is seeking proposal of efforts that:

• Outline innovative workforce development approaches to address the current, unique challenges facing E2G eligible small manufacturing firms throughout the United States. 
• Provide hands-on, in-person training to SBA’s E2G eligible small manufacturing firms in key manufacturing industries, including but not limited to aerospace, ship building, rail equipment, mining, industrial machinery and equipment, construction equipment, metal fabrication, electrical equipment, food processing, medical and precision manufacturing, advanced manufacturing, robotics. 
• Other manufacturing sectors may be eligible for support under this grant as well. Assistance should include hands-on, in-person training in a wide range of activities and topics, including but not limited to the following areas: training in technical proficiency and essential skills including operating machinery, quality control, utilizing industrial software, and maintaining workplace safety.

https://www.grantsolutions.gov/gs/preaward/previewPublicAnnouncement.do?id=123934