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Investment Programs |
| - Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms Program EDA administers the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms Program through a national network of eleven Trade Adjustment Assistance Centers to help manufacturing and production firms, which have lost domestic sales and employment due to increased imports of similar or competitive goods, become more competitive in the global economy. (CFDA No. 11.313) |
- Public Works and Economic Development Program Public Works and Economic Development investments help support the construction or rehabilitation of essential public infrastructure and facilities necessary to generate or retain private sector jobs and investments, attract private sector capital, and promote regional competitiveness, including investments that expand and upgrade infrastructure to attract new industry, support technology-led development, redevelop brownfield sites and provide eco-industrial development. (CFDA No. 11.300).
- Economic Adjustment Assistance Program The Economic Adjustment Assistance Program provides a wide range of technical, planning and infrastructure assistance in regions experiencing adverse economic changes that may occur suddenly or over time. This program is designed to respond flexibly to pressing economic recovery issues and is well suited to help address challenges faced by U.S. regions and communities. (CFDA No. 11.307)
Economic Adjustment Assistance includes EDA’s Revolving Loan Fund Program. For more information on the RLF program please click here. |
- Local Technical Assistance The Local Technical Assistance Program helps fill the knowledge and information gaps that may prevent leaders in the public and nonprofit sectors in economically distressed regions from making optimal decisions on local economic development issues. (CFDA No. 11.303)
- Research and National Technical Assistance The Research and National Technical Assistance Program supports research of leading, world class economic development practices, and funds information dissemination efforts. (CFDA No. 11.303); (CFDA No. 11.312) |
- Planning Program The Planning Program helps support planning organizations, including District Organizations and Indian Tribes, in the development, implementation, revision or replacement of comprehensive economic development strategies (CEDS), and for related short-term planning investments and State plans designed to create and retain higher-skill, higher-wage jobs, particularly for the unemployed and underemployed in the nation’s most economically distressed regions. (CFDA No. 11.302)
- University Center Economic Development Program The University Center Economic Development Program is a partnership between the Federal government and academia that helps to make the varied and vast resources of universities available to economic development communities. (CFDA No. 11.303) |
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Marketing Analyst |
- Lightspeed Technologies, Inc. is local company specializing in classroom audio systems to maximize the learning environment. If you have a heart to serve children and teachers, like a work environment that treats people like family, and already live by our core values of integrity, people first, action, generosity and accountability.
The Marketing Analyst provides analytical support for strategic pricing, market assessment, competitive research, and customer data analysis. This includes researching, analyzing and segmenting markets, tracking competitive activities and ... to learn more >>
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- United Way of the Columbia-Willamette is committed to the development of a diverse workforce and encourages applications from all qualified individuals. United Way of the Columbia-Willamette is seeking committed, highly ...>> |
Business Networking |
- Oregon Business Network is a network of professional and business vendors and services that are in every imaginable category, to learn more ... >>
- The Oregon Business Leadership Network (OBLN) is a coalition of Oregon's leading employers, large and small, improving their competitive advantage by including people with disabilities in the workplace and market place. To learn more ... >>
- The Women's Business Network is an alliance of local business and professional women who foster mutual success in the areas of profitability, leadership, and personal and professional growth through investing in networking, education and mutual support. We are located in Eugene, Oregon. To learn more ... >>
- Started in 1926, Oregon Executives Association is one of Portland's oldest and most established business networking and support groups. Rich in tradition and proven over time, the association continues to thrive after more than 70 years. To learn more ... >>
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Sustainable Business Network of Portland, an organization that pioneered the Sustainable Local Economy and “Buy Local” movements in the Portland metro region since 2003, whose mission is to grow and empower the community of locally owned, independent and sustainable businesses in the Portland metropolitan area. To learn more ... >>
- The Beaverton Business Network is a consumer and a business to business directory and was created with the goal offering search engine optimized, keyword rich content that helps connect businesses with their clients and partners - specifically those based in or serving a large number of clients in the Beaverton, Oregon area. To learn more ... >>
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The Most Inclusive Online Directory of Oregon Coast Businesses ... >> |
Other Networking opportunities |
- Oregon Opportunity Network ... >>
- Oregon Entrepreneurs Network (OEN) ... >> |
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Business Advice |
SCORE - America's premier source of free and confidential small business advice for entrepreneurs ... >>
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- The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense…" With an annual budget of about $6.06 billion, we are the funding source for approximately 20 percent of all federally supported basic research conducted by America's colleges and universities. In many fields such as mathematics, computer science and the social sciences, NSF is the major source of federal backing. For fundings opportunity, click here.
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- Funding opportunities for NGOs, CBOs and researchers
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'Moving Ahead Through Financial Management' Grant Program
The Allstate Foundation and the National Network to End Domestic Violence has awarded the Oregon Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence a $7,500 grant to assist OCADSV in the distribution and training of the Allstate "Moving Ahead Through Financial Management" curriculum to advocates working in domestic and sexual violence programs. $7,500 of this money will be distributed to qualifying programs across the state of Oregon to support economic justice and empowerment projects. Member programs working on such programming are eligible and encouraged to apply for these grants. In addition to curriculum distribution, these awards can also be used to cover additional economic justice and empowerment program costs such as but not limited to: food, childcare, and transportation to classes or events related to economic justice. The maximum award will be $3,000 per program. If you are interested in applying for a grant to support your domestic and sexual violence advocacy through economic justice and empowerment, please submit the attached form via email to Sailor Holladay Economic Justice Coordinator at: sailor@ocadsv.org by 12 pm on Friday, June 25th, 2010. Grantees will be notified the week of June 28th.
The grant award period begins July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2011
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Paid Internship
- GFIS - Funding Opportunities: Paid NASA Internship Opportunities GFIS works to provide resources for outside funding opportunities to graduate students at the masters and doctoral level who have been admitted to or who are attending the University of Washington. Internship opportunities are located throughout the United States and applicants must be US citizens.
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