Overview

OMB Approved ED-916
OMB Control Number: 0610-0098
Expires:XX/XX/XXXX
 
Dear EDA grantee,

This questionnaire is intended for semiannual collection of information on the program outputs (activities) sponsored under an EDA grant (or a cooperative agreement).
Please report on all activities cumulatively since the start of performance under the current grant, unless stated otherwise.
 
If you are a recipient of the Capital Challenge award, you will be prompted to respond to your program-specific questions. For all other programs, questions are organized into the following categories:

1. Facilities and equipment* 
2. Events, networking, and referrals
3. Research and development and commercialization support
4. Financing support activities
5. Mentoring, coaching and training
6. Planning and institutional development activities (includes a subsection on CEDS)

NOT all categories of questions will apply to the activities undertaken as part of your project, so you will be able to bypass any category that is not applicable to your project or skip or enter "N/A" in the case of inapplicable questions.*

For the purposes of this data collection, unless specified, the word "client" can also mean "beneficiary", "stakeholder", "entrepreneur", " firm", or "borrower" (e.g., for the RLF program). For more information on methodology for this questionnaire, please visit: https://www.eda.gov/performance/ or e-mail programevaluation@eda.gov.

*Expansion/leasing of facilities or purchase of equipment for an economic development project.

Agency Disclosure Notice: This information collection is authorized by OMB control #0610-0098. Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 2.5 hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to U.S. Department of Commerce, (Economic Development Administration, 1401 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC 20230.). Respondents should be aware that notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information if it does not display a currently valid OMB control number.

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