PART D (25 POINTS)
Please prepare a budget using one of the budget templates.
If you are a New to Export (NTE) company downloaded from this link (XLS format).If you are a Market Expansion (ME) company downloaded from this link (XLS format).
Please include ALL budgets for your export marketing activities, not just those activities for which you are seeking HiSTEP reimbursement.
When developing your budget, please follow the guidelines for allowable costs as outlined in section 2.07 Allowable Use of Award Funds of the RFP for those activities for which you want to use HiSTEP reimbursement funds. All payments for activities funded by this award must be approved and issued by September 30, 2022.
It is expected that proposed trade shows will take place outside of the U.S. Proposed trade shows that take place in the U.S. must be an international show (that is, it must be attended by foreign buyers, not just U.S. buyers.) U.S. trade shows will be closely scrutinized. Contact HiSTEP staff for a determination as to whether or not the U.S. show qualifies to be covered under the HiSTEP-CA.
Please follow this nomenclature when naming your CLS file for upload:"NTE Budget_(Company Name).xls" or "ME Budget_(Company Name).xls"