Market Development Cooperator Program

Priorities for ITA (new for 2020)

Priorities for the 2020 competition: An MDCP applicant must propose projects that create or sustain U.S. jobs by increasing or maintaining exports, priority 1 listed below. In addition, a successful applicant must show how its proposed project will address any two of priorities 2-6 below.

Required Priorities: #1 and any TWO of numbers 2-6.

Create or sustain U.S. jobs by increasing or maintaining exports.
Address non-tariff barriers to U.S. exports such as discriminatory regulations, local content requirements, onerous standards or conformity assessment procedures, and other measures that may be unreasonably trade restrictive.
Secure strong intellectual property rights protection and combat counterfeiting and piracy.
Counter discriminatory trade policies such as "indigenous innovation" or "localization."
Participate in the formulation and encourage the adoption of standards that are industry-developed, market-driven, science-based, and internationally recognized.
When appropriate, encourage the development of aligned regulatory requirements that avoid unnecesary costs on businesses.

The merit review panel will consider the degree to which the project initiates or enhances partnership with ITA and the degree to which the proposal furthers or is compatible with ITA's priorities. This partnership and priorities criterion accounts for 20 percent of an application's total score. Accordingly, for an applicant's submission to score high enough to be selected for funding, the application work plan and goals should be in line with the ITA priorities.

The numbered priorities listed above are included in on page 3 of the opportunity notice publihed on Februrary 27, 2020. Priorities from prior MDCP competitions going back to 2009 can be found in our archive of opportunity notices.

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