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Want a shot at a $25,000 grant to grow your small business? Starting today, you can enter the 5^th annual FedEx Small Business Grant Contest for a chance to win a cash boost, plus up to $7,500 in FedEx Office® print and business services.

As a winner, you would join an exclusive group of entrepreneurs across the country who’ve been able to take their businesses to the next level, thanks to their FedEx grants

Meet the small business owners who won the 2016 FedEx grants.

Whether they’ve been jumpstarting their e-commerce business, improving their websites or expanding their marketing teams, past FedEx grant winners around the country have used their winnings to help make their small-business dreams come true.

This year’s contest will award grants and services to ten small businesses, distributing a collective prize pool of $120,500 — the largest sum since the contest’s inception. The awards will include:

• Grand prize: One (1) winner of $25,000, plus $7,500 in FedEx Office print and business services
• Silver prize: One (1) winner of $15,000, plus $5,000 in FedEx Office print and business services
• Bronze prize: Eight (8) winners of $7,500, plus $1,000 in FedEx Office print and business services

Entering the FedEx contest is quick and easy: go to fedex.com/grantcontest and enter your contact information, write a short profile about your business and upload four photos of your business or product, including your logo. While not required, you’ll also have the option of submitting a 90-second “elevator speech” video to supplement your entry.

Jump on this great opportunity now because the contest entry period is only open from February 21 to March 29, 2017. Voting will take place from March 1 to April 5, 2017. Following a judging period, winners will be announced on April 25, 2017. The 2017 contest is open to U.S.-based for-profit small businesses that have less than 99 employees and have been operating for six months or more.

What are you waiting for? Enter today at fedex.com/grantcontest.

About the Sponsor:

FedEx. Solutions that Matter.^® for Small Businesses

The FedEx portfolio of services allows small businesses to gain access to the global marketplace and to shipping, logistics and printing solutions.  For more information on how FedEx helps small businesses, please visit the FedEx Small Business Center at SmallBusiness.FedEx.com.