OpportunityTitle: FY 2018 Regional Innovation Strategies Program
CategoryExplanation: Economic Development, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: A State; An Indian tribe; A city or other political subdivision of a State; An entity that&#8212; (a) is a nonprofit organization, an institution of higher education, a public-private partnership, a science or research park, a Federal laboratory, or an economic development organization or similar entity, and (b) has an application that is supported by a State or a political subdivision of a State; or A consortium of any of the entities described above.
Description: EDA is committed to fostering connected, innovation-centric economic sectors that support the conversion of research into products andservices, businesses, and ultimately jobs through entrepreneurship. See Section 27. Funding is available for capacity-building programs that provide proof-of-concept and commercialization assistance to innovators and entrepreneurs and for operational support for organizations that provide essential early-stage funding to startups. Under the RIS Program, EDA is soliciting applications for two separate competitions: - the 2018 i6 Challenge; and - the 2018 Seed Fund Support (SFS) Grant Competition. Applicants must provide a matching share from non-Federal sources of at least 50 percent of the total project cost; i.e., applicants must match each Federal dollar requested with at least one dollar of local match. See Section C.2 (p. 9) of this NOFO.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: oie@eda.gov
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