The Advanced Industries Collaborative Infrastructure Grant funds collaborative projects that will have broad industry-wide impacts across one or more of Colorado’s advanced industries.
Donor Name: Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT)
State: Colorado
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/01/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
This grant’s goal is to accelerate the commercialization and innovation of advanced industry products and services by building infrastructure for the advanced industries ecosystem. This program aligns private industry and research institutions to create public resources for the development of the advanced industries in Colorado. This funding cannot be used to support an individual business’ infrastructure needs.
Funding Information
Collaborative projects can receive up to $500,000. This grant award maximum can be lifted for projects that impact more than one advanced industry.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible, you need to:
- develop industry infrastructure necessary to grow at least one Colorado advanced industry
- collaborate with several industry partners including a nonprofit organization
- provide matching $2-to-$1 non-State funding to State funding (For example, if you request a grant of $50,000, you need to identify $100,000 in cash from other sources.)
- identify funding beyond this grant for your project’s current and future operational costs
- be registered with the Colorado Secretary of State and in Good Standing.
OEDIT prioritize projects that:
- have a significant influence on multiple advanced industries
- focus on applied research and development, technology development, or product/manufacturing facilities to support the identified industry or industries
- focus on supply chain gaps and supports capability growth within the identified industry or industries
- directly assists with the state’s recruitment or retention efforts
- show the ability to deploy the funding and create significant impacts within a 12-month time frame
- are sustainable beyond grant funding
- are not duplicative of existing programs or initiatives
- have secured the required match as of the application submission.
For more information, visit OEDIT.
