As part of the Innovation Fund, FuzeHub’s Manufacturing Grants are designed to encourage collaboration between not-for-profit organizations and small to medium-sized manufacturing companies in New York State.
Donor Name: FuzeHub
State: New York
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/14/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The partnership created with the not-for-profit organization serves as a pathway to technology transfer, adoption and implementation of new manufacturing processes, as well as the creation of enhanced products and services, and help manufacturing companies achieve success from early stage, proof of concept through maturity.
The program goal is to identify innovative projects that support the collaboration of not-for-profit organizations and New York State small to medium-sized manufacturers, leading to the creation of valuable economic impacts in the communities, and the growth of New York’s manufacturing sector.
Types of Projects
- Adoption of new technology to enhance a process and/or product
- Prototype development
- Design for manufacturing
- Proof-of-concept manufacturing
- Manufacturing scale-up
- Manufacturing-related equipment purchases
- Other projects to advance manufacturing or manufacturing capabilities.
Funding Information
Individual grants will not exceed $65,000.
Grant Period
12 months.
Eligible Costs
Eligible costs include, but are not limited to:
- Equipment
- Materials
- Engineering/design
- Travel (clearly defined, and directly related to the project)
- Personnel (costs must directly relate to the project)
- Other direct costs.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible Applicants: New York State not-for-profit organizations that partner with at least one New York State startup manufacturer or technology company.
- Eligible Partner Manufacturers: At least one, and up to five, startup companies with a:
- Physical establishment in New York State;
- Dun & Bradstreet profile with a registered North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code. See guidelines for list of eligible NAICS codes.
- A startup company is any company that meets ALL of these criteria:
- Annual revenue is less than $100K, and total revenue to date is less than $500K;
- Total investments received to date do not exceed $2M (excluding grants);
- Has been in business for less than 5 years (less than 7 for life science, biomedical, or medical device industries).
For more information, visit FuzeHub.
