The Advanced Industries Collaborative Infrastructure Grant helps teams of Colorado-based advanced industries technology businesses and nonprofits develop new large-scale projects. Projects need to cover gaps in the advanced industries and identify a matching fund of 2-to-1 non-State funding to State funding.
Donor Name: Global Business Development
State: Colorado
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 04/01/2022
Size of the Grant: $500,000
Details:
This grant’s goal is to accelerate the commercialization and innovation of advanced industry products and services by building capacity and workforce for the advanced industries ecosystem. This program aligns private industry and research institutions to create public goods for the development of the advanced industries in Colorado.
The Global Business Development (GBD) division administers this grant in partnership with Colorado’s advanced industry trade associations and the Economic Development Commission.
Funding Information
A project or technology with a particular application may receive grant awards up to $500,000 unless the award cap is lifted.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible, you need to:
- Create a disruptive technology that directly impacts at least one Colorado advanced industry that is either created or manufactured in Colorado
- be registered with the Colorado Secretary of State and in Good Standing
- collaborate with several industry partners including a nonprofit organization
- have headquarters in Colorado or have at least 50% of your employees based in Colorado
- focus on your project’s new capital costs and identify a funding ratio of 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.)
- provide matching $2-to-$1 non-State funding to State funding
- identify funding beyond this grant for your project’s current and future operational costs
- This grant is not for existing programs or operational costs.
They will 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 Advanced Industries Collaborative Infrastructure Grant.