The New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovation, and Technology (CSIT) is now accepting applications for the Clean Tech R&D Seed Grant Round 4.
Donor Name: New Jersey Commission on Science Innovation and Technology
State: New Jersey
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/11/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The program, developed in coordination with the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) and the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU), provides grants to eligible New Jersey companies to conduct R&D projects that will reduce or mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.
The goal of the Clean Tech R&D Seed Grant Program is to help New Jersey-based early-stage clean tech/clean energy companies accelerate development and innovation of clean technologies to transform new discoveries from research stage into commercially viable technologies, leading to industry and investor interest.
The Program is for companies developing or testing clean technologies intended to avoid emissions of, or recapture, greenhouse gases and/or criteria pollutants, or to enable such avoidance or recapture in the following target areas:
- Chemicals/Advance Materials
- Energy Distribution/Storage
- Energy Efficiency
- Energy Generation
- Green Buildings
- Transportation
- Waste Processing
- Water and Agriculture.
Funding Information
- The total funding for the fourth pilot program is $750,000.
- Qualified applicants can receive up to $75,000 in grants through the Clean Tech Seed Grant Pilot Program.
Eligibility Criteria
Program applicants (“Applicant(s)”) must meet the following eligibility criteria at the time of Program application (“Application”) submission and throughout the Application Review Period:
- Be authorized and in good standing to conduct business in New Jersey
- Have a current New Jersey tax clearance certificate listing New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology. All certificates listing another state agency will be rejected
- Have a minimum of one (1) full-time worker (calculated on a 35-hour work week). A founder can be counted as a worker; a worker may be paid or unpaid
- Have no more than 50 full-time equivalent (“FTE,” calculated on a 35-hour work week) workers at time of application
- 50% or more of the cumulative hours worked by all workers, founders, and contractors must work in New Jersey; calculated on a full-time equivalent basis of 35 hours per week
- Have less than or equal to $5,000,000 in prior calendar year sales revenue (excluding grant revenue)
- The proposed project must be between TRL 2 (Applied Research) to TRL 7 (Integrated Pilot System Demonstrated)
- New eligibility criteria for Round 4 of the Program are:
- Applicants are limited to a single application
- Recipients of two or more active CSIT Seed or Demonstration Grants are ineligible for this Program.
For more information, visit CSIT.
