FY 2018 Regional Innovation Strategies Program

Agency: Department of Commerce

11.020 -- Cluster Grants

Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

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:

style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;">- 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.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Government

County governments
Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
Special district governments
City or township governments
State governments

Nonprofit

Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)
Nonprofits non-higher education without 501(c)(3)

Education

Private institutions of higher education
Public and state institutions of higher education

Miscellaneous

Other

Additional information

A State; An Indian tribe; A city or other political subdivision of a State; An entity that— (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.

Grantor contact information

Description

If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Email

oie@eda.gov

EDA Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Documents

File name	Description	Last updated
EDA_HDQ_OIE_2018_2005523_2018_Regional_Innovation_Strategies_Program.pdf	FY 2018 RIS NOFO	May 31, 2018 07:43 PM UTC

Link to additional information

Archived: September 28, 2018

Application process

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Award

$--

Program Funding

Expected awards

$--

Award Minimum

$750,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

EDA-HDQ-OIE-2018-2005523

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

Yes

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

Category of Funding Activity:

Other

Category Explanation:

Economic Development, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

History

Version:

Posted date:

May 31, 2018

Archive date:

September 28, 2018