Downtown Danville Facade Improvement Grant

The objective of the Façade Improvement Grant (FIG) program is to restore, sustain, and improve commercial properties located within the City of Newport News. The FIG program provides matching grant funds, up to a maximum of $20,000, to assist with eligible façade improvements on properties citywide that are used for commercial, industrial, office or mixed-use purposes.

The NIH "$100,000 Start an SUD Startup" Challenge awards a total of $100,000 in cash prizes (up to $10,000 per winning team) plus intensive non-cash mentorship to early-stage teams developing research ideas in drug use, misuse, or substance use disorder (SUD) that could form the foundation of new biotech startups. Administered annually by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the challenge is designed to support and accelerate would-be founders before they typically become eligible for traditional research funding, and to eventually contribute new startups to the pool of small businesses competing for NIDA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grants. The challenge is administered in two stages. In Stage 1, up to 12 winning teams are selected based on a 5-minute video introducing the team and a 4-page written proposal describing the research idea, and each Stage 1 winner receives a non-cash prize of a 6-month product development mentorship from NIDA entrepreneurship experts (including monthly 90-minute lectures, monthly office hours with an assigned mentor, and a series of homework assignments, requiring approximately 25 hours per team member per month). In Stage 2, the teams that successfully complete the mentorship (including all required lectures, exercises, and a final Peer Board Meeting presentation) are each awarded up to $10,000 in cash. Winners are encouraged to use the prize money to develop a minimum viable product, gather customer feedback, assess the feasibility of a science-based small business, and develop key concepts to support a future NIDA SBIR/STTR application. To qualify, participants must apply as a team of no less than three and no more than five individuals, each at least 18 years old at the time of submission. Each team must identify a Team Leader who is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident and who is responsible for registering, submitting materials, and receiving and distributing prize money on behalf of the team. Non-U.S. citizens and non-permanent residents may participate as team members but are not eligible to receive prize money. The research idea must directly relate to drug use, misuse, or SUD (or a platform technology broadly applicable to those areas), and the team must intend to form (or already be) a U.S.-based startup. Teams need no prior startup experience. Federal employees (of HHS or acting within their federal scope) are not eligible, and SBIR/STTR grantees with currently active grants or applications currently under review cannot participate. Teams that applied to a past challenge and did not win may reapply with the same or a new idea; past winners may reapply only with a new idea. Submissions related to alcohol use disorder or pain will not be accepted.

HSBIR provides matching grants to help companies further develop new products that solve critical issues for the nation. Applicants must have received Federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) /Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grants or contracts to qualify for the state matching grant program. The HSBIR program provides up to 50% match for companies receiving SBIR/STTR awards. Companies may apply also for reimbursement for grant writing costs for their initial Federal grant application (Phase 0). The Hawaiʻi SBIR matching grant program is the longest state funded SBIR matching program in the United States. Initially the grant program only funded companies that received Phase I grants but in 2016, the program was expanded to help companies who are moving their advanced technology products from research into the market. Hawaiʻi’s SBIR Phase II and Phase III winners are creating the best technology solutions in the nation.

As your company grows and develops, so will your demand for a larger well-trained workforce. Expanding your workforce can be costly, but through the help of WorkOne, you can reduce the cost of hiring and training new employees. WorkOne will reimburse employers up to 50% of new employee wages for on-the-job training. THIS IS NOT A TAX CREDIT. It is an actual check sent to your company for a portion of the trainees’ wages during the training period of up to six months. The training must pay at least $13.50 per hour.

The Facade Improvement Program provides eligible project funding from $3000 up to $34,500 for facade repair and restoration. A 5% match is required and can be satisfied via in-kind monetized amounts for grant application preparation, site plans including approval compilation, estimates, architectural rendering costs, as well as total project cost cash match. The goal of this program is to encourage building restoration, historic preservation, and improved economic vitality by improving building facades. Eligible buildings are commercial and mixed commercial/residential with facades visible from the street. New construction will not be considered for this program.