KY Grant-in-Aid Program

The Delaware Site Readiness Fund promotes economic growth and stability by investing in the development or improvement of commercial and industrial sites to attract job-creating businesses. The Fund provides grants, loans or other economic assistance to qualified businesses or local governments that invest in constructing, renovating or improving infrastructure for sites that will attract new businesses or expand existing businesses within the State. Qualified applicants must demonstrate a public utility advantage to the citizens of Delaware.

Through this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), the National Cancer Institute (NCI) seeks research project (R01) grant applications describing projects that integrate imaging and fluid-based tumor monitoring (liquid biopsy) assays during cancer therapy in patients to determine the optimal use of those modalities in the characterization of therapy response and/or emergence of resistance.

The Build Our Future Grant Pilot Program and Fund (Fund) is a financing resource operated by the Maryland Department of Commerce (Commerce), to provide grants for innovation infrastructure projects intended to support innovation in an eligible technology sector. Grant awards may be used to defray the cost a grantee incurs to acquire, construct, rehabilitate, install, improve, or equip an eligible innovation infrastructure project.

The Rhode Island Business Attraction Program serves as a strategic recruitment initiative aimed at life sciences companies exploring their first presence in Rhode Island. This highly competitive program is designed to attract out-of-state, international, and newly established companies that align with the Rhode Island Life Science Hub’s (RILSH) mission of fostering economic growth through the strategic expansion of this sector. By offering targeted support and resources, the program seeks to integrate high-potential companies into the state’s thriving life sciences ecosystem, fostering innovation, collaboration, and economic development. Through this initiative, Rhode Island strengthens its position as a premier hub for cutting-edge research, biotech advancements, and commercialization opportunities.

The Big Dreams Grant awards $25,000 in total funding, plus structured business mentorship, to small business owners across the United States. Sponsored by Simply Business — an online insurance platform for small businesses headquartered in Boston — and run in partnership with Sky's the Limit, a nonprofit digital business accelerator that supports early-stage and underrepresented entrepreneurs, the program selects five winners who each receive a $5,000 cash grant and a one-year membership to Sky's the Limit's Launchpad Program, an accelerator and mentorship platform designed to help business owners refine strategy, streamline operations, and drive revenue growth. An additional twenty runners-up each receive a 6-month Launchpad membership. Applicants submit short responses describing what makes their business unique, how they have validated readiness to scale, their plan for financial growth, and how they would use the grant funds and the Launchpad program.