EDA Releases FFO for $15M Regional Innovation Strategies Program
The Economic Development Administration (EDA) released the Federal Funding Opportunity (FFO) and began accepting applications for the 2016 round of Regional Innovation Strategies (RIS) Program funding. In this round of funding, the EDA has made $15 million in federal funding available to create and expand cluster-focused proof-of-concept and commercialization programs and early stage seed capital funds through the i6 Challenge and the Seed Fund Support (SFS) Grant competition, respectively. Managed by EDA’s Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (OIE), EDA has made $13 million available for i6 Challenge grants and $2 million available for SFS grants. The deadline for the 2016 RIS FFO is 11:59 P.M. ET on June 24. Read the FFO…
On May 5 at 2:00 P.M. ET, SSTI will host the post-launch webinar for prospective applicants. During this webinar, EDA staff will present a detailed overview of the 2016 RIS FFO as well as take questions from participants. This webinar will be made available online after the event. Register here…
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