FY2015 Regional Innovation Strategies Program

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FY2015 Regional Innovation Strategies Program: This Federal Funding Opportunity (FFO) announcement sets out the application submission and review procedures for the Economic Development Administration (EDA) Regional Innovation Strategies (RIS) Program.
Regional economic vitality is best accomplished through multi-stakeholder partnerships and collaborations that draw upon public, corporate, university, nonprofit, and philanthropic resources. Regional innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystems—which have a culture of idea generation, leadership, trust, openness to foraging new partnerships with disparate parties, entrepreneurial development, investment capital, and a large pool of accomplished managers—often fuel these partnerships and collaborations. Robust, sustainable regional innovation ecosystems help drive national competitiveness.
EDA is committed to fostering connected, innovation-centric economic sectors which support commercialization and entrepreneurship. The Department of Commerce (DOC) FY 2014-2018 Strategic Plan sets forth the strategic goal of working within and across ecosystems throughout the country to develop regional innovation strategies, including regional innovation clusters. This comprises building public and private capacity to invent, improve, and commercialize new products and services. Regional innovation strategies are a keystone of the Secretary of Commerce’s commitment to building globally competitive regions.
As part of this strategy, funding is available for capacity-building activities that include Proof of Concept Centers (POCCs) and Commercialization Centers (CCs) (as well as scaling of existing commercialization programs and centers) 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:
(1) the 2015 i6 Challenge; and
(2) Seed Fund Support (SFS) Grants.
Applicants may, but are not required to, submit proposals for more than one competition under the RIS Program.
Federal Grant Title: FY2015 Regional Innovation Strategies Program
Federal Agency Name: Department of Commerce
Grant Categories: Other Regional Development
Type of Opportunity: Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number: EDA-HDQ-OIE-2015-2004566
Type of Funding: Grant
CFDA Numbers: 11.020
CFDA Descriptions: Cluster Grants
Current Application Deadline: Oct 5, 2015
Original Application Deadline: Oct 5, 2015
Posted Date: Aug 4, 2015
Creation Date: Jul 30, 2015
Archive Date: Nov 4, 2015
Total Program Funding:
Maximum Federal Grant Award: $500,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award: $0
Expected Number of Awards:
Cost Sharing or Matching: Yes
Category Explanation
Economic Development, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
City or township governments
Special district governments
County governments
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Private institutions of higher education
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
State governments
Additional Information on Eligibility
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.
Link to Full Grant Announcement
http://www.eda.gov/oie/ris/
Grant Announcement Contact
Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
[email protected]

Department of Commerce 202 482 3134
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