Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms (TAAF)
Agency US Department of Commerce
Program Description This federal program offers a 50/50 match for projects to improve a businesses global competitive stance. It is available to primarily mid-sized manufacturers that have lost 5% of their profits or 5%of their workforce due to foreign competition.
Funding Range $75,000 Maximum
Eligibility Manufacturing and other businesses
Business and Industry (B&I) Guaranteed Loan
Agency US Department of Agriculture
Program Description This program can guarantee loans for up to 30 years for a manufacturer or other business to provide employment, improve the economic or environmental climate of the area, or promote the conservation of water or energy resources.
Funding Range $25,000,000 Maximum
Eligibility Manufacturing and other businesses
Innovation Challenge Program
Program Description Provides grant writing assistance to technology-based entrepreneurs, innovators, and new venture startups to access funding opportunities through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and its parallel Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program.
Funding Range Varies by project
Eligibility Eligible entrepreneurs, innovators, and new venture startups
Technology Innovation Program (TIP)
Program Description Supports, promotes, and accelerates innovation in the United States through high-risk, high-reward research in areas of critical national need. TIP has the agility and flexibility to make targeted investments in transformational R&D that will ensure our Nation’s future through sustained technological leadership.
Funding Range Up to 50%: Max of $3 million for single companies and max of $9 million for join-ventures
Eligibility Eligible businesses, universities, and non-profit research institutions
