Discovery tool, not advice. Every figure is the published rule, not a decision on your case.

Prizes

Grow-NY food and agriculture business competition

Grow-NY

Status

Opens 2027-03-01

Date published by the funder.

Closed

Amount

$1,000,000

USD 3 million distributed annually across seven winners; top prize USD 1 million. Winners commit to establishing and growing operations in the Grow-NY region.

Funder

Empire State Development, administered by the Center for Regional Economic Advancement at Cornell University

public · regional

Deadline: annual_call — The 2026 round opened 1 March 2026 and closed 15 May 2026 at 5 p.m. ET. Finalists selected in summer 2026; pitch competition and summit on 12-13 November 2026 in Rochester, NY.

Your odds

Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort

quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Sectors: agri
Stage: seed, series_a

High-growth food and agtech startups from across the globe may enter, but winners must commit to a presence in the Grow-NY region of upstate New York.

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://grow-ny.com/ — checked 2026-08-14

"High-growth food and agtech startups from across the globe are encouraged to enter the competition."