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InnovateMass (MassCEC)

Status

Closes in 14 days

Applications close 2026-10-20.

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Amount
$350,000

Up to $350,000 in grant funding plus technical support. Recent awardees show cost share of roughly $283,000 to $450,000 on $350,000 awards; 'Public Benefit' project sites qualify for a reduced cost share of 25%. Standard cost-share rate is set in the RFP.

Funder

Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC)

public · regional

Deadline: One call a year — FY27 Fall round: RFP opens September 1, 2026; questions due September 29; application deadline October 20, 2026; finalists pitch in early January 2027; awards late January or early February.

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
moderate

Moderate — a form and supporting documents.

Who can apply

Lead applicant must be a Massachusetts-based climatetech company (majority of HQ, primary R&D, primary manufacturing and primary sales office in Massachusetts) applying with one or more demonstration project partners. Funding and headcount guidelines are suggestions, not strict limits. Coal, oil, woody biomass and natural gas technologies are excluded.

How to apply

  1. Read the InnovateMass RFP (September 2026). — link
  2. Submit the online application as an Applicant Team (MA-based climatetech lead applicant plus demonstration project partner).
  3. If invited, pitch to the judging panel.

What you will need

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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.masscec.com/program/innovatemass

"The InnovateMass program provides up to $350,000 in grant funding and technical support to applicant teams deploying new clean energy technologies or innovative combinations of existing technologies with a strong potential for commercialization."

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: www.masscec.com

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