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Grants

Michigan Business Development Program (MBDP)

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
$10,000,000

Maximum Michigan Strategic Fund support is $10,000,000 per project, distributed as performance-based grants, loans or other economic assistance. All awards are milestone-based against qualified new jobs and qualified investment.

Funder

Michigan Economic Development Corporation / Michigan Strategic Fund

public · regional

Deadline: Open all year

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
major

Major bid — written case, budget, possibly partners.

Who can apply

Job thresholds vary by track: 50 new qualified jobs standard, 25 for the rural track (counties with population 90,000 or less), 25 for the innovation track in designated innovation industries, and flexible counts for the micro track in strategic focus industries or geographically disadvantaged areas. A qualified job requires 35 hours or more per week and must exceed the business's prior baseline.

How to apply

  1. Contact your local economic development office or MEDC business development manager
  2. Submit initial intake documentation
  3. MEDC reviews against statutory criteria and indicates support
  4. Submit the completed application and receive a term sheet
  5. Michigan Strategic Fund board approval, then execute the legal agreement
  6. Complete performance milestones and report for disbursement

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · UEI and SAM.gov registration, explained

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.michiganbusiness.org/services/funding/

"35 hours or more per week"

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: www.michiganbusiness.org

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