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Grants

Wisconsin SBIR Advance

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open

Amount

$75,000

Matching grants of up to $75,000 to Wisconsin companies holding a federal SBIR/STTR Phase I or Phase II award, released in tranches against completion of a customer discovery and commercialisation curriculum.

Funder

Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) with the Center for Technology Commercialization

public · regional

Deadline: rolling — Applications are accepted on a rolling basis while the annual allocation lasts.

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

small enterprises
Sectors: deeptech, health, manufacturing, agri
Stage: pre_seed, seed
R&D activity required
Locally registered entity required

Company must be based in Wisconsin and hold an active federal SBIR/STTR Phase I or Phase II award.

How to apply

Win a federal SBIR or STTR award
Apply to SBIR Advance through WEDC
Complete the required commercialisation training modules
Draw down the matching funds against milestones

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://wedc.org/programs/sbir-advance/ — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked