Synthetic Biology grants in the United States

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Funds Kansas taxpayers increasing qualified in-state R&D expenditure through a transferable corporate income tax credit.

Pays $25,000 to a Yale student team building a working hardware-and-software prototype.

Reimburses North Carolina small businesses for part of the cost of preparing and submitting a federal Phase I SBIR or STTR proposal.

Matches state funds for North Carolina small businesses that already won a federal Phase I SBIR or STTR award, bridging the gap before Phase II.

Funds organisations working on humanity's long-term survival and flourishing.

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Funds student startup ideas at Carnegie Mellon with early product validation grants.

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Provides free legal, accounting, and finance advisory support to disadvantaged Connecticut firms through federal SSBCI resources.

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Funds Stanford faculty teams preparing collaborative proposals for large external opportunities.

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Supports Stanford faculty teams building pre-competitive evidence for major external grant submission success.

Awards $50,000 to the top UC San Diego-affiliated startup each year.

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Runs TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield in San Francisco with founder visibility and founder competition awards.

Awards $25,000 to $50,000 in non-dilutive funding to Chicago's underrepresented tech founders.

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Provides additional Tennessee job related tax relief in economically distressed counties, stacking with the standard incentive.

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Provides state sales and use tax relief in Tennessee for headquarters projects tied to capital and staffing growth.

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Provides Tennessee business expansion support through franchise and excise tax relief linked to job growth and local investment.

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Provides high value Tennessee tax relief per net job for very large investments or major headquarters relocations.

Pays $250,000 over two years to young people who leave or skip college to build something new instead, plus mentorship and access to the Thiel Foundation's network of founders and investors.

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Connects Michigan and Israeli organizations through curated trade delegations and cross-border business matchmaking.

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Funds Utah companies with tax credits for qualifying innovation to support innovation growth.

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Funds Wisconsin firms with state tax credits for qualifying innovation to support commercialization and job creation.

Funds Washington state research institutions up to $100,000 to commercialize new technology.

Awards a $25,000 cash prize to the most creative Yale venture with no other fitting prize.

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Supports Alabama small businesses with state tax credits for innovation investment and commercialization growth.

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Invests in early-stage technology founders across the United States through cohort-based acceleration.