Pilot Clean Tech Demonstration Grant Program

NJ CSIT Pilot Clean Tech Demonstration Grant

Funds New Jersey clean-tech companies demonstrating technologies through CSIT pilot grants.

Eligibility · New Jersey, United States

The New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology administers the Pilot Clean Tech Demonstration Grant Program as a state demonstration grant for New Jersey clean technology companies. The Round 2 source says the program is issued by CSIT in collaboration with the New Jersey Economic Development Authority and funded by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities.

Round 2 had a total award budget of USD 3,750,000. Eligible applicants could propose projects up to 24 months long with a maximum project budget of USD 250,000. The program supports clean technologies intended to avoid or recapture greenhouse gases or criteria pollutants, with eligible target areas including advanced materials, energy storage and distribution, energy efficiency, energy generation, green buildings, transportation, waste processing, and water and agriculture.

Applicants must be authorized and in good standing to conduct business in New Jersey, hold a current New Jersey tax clearance certificate, have no more than 50 full-time equivalent employees, have at least two full-time employees, conduct at least 50 percent of employee, founder, and contractor work in New Jersey, and have less than USD 5 million in prior-year sales revenue. The pilot demonstration project itself must be conducted in New Jersey and fall within TRL 6 through TRL 8.

The captured source says the Pilot Clean Tech Demonstration Grant Program is closed. It does not state a future round date, scoring rubric, application deadline date, or current application URL.