GRA I&E Exploratory Grant
Supports Georgia university researchers with feasibility testing and demand validation funding.
The Georgia Research Alliance (GRA) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) public-private partnership founded in 1990 and funded in part by more than $728 million in State of Georgia investment since 1991. Its Innovation & Entrepreneurship (I&E) grant programs exist to drive commercialization value from research conducted at Georgia's eight partner universities: University of Georgia, Georgia Tech, Emory, Georg…
Early-stage technology feasibility testing and market demand validation for faculty researchers at Georgia's eight GRA partner universities, covering technical experiments, prototyping, and customer discovery.
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