Illinois SBIR/STTR Match
Supports Illinois companies that already hold federal innovation awards with complementary state funding for research project development.
The Illinois SBIR/STTR Match Program is a state supplemental grant offered by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) to small companies based in Illinois that have won competitive federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) or Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) awards. The programme is designed to extend the R&D budgets of Illinois's technology-oriented sm…
State supplemental matching grants for Illinois-based small companies holding active federal SBIR or STTR awards, extending R&D budgets across any technology sector eligible under those federal programs.
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