Kentucky SBIR/STTR Match — Phase II
Funds Kentucky companies with larger state matching support as innovation projects move toward commercialization.
The Kentucky SBIR/STTR Matching Fund — Phase II is the higher-value companion to Kentucky's Phase I match program, administered by KY Innovation under the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development. It provides a non-dilutive, reimbursable state grant of up to $150,000 to Kentucky-based for-profit companies that hold an active federal SBIR or STTR Phase II award. Like the Phase I program, awards ar…
Provides up to $150,000 in non-dilutive state matching funds to Kentucky-based for-profit companies that have already received a federal SBIR or STTR Phase II award.
Sign up free to see the funding breakdown
Sign up free to see the industries in scope
Sign up free to see the full eligibility
Sign up free to see how to apply
Sign up free to see what you submit
Sign up free to see the timeline
Sign up free to see where teams trip up
Guides for this application
All guides →SBIR/STTR Grants for Deeptech Startups
A practical guide to SBIR and STTR grants for deeptech startups, including agency fit, Phase I and II logic, eligibility, budgets, and review criteria.
Where to applyGrants for Biotech Startups: NIH, NSF, SBIR/STTR, and Non-Dilutive Funding
A practical guide to grants for biotech startups, including NIH SBIR/STTR, NSF, translational funding, evidence, regulatory readiness, and budgets.
DocumentsGrant Work Plan Template: Work Packages, Gantt, Milestones, and Risks
Use this grant work plan template to structure work packages, tasks, owners, deliverables, Gantt timing, dependencies, and risk registers.
Submit & reportGrant Reporting Requirements: Post-Award Reports and Compliance
Learn what grant reporting requirements cover, how financial and performance reports work, what to track after an award, and how to avoid post-award compliance mistakes.
More from KY Innovation
All grants from this funder →Kentucky SBIR/STTR Match — Phase I
🇺🇸KY Innovation · United States
Funds Kentucky companies with state matching support for early federally aligned innovation projects.
KSEF SBIR/STTR microAwards
🇺🇸KY Innovation · United States
Funds Kentucky small companies preparing SBIR/STTR proposals through microAwards.
Similar grants
Browse the directory →
Kentucky SBIR/STTR Matching Funds
🇺🇸KEDFA · United States
Supports Kentucky high-technology companies with existing federal innovation awards to strengthen commercialization momentum.
CSIT SBIR/STTR Direct Financial Assistance — Phase 5
🇺🇸NJEDA · United States
Funds New Jersey small businesses to match early-stage federal innovation awards and bridge development costs.
AEDC SBIR Matching Grant
🇺🇸AEDC · United States
Funds Arkansas firms by co-financing federal research commercialization efforts to strengthen real-world implementation.
One NC SBIR/STTR Phase I Matching Funds
🇺🇸NC BSTI · United States
Funds North Carolina small businesses that have received a federal SBIR or STTR Phase I award with matching grants to bridge the gap to Phase II.
HTDC HSBIR Phase I State Match
🇺🇸HTDC · United States
Funds Hawaii small businesses that already secured federal innovation awards to strengthen commercialization pathways with matching support.
One NC SBP — SBIR/STTR Phase I Matching Funds
🇺🇸NC BSTI · United States
Funds state-level co-investment support that can help early small businesses extend grant-backed research stages.