DICES
Runs DICES to back underrepresented Massachusetts cleantech founders with mentoring and grant support for early venture development.
DICES — Diversity in Cleantech Early Stage — is MassCEC's equity-focused early-stage grant, offering up to three awards of $75,000 each per round to cleantech founders who are underrepresented in the clean energy industry or who face economic barriers to participation. The program runs on the same application cycle and portal as MassCEC's Catalyst grant and is co-administered with MassVentures. Th…
Early-stage Massachusetts cleantech at TRL 2–4, specifically for founders who are underrepresented in the clean energy industry or face economic barriers to participation.
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All guides →TRL Levels Explained for Deeptech Founders
Learn what TRL levels mean, how to estimate technology readiness, and how TRL affects grants, EIC Accelerator, SBIR/STTR, funding stage, and application evidence.
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.
DocumentsProof-of-Concept Data for Grants: Evidence Examples for Deeptech Applications
See how to present proof-of-concept data in grant applications, with examples for evidence registers, test logs, pilot data, and prior project proof.
Start hereStartup Funding Stages for Deeptech: From Lab to Scale
A deeptech funding roadmap that maps startup funding stages to TRL, grants, SBIR/STTR, EIC Accelerator, pilots, VC, and scale-up evidence.
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