MassVentures Catalyst Clean Energy Grant
Funds Massachusetts clean-energy researchers and startups with non-dilutive support through early feasibility and prototype development.
MassVentures Catalyst is a clean energy grant programme co-administered by MassVentures and the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC), awarding up to $75,000 per grant to early-stage clean energy innovators working at Technology Readiness Levels 2 through 4. The programme runs two funding windows per year — Spring and Fall — with the Fall 2026 window scheduled to follow the Spring 2026 cycle…
Massachusetts-based clean energy researchers and early-stage companies at TRL 2–4 seeking non-dilutive grants of up to $75,000, with a DICES sub-track for women- and minority-owned startups.
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