Job Development Investment Grant — Transitional Project

Job Development Investment Grant -- Transitional Project sits under the North Carolina Economic Investment Committee, the five-member body that approves JDIG awards through the North Carolina Department of Commerce. It is the middle JDIG tier for very large projects, built for companies pursuing major North Carolina investments rather than routine expansion deals. The grant is performance-based and discretionary, and payments are made only after job, wage, and investment targets are verified. Transitional Project begins at 1,750 or more net new jobs and at least $1 billion in investment in Phase I, then steps up to 3,875 or more jobs and at least $3 billion in Phase II. The published structure uses a five-year base and 20-year term for Phase I, then a 10-year base with a base-plus-30-year term for Phase II. The instrument is a grant, the geography is North Carolina, and the program has no match requirement, no nonprofit eligibility, and no university or research-organization eligibility. This tier is built for companies that can document a genuine site-selection contest and commit to a large, long-horizon project. The strongest fit is a for-profit business with the scale to support a major payroll and investment plan and the patience to work through annual performance review. Transitional Project is not a research award or prototype grant; it is a large economic-development incentive for companies ready to anchor a transformational North Carolina location decision.

Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.