Carbontech Development Initiative (CDI)
Funds negative-emissions teams working on carbon capture, CO2-to-materials, and CO2-to-chemicals projects.
The Carbontech Development Initiative (CDI) is a grant program administered by Columbia Technology Ventures and funded by NYSERDA. It supports negative-emissions teams working on carbon capture, CO2-to-materials and products, and CO2-to-chemicals and fuels, with a maximum award of $375,000 per team. The program runs annually and is open in the U.S. to for-profit companies, nonprofits, universities, and research organizations; individuals are not eligible. Awards come with commercialization training, and the named tracks in the record include Carbontech Leap, New Directions, Propel Carbontech, and Bridge Carbontech. The current status is between cycles. The strongest fit is a team with a clear technical pathway and a plausible route from lab work to deployment. CDI is not limited to Columbia, and the record notes Round 2 teams from New York, Arizona, California, Delaware, Illinois, Oregon, and Texas, which points to a national search for projects that can move carbontech from research into market use.
No upcoming rounds verified. Cadence: Annual.