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Carbontech Development Initiative (CDI)

Funds negative-emissions teams working on carbon capture, CO2-to-materials, and CO2-to-chemicals projects.

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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, universitie…

Max award$375K
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No upcoming rounds verified. Cadence: Annual.

Last verified: 28 May 2026Source: techventures.columbia.edu