GRA Innovation & Entrepreneurship — Exploratory Grants

GRA Innovation and Entrepreneurship Exploratory Grants sit under Georgia Research Alliance, the nonprofit public-private partnership that works with Georgia's eight partner universities to turn research into economic impact, workforce capacity, and commercialization. This is the first step in the track for faculty teams that need to test whether an idea is technically and commercially worth deeper investment. Awards go up to $10,000 and can support technical experiments, prototype testing, benchmarking, and customer discovery. The grants do not pay indirect costs, so the money is aimed at tightly scoped work that answers basic feasibility questions before a team commits to a larger development plan. Applications move through each university's designated GRA representative and are reviewed in six annual cycles. The program is best suited to faculty researchers who can use a small award to reduce uncertainty quickly and turn that evidence into a stronger Development Grant application. It is the on-ramp to the larger Development Grant track.

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