State Grants

Programs from the Maryland Energy Administration

Maryland Clean Energy Economic Development Initiative (CEEDI) CEEDI is designed to stimulate the clean energy economy through job creation and workforce retraining programs. Funds from this initiative come in the form of loans and grants from the Recovery Act, but research and development, new technology investment, and pilot programs are not eligible for funds from this award.

The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) has received approval from DOE to allocate approximately 15% of the State Energy Program for Clean Energy Economic Development. This equates to approximately $7 million in total to be under contract by September 30, 2010, with work completed and invoiced by March 30, 2012.

Applications for the second cycle of awards are due by 3 p.m., April 30, 2010. Awards are expected to be announced by June 2010.

Preference will be given to projects that meet the following overarching parameters:

Contributes to Maryland clean energy sector.
Immediately or rapidly generates a quantifiable number of sustainable jobs in Maryland.
Demonstrates that funding sought through CEEDI will be leveraged by additional funding secured from other sources. Note: ARRA funds are not targeted to fund research and development, market feasibility studies, pilot projects, start-up companies, or the development of a completely new or untested technology.
Demonstration at the time of application that the proposed project funding requested will comply with all special requirements governing the use of funds made available through ARRA. These requirements include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Federal prevailing-wage rate requirements, known as Davis-Bacon Act (DBA) requirements.
- Evidence that the project is in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
- Evidence, where appropriate, that all elements of the proposed project meet all Buy America provisions contained in ARRA.

MEA will require that recipients of loan or grant funds report certain information regarding the use and effects of ARRA funds, including but not limited to the number of jobs created and the number of jobs retained through the use of the ARRA-funded loans or grants.

For more information on these requirements, please visit the following section on MEA’s website: Working with ARRA.

Programs from the Maryland Technology Development Corporation

Maryland Technology Transfer and Commercialization Fund Up to $75,000 in early stage technology commercialization costs. The goal of the Maryland Technology Transfer and Commercialization Fund (MTTCF) is to provide funding for Maryland companies who wish to develop technology-based products and/or services in collaboration with the Universities and/or Federal Laboratories in Maryland. To be eligible for the program, a company must be collaborating with a Federal Laboratory or university in Maryland and be located or an affiliate of an incubator company in the state.

TechStart Program The TechStart Program will fund university-based or federal lab-based teams to determine whether specific technologies would have the potential to be commercialized through a startup company. A university or entrepreneur, in the case of a federal lab submits a proposal on a disclosed technology to TEDCO for evaluating the opportunity. An award would defray TEDCO approved costs of evaluating the feasibility of the startup opportunity. Proposals are capped at $15,000 per technology.

University Technology Development Fund The goal of the Maryland Technology Development Corporation's (TEDCO) University Technology Development Fund (UTDF) is to provide resources to Maryland universities to support pre-commercial research on university intellectual property to increase the likelihood of commercializing that intellectual property. The program helps universities to license early stage technologies more effectively and serves as a source of technology development projects for Maryland companies that are eligible for additional TEDCO and other State financing programs.

Fort Detrick Technology Transfer Initiative The Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO) and The Frederick County Office of Economic Development (FCOED) have contracted with the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) to facilitate transfer of technology. Technology development projects will be considered within the scope of the FDTTI if the company can show how the proposed technology will meet the technology needs of USAMRMC (Spin-In) and/or the commercialization of USAMRMC technologies (Spin-Out).

NAVAIR Technology Insertion Program The TEDCO NAVAIR team will establish an active outreach program to explore the research portfolios of academia, industry, and military research enterprises in the mid-Atlantic region to identify research results that align with NAVAIR avionics technology needs.