Innovate Alabama Supplemental Grant Program

Opportunity Awaits

Alabama is teeming with homegrown talent and big ideas that have the potential to change the way we live, work and play.

We want to bridge connections and resources for innovative small businesses generating transformative research and technology. That’s why we created the Innovate Alabama Supplemental Grant Program.

The Innovate Alabama Supplemental Grant Program awards funds to Alabama-based companies that have been granted Phase I or Phase II awards through the Federal Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) or Federal Small Business Technology Transfer Program (STTR).

These grants are non-dilutive, meaning you get the money without giving up shares of your company. Eligible applicants (all you dreamers, movers and shakers) have already proven their value and viability. Now it’s time for us to back you up with additional funding to help move your idea from concept to commercialization.

Apply

The Innovate Alabama Supplemental Grant application for the second round of funding closed on Feb. 17, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. CST. We will begin announcing awards before the end of March.

We will accept another round of applications this spring. Subscribe to our newsletter to be notified.

Direct questions to grants@innovatealabama.org.

Eligibility


If you have received SBIR/STTR Phase I awards, you are eligible to apply for 50% of your SBIR/STTR grant up to $100,000. If you have received SBIR/STTR Phase II awards, you are eligible to apply for 50% of your SBIR/STTR grant up to $250,000.

If you have not received SBIR/STTR funds from a federal agency, Innovate Alabama has partnered with BIO Alabama, Southern Research, HudsonAlpha, Innovation Depot and Innovation PortAL to host a virtual workshop to teach small businesses how to apply.

We hope you will take advantage of this free resource to learn from the experts about application best practices.

Virtual Workshop

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