Kentucky has implemented a program that matches both Phase 1 and Phase 2 federal SBIR and STTR awards to our high-tech small businesses.

If you are an SBIR or STTR awardee from Kentucky, or are willing to relocate to Kentucky, you can apply for funds from the commonwealth to match your federal SBIR-STTR awards.

Round 8 of the Kentucky SBIR-STTR Matching Funds Program will open on July 21, 2010.

Additional solicitations are planned. The amount of funds available for awards each time will be determined by the Cabinet for Economic Development, Department of Commercialization and Innovation.

The Kentucky SBIR-STTR Matching Funds Program will accept applications for Round 8 between July 21, 2010 and August 20, 2010. The deadline to submit an application is 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on August 20, 2010. The awards process will be competitive and include an external review. Program guidelines for the upcoming solicitation have been revised and are now posted on the Kentucky SBIR-STTR Online Application and Reporting System.

Visit the SBIR-STTR Online Application and Reporting System to apply for Phase1 and Phase 2 Matching Funds.

Under contract to the Cabinet for Economic Development’s Department of Commercialization and Innovation, the Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation administers the Kentucky SBIR-STTR Matching Funds Program. If you have any questions relating to the program or the application process, contact:

Kenneth Ronald
Program Manager
Kentucky SBIR-STTR Matching Funds Program
Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation
859-255-3613 (extension 252)
kronald@kstc.com