{"id":3547,"date":"2011-03-11T16:50:27","date_gmt":"2011-03-11T21:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencebusiness.technewslit.com\/?p=3547"},"modified":"2011-03-11T16:50:27","modified_gmt":"2011-03-11T21:50:27","slug":"u-s-agencies-to-fund-green-technology-start-up-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/?p=3547","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Agencies to Fund Green Technology Start Up Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_701\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-701\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/WindTurbines_NREL_200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-701\" title=\"WindTurbines_NREL_200\" src=\"http:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/WindTurbines_NREL_200.jpg\" alt=\"Wind turbines at dusk (NREL)\" width=\"200\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/WindTurbines_NREL_200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/WindTurbines_NREL_200-150x149.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-701\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(National Renewable Energy Laboratory)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eda.gov\/NewsEvents\/PressReleases\/20110311_i6green.xml\">U.S. Commerce Department<\/a>, with the Departments of Agriculture and Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, and National Science Foundation, opened their $12 million <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eda.gov\/i6\">i6 Green Challenge<\/a> for business incubators that help green technology entrepreneurs get started. This year&#8217;s competition is the second round for the i6 Green Challenge that began last year.<\/p>\n<p>Commerce&#8217;s Economic Development Administration will award up to $1 million to each of six teams around the country. The partner agencies will award more than $6 million in additional funding to the i6 Green winners.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s competition focuses on promoting proof of concept centers that help entrepreneurs with technology feasibility and business plan development, provide access to early-stage capital, and supply mentors to offer guidance. These centers also allow new technologies to mature and demonstrate their market potential, to help make them more attractive to investors.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eda.gov\/PDF\/i6GreenFFO.pdf\">funding announcement<\/a> says applicants must file a letter of intent no later than 2 May 2011. Full proposals are required by 26 May 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Commerce Department, with the Departments of Agriculture and Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, and National Science Foundation, opened their $12 million i6 Green Challenge for business incubators that help green technology entrepreneurs get started. This year&#8217;s competition is the second round for the i6 Green Challenge that began last year. 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