{"id":1353,"date":"2019-08-01T10:41:26","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T10:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/research\/?p=1353"},"modified":"2019-08-01T10:41:26","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T10:41:26","slug":"eda-awards-22-5-million-in-ris-economic-development-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/research\/2019\/08\/01\/eda-awards-22-5-million-in-ris-economic-development-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"EDA Awards $22.5 Million in RIS Economic Development Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grants Resource Center by\u00a0Wellons, Richard<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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The Economic Development Administration (EDA) recently announced 44 new awards\u00a0from two grant programs\u00a0of its 2019\u00a0Regional Innovation Strategies<\/a>\u00a0(RIS) competition,\u00a0for a total of\u00a0$22.5\u00a0million. Focused on regional economic capacity-building, both RIS programs,\u00a0i6\u00a0Challenge<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Seed Fund Support<\/a>,\u00a0offer opportunities for college and universities to play a key role in regional economic development.<\/p>\n

The i6 Challenge program aims to increase economic growth and productivity “through entrepreneurship that translates innovations, ideas, intellectual property, and applied research into new businesses, accelerated paths to export, increased foreign direct investment, and new jobs.” EDA made 26 i6 Challenge awards across 19 states, providing $17.5 million in federal funding that will be matched by $20.2 million in funds from a variety of private and public sector stakeholders. Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0to view a list of awardees and links to descriptions of their projects.<\/p>\n

The Seed Fund Support program is designed to “support the creation, launch, or expansion of equity-based, cluster-focused seed funds that invest regionally-managed risk capital in regionally-based startups with a potential for high growth.” Out of 40 applications to the program, EDA made 18 Seed Fund Support awards across 16 states and two territories, providing $5 million in federal funding that will be matched by $5.9 million in matching funds from a variety of private and public sector stakeholders. Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0to view a list of awardees and links to descriptions of their projects.<\/p>\n

For more information, view the EDA award announcements for the\u00a0i6 Competition<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Seed Fund Support<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Grants Resource Center by\u00a0Wellons, Richard The Economic Development Administration (EDA) recently announced 44 new awards\u00a0from two grant programs\u00a0of its 2019\u00a0Regional Innovation Strategies\u00a0(RIS) competition,\u00a0for a total of\u00a0$22.5\u00a0million. Focused on regional economic capacity-building, both RIS programs,\u00a0i6\u00a0Challenge\u00a0and\u00a0Seed Fund Support,\u00a0offer opportunities for college and universities to play a key role in regional economic development. 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