Funding Opportunities

Additional funding opportunities in the Great Plains Hub play a crucial role in fostering entrepreneurship and facilitating innovative projects. These avenues provide essential financial resources for entrepreneurs and researchers to advance their work in technology commercialization or business development. By empowering individuals to develop prototypes, engage with customers, and scale their ventures, these funding opportunities contribute to economic growth, talent attraction, and the cultivation of a dynamic entrepreneurial ecosystem within the region.

North dakota

Funded by North Dakota State University’s Research and Creative Activity office, this is an opportunity designed to empower innovators with up to $10,000 in funding towards building a minimum viable product.

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Aid for Technical Leads looking to advance their projects through sustained customer engagement and feedback, ensuring that their innovations are continually aligned with market demands and opportunities. Funded by North Dakota State University’s Research and Creative Activity office.

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South dakota

Designed to assist South Dakota entrepreneurs and small businesses with beginning and expanding their business through the Governor’s Giant Vision Competition and SBIR/STTR funding.

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Montana & wyoming

The Rocky Mountain Research Evaluation And Commercialization Hub (RMT-REACH) is seeking proposals for their 2024 RMT-REACH Pilot Cohort to support the translational advancement of promising health innovations in academic institutions across Montana, Alaska, Idaho, and Wyoming. The program supports proof-of-concept and go-to-market strategy activities through milestone-driven funding. Supported innovations may span the spectrum of health outcomes, including therapeutics, preventatives, diagnostics, devices, methods, or research tools that move the needle forward on unmet patient and public health needs.

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Funded by North Dakota State University’s Research and Creative Activity office, this is an opportunity designed to empower innovators with up to $10,000 in funding towards building a minimum viable product. 

Aid for Technical Leads looking to advance their projects through sustained customer engagement and feedback, ensuring that their innovations are continually aligned with market demands and opportunities. Funded by North Dakota State University’s Research and Creative Activity office.