V-Quad Accepting Applications for $25K Entrepreneurs Technical Assistance Program Grants
The Mississippi Development Authority has announced the opening of their application process for the Mississippi Energy Program for Innovation Cluster: Virtual Quad (V-Quad). Applications will be accepted from qualified teams developing new products or services in the energy and agriculture technologies.
V-Quad was founded with the mission of building an innovative, virtual incubator network. This network should support Mississippi entrepreneurs and innovators as they launch energy and agriculture-focused technologies.
In building this network, these startups will have access to technical expertise through connections at Mississippi’s research universities, industry government, and nonprofits.
The current applicants will be applying for V-Quad Entrepreneurs Technical Assistance Program (ETAP) grants. If selected, they will be eligible for a maximum award of $25,000 each in vouchers to receive technical assistance from a research university in the state. MDA – who is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy State Energy Program – will award a total of $100,000 in the ETAP.
The teams will be paired with a relevant research university, based on their proposed projects, to tackle specific technical challenges and uncertainties. They will have nine months from the award date to complete these proposed projects.
Examples of eligible projects include the use of clean energy and energy-efficient products and services, agricultural products and services, as well as robotics, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, unmanned aerial and terrestrial vehicles and genomics applied within the energy and agriculture sectors.
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