Louisiana small businesses preparing federal SBIR/STTR proposals can request up to $3,000 (Phase I) or $5,000 (Phase II) for proposal costs like customer discovery, conferences and grant reviewers.
Phase 0 is a Louisiana-based grant administered by the LTTO that offsets some of the costs of submitting a federal SBIR/STTR application, such as customer discovery, attending a conference and hiring a grant reviewer. Qualified applicants can request up to $3,000 for a Phase I application and up to $5,000 for a Phase II application. Applicants start by completing LED's innovation interest survey and indicating interest in Phase 0; the page lists no deadline.
Qualified applicants preparing a federal SBIR/STTR Phase I or Phase II application (the page does not define further criteria).
Funds must be used for costs that help create the best application.
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