MULTI-DAY EVENTS
July 21 – 23
September 14 – 18
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
- Santander US Training | Cultivate Small Business Cohort 14 – Deadline: July 21. Cultivate Small Business aims to strengthen entrepreneurs in food-related industries with the building blocks to be successful business owners.
- The Offshore Wind Innovation Hub Innovator Program – Deadline: July 27. The goal of the Innovator Program is to support the continued advancement of offshore wind in New York and across the U.S. by accelerating impactful and scalable innovations. With this 2026 Call for Innovators, they are especially seeking technologies that can maximize the performance and value of existing and near-term projects.
- Request for Proposals: Equity in Grid Services Initiative – Piloting Equitable Access to Dispatchable Distributed Energy Resources and Grid Services — Deadline: July 31. Amount: $600,000. This RFP seeks proposals for equitable access to dispatchable energy resources and grid services, focusing on reducing barriers for underserved communities.
- Clif Family Foundation Open Call Grants – Deadline August 3. These grants support general operating costs and applicants must be registered as (or fiscally sponsored by) a 501(c)3 organization.
- Social Enterprise Greenhouse – Deadline August 3. SEG’s Impact Accelerator is designed for established entrepreneurs ready to scale their ventures. They help ventures with a social mission expand their reach and develop strategies that boost their financial and operational success and create systemic change.
- EForAll Accelerator – Trimester 3 2026 — Deadline: August 6. EforAll is a nonprofit organization that helps entrepreneurs launch and grow their businesses via a three-month accelerator program including intensive training and support.
- The Founder Lab – Deadline: August 8. The Founder Lab is a selected first cohort for founders building technology companies in Massachusetts. Selected companies meet at Akamai in Kendall Square for peer conversations, practical resources, and useful connections through MTLC’s network when there is a clear fit.
- VentureWellNext-Generation Restorative Dental Systems Content Experts – Deadline: August 15. The RADx® Commercialization Center at VentureWell, on behalf of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) and the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is seeking Content Experts to support the RADx innovation funnel projects focusing on advancing next-generation, mercury-free restorative dental systems that deliver durable clinical performance, affordability, and broad accessibility across different care environments.
- Blueprint by The Engine™– Deadline: August 16. Blueprint by The Engine™ is designed to help graduate students, postdocs, researchers, and their teams explore the translational potential for their breakthrough research. The content sessions of the Blueprint program are facilitated online, beginning September 11th – October 29th. The Blueprint Showcase will be on Thursday, October 29th, in person at The Engine HQ in Cambridge, MA.
- Request for Qualifications: Technical Assistance for Green School Works — Deadline: August 26. This opportunity invites qualifications for technical assistance aimed at enhancing green school projects, focusing on sustainable practices within educational facilities.
- MASS Timber Assembly — Deadline: August 28. Amount: $40,000. This grants program supports the use of mass timber in construction to promote sustainable building practices across the state.
- AREA — Deadline: August 31. Amount: $30,000. AREA is an intensive, three-month, cohort-based, venture accelerator program for promising startup teams applying new technology-based approaches to solving traditional real estate problems. Teams are accepted into AREA through a highly competitive application process that takes into account innovation and execution of the team’s products or services.
- Request For Proposals: Grants for Enhancing MA Grid Resilience & Reliability — Deadline: September 21. This initiative invites proposals for grants aimed at enhancing the resilience and reliability of Massachusetts’ electric grid.
- Renaissance Philanthropy’s Fund Ecosystem Program– Deadline: September 30. The program is soliciting grants proposals for up to $20,000 to support short landscape analyses of why valuable scientific progress and innovations fail to reach the world in specific domains, and what someone could do about it.
- Go Make 2027: Advanced Carbon Materials with ExxonMobil – Deadline October 9. Greentown Labs is seeking applications from startups (TRL 3–7) developing novel carbon-based technologies. They are looking for material, property, or performance innovations that demonstrate clear pathways to industrial-scale deployment and commercialization. In conjunction with ExxonMobil, the Go Make 2027: Advanced Carbon Materials program aims to accelerate collaboration between innovative founders and ExxonMobil, leveraging carbon’s unique properties to deliver durable, high-performance, and scalable solutions aligned with the company’s energy, industrial, and materials businesses.
- EForAll Accelerator – Trimester 1 2027 — Deadline: December 10. EforAll is a nonprofit organization that helps entrepreneurs launch and grow their businesses via a three-month accelerator program including intensive training and support.
- 2030 Fund — Deadline: Rolling. The 2030 Fund is aimed at supporting innovative projects in clean transportation, high-performance buildings, and net zero grid initiatives, fostering significant advancements by 2030.
- 2080 Ventures — Deadline: Rolling. 2080 Ventures is a fast growing accelerator helping awesome founders from US, Asia, MENA, and the CIS region make their big ideas go global by providing investment, mentorship, and access to new markets.
- ABCT — Deadline: Rolling. ABCT is a competitive-entry, six-month program of personalized entrepreneurial education aimed at first-time founders of bioscience ventures focused on healthcare innovation in Connecticut.
- AfterHours — Deadline: Rolling. AfterHours is a student incubator and collective for artists, technologists, engineers, and creators building a humanist future by design. It provides practical support including guidance from experienced operators, culminating in a VC-sponsored Demo Day.
- Auxilium — Deadline: Rolling. Auxilium is Worcester, Massachusetts’ only capital-backed startup incubator and accelerator that provides resources, network, and funding to help seed level start-ups navigate business challenges.
- BETA: Project Planning — Deadline: Rolling. This program provides assistance in planning and implementing electrification and decarbonization strategies for buildings, including financing options.
- Clean Energy Internship Program for Employers — Deadline: Rolling. Amount: $4,320/intern for Fall or Spring session; $8,640/intern for Summer session or for Construction, Installation, and Maintenance. This program provides financial support to employers offering internships in clean energy sectors, enabling them to hire qualified interns.
- Green School Works Technical Assistance Services — Deadline: Rolling. Amount: Technical assistance worth up to $250k. This program offers technical assistance services valued at up to $250,000 for green school initiatives.
- Home Modernization Navigator — Deadline: Rolling. The Home Modernization Navigator provides guidance and support to homeowners on modernizing their homes for energy efficiency.
- Mass Fleet Advisor — Deadline: Rolling. Amount: No-cost services. The Mass Fleet Advisor program offers no-cost services to optimize the performance and sustainability of vehicle fleets in Massachusetts.
- SBIR START Grants — Deadline: Rolling. Amount: $100,000-$500,000. MassVentures offers grants and guidance to startups wanting to convert their research into businesses and commercialize their technologies. Applications open in February.
- School Bus: Advisory Services Program — Deadline: Rolling. Amount: No-Cost Advisory Services. This program provides no-cost advisory services to assist with the transition toward cleaner school bus options.
- TiE ScaleUp — Deadline: Rolling. Amount: equity-free. ScaleUp is an equity-free program that serves startup founders by providing each cohort company with curated mentorship from industry veterans, weekly workshops led by veteran entrepreneurs and domain experts, access to funders, an active alumni community, and a lifelong connection to TiE’s esteemed global professional network.
- Venture Fund — Deadline: Rolling. MassVentures provides catalytic funding and support for seed-stage deep tech enabled by university and hospital research centers. Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis.
- Clean Energy Grants — Deadline: Rolling. Amount: $75,000. MassVentures co-manages the Catalyst and DICES grant programs with MassCEC to provide mentoring, networking and grants to researchers and early-stage companies looking to demonstrate initial prototypes of their clean energy technologies. We run two cohorts per year and award 10 grants per cohort.