MULTI-DAY EVENTS
September 14 – 18
October 27 – 28
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
- 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.
- Massachusetts Manufacturing Innovation Initiative (M2I2) – Deadline: July 27. The Massachusetts Manufacturing Innovation Initiative, or M2I2, has reopened an additional round using the current application format. The Massachusetts Technology Collaborative Center for Advanced Manufacturing M2I2 program supports Massachusetts innovators working to move hardtech products from proof of concept to pilot-scale manufacturing.
- Massachusetts Manufacturing Accelerator Program (MMAP) – Deadline: July 31. Looking to Grow and Scale Your Business? The MMAP program can help. The Massachusetts Manufacturing Accelerator Program (MMAP), administered by the MassTech Collaborative’s Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CAM), provides grant funding and accelerator support to help small- and medium-sized manufacturers modernize operations, adopt advanced technologies, and strengthen their competitiveness.
- 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 initiative pilots equitable access to distributed energy resources and grid services.
- 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 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 Program — Deadline: August 6. The EforAll Accelerator Program supports aspiring entrepreneurs through intensive business training, mentorship, and resources to launch their businesses.
- 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.
- VentureWell Next-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
- 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. Seeking qualifications for providing technical assistance to support green school initiatives.
- MASS Timber Assembly — Deadline: August 28. Amount: $40,000. Funding program for MASS timber construction projects.
- AREA — Deadline: August 31. Amount: $30,000. AREA is an intensive, three-month venture accelerator program focused on solving traditional real estate problems using technology-based approaches. It provides seed funding, office space, and mentorship from industry leaders.
- FORGE Product Development Grant – Deadline September 14. This funding opportunity is designed to support hardtech startups and existing businesses as they navigate the challenges of developing and commercializing physical products, and growing their organizations. Intended to help companies overcome the “Hardware Valley of Death,” this grant provides critical non-dilutive funding to address product development and manufacturing challenges that often present barriers to growth. This opportunity is for underrepresented businesses in Massachusetts or select regions of New Hampshire and Rhode Island.
- Request For Proposals: Grants for Enhancing MA Grid Resilience & Reliability — Deadline: September 21. Grants aimed at improving Massachusetts’ grid resilience and reliability.
- 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 Program – Trimester 1 2027 — Deadline: December 10. The EforAll Accelerator Program for Trimester 1 2027 is designed to equip early-stage entrepreneurs with essential skills and support to grow their businesses.
- 2030 Fund — Deadline: Rolling. Investments aimed at transitioning to a sustainable future by the year 2030.
- AcceliCITY — Deadline: Rolling. AcceliCITY supports startups addressing urban living challenges with funding, mentorship, and strategic support.
- AfterHours — Deadline: Rolling. AfterHours is a student incubator and collective for artists and technologists focused on building a humanist future. It culminates in a VC-sponsored Demo Day for showcasing projects.
- Aurora Health Tech — Deadline: Rolling. Aurora Health Tech focuses on improving care for individuals with cerebral palsy through a non-invasive wearable device that provides early alerts before dystonic episodes occur.
- Auxilium — Deadline: Rolling. Auxilium is Worcester’s only capital-backed startup incubator and accelerator, providing resources and funding to technology-based start-ups.
- BETA: Project Planning — Deadline: Rolling. Participating buildings receive an electrification and decarbonization plan with financing directions and an implementation timeline.
- Clean Energy Internship Program for Employers — Deadline: Rolling. Amount: $4,320/intern or $8,640/intern. Funds internship opportunities in the clean energy sector for employers.
- Green School Works Technical Assistance Services — Deadline: Rolling. Amount: up to $250k. Provides technical assistance valued up to $250,000 to improve school buildings.
- Home Modernization Navigator — Deadline: Rolling. A program currently focusing on home modernization for residents of Lowell and Springfield.
- Mass Fleet Advisor — Deadline: Rolling. Amount: No-cost services. Provides no-cost services to fleets to enhance efficiency and sustainability.
- School Bus: Advisory Services Program — Deadline: Rolling. Amount: No-Cost Advisory Services. Offers no-cost advisory services related to school bus operations and transitions.
- TiE ScaleUp — Deadline: Rolling. 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.