Project Grant ED17HDQ0200036

The City and County of Denver received a $6,180,520 Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program (CFDA 11.024) to fund the Denver's TechUp project. The three-year project will provide a multi-tiered entrepreneurship program focused on technology and targeted towards Black, Indigenous and other People of Color entrepreneurs in the Denver area. Delivered in partnership with Access Mode, University of Colorado...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 awarded a $133,333 Project Grant to Mountain Studies Institute Inc. under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951). The grant will fund the organization's Bridging Mountains: Enhancing Equitable Environmental Education for Southwest Colorado program from April 2023 through April 2025. As the primary recipient, Mountain Studies Institute will implement environmental education activities in 15-20 schools across eight communities in...

This Project Grant award from the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education provides $275,000 under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program to support rural outreach partnership programs. The Regents of the University of Colorado receives funding to implement a pre-college program in the San Luis Valley of Colorado for students in grades 10-12. A sub-award of $275,000 is provided to the San Luis Valley Area Health Education Center, Inc. to assign...

This $3.2 million Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration project grant funds the Lab to Life program at Colorado State University Research Foundation. The program will establish partnerships between Colorado State University and the Colorado State Research Foundation to commercialize research-based clean technologies and sustainability startups. Specifically, the Lab to Life program will support transforming intellectual property into 3 to 5 startup companies annually over...

TRIO Student Support Services (STEM) Grant Summary Fort Lewis College received a $272,364 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the TRIO Student Support Services Program (CFDA 84.042), effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2026. The grant supports comprehensive student support services designed to enhance postsecondary educational outcomes for disadvantaged students, including low-income, first-generation, and students with...

The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded a $325,000 Project Grant to the Rockies Venture Institute under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program. The grant will support the creation of a business accelerator program in Denver, Colorado to expand access to startup mentorship and services. The program includes four main elements: three hyper accelerators to provide intensive mentorship to startups, a monthly pitch academy to help entrepreneurs refine...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Colorado Enterprise Fund received a $645,620 project grant from the Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Capital Access under the Microloan Program (CFDA 59.046) effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. As a certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), the Colorado Enterprise Fund will utilize this funding to provide microloans up to $50,000 to startup, newly established, and growing small business concerns in Colorado, with...

The Rocky Mountain Microfinance Institute (RMMFI) received a $227,000 Project Grant award from the Department of the Treasury Community Development Financial Institutions Fund under the Community Development Financial Institutions Rapid Response Program (CDFI RRP, CFDA 21.024). The award period is from June 15, 2021 through September 30, 2023 and will support RMMFI's ability to respond to the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on its clients and community. As a Community Development...

This $2.8 million Economic Development Administration project grant funds the University of New Mexico-Taos Hive Pollinator: All Hands-on Tech program. The program aims to build an entrepreneurial ecosystem in northern New Mexico by supporting at least 20 new technology startups through three main activities. First, it will create Taos-targeted content to inspire and foster tech entrepreneurship. Second, it will support a knowledge sharing and mentorship program for the local tech ecosystem....

The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded $1,846,753.18 to the Regents of the University of Colorado under the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms (TAAF) program (CFDA 11.313) for the period of May 1, 2021 through April 30, 2023. The funding supports the Rocky Mountain Trade Adjustment Assistance Center (TAAC) in providing technical and adjustment assistance to eligible firms located in Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming. As part...