“In addition to funding, we will also provide access to expertise on how to scale products. We match companies with NY MEP centers locally and statewide that can provide manufacturing or engineering resources to advance their projects, with the intention that their devices go into mass production and ultimately deliver a benefit to New York State.”

Companies must be at the prototype stage of development and contribute 20 percent of the financial commitment to the project. MEIR will fund the other 80 percent up to a maximum of $75,000. To be eligible, projects should be able to be completed in a one-to-five-month span, have a quantifiable impact on reducing Greenhouse Gas emissions, and provide a demonstrable benefit to New York State. Potential projects include innovations and processes that broadly reduce energy consumption, increase resource efficiency, directly reduce greenhouse gas emissions or enable the transition to a sustainable and decarbonized economy.