Manufacturing grants & funding

Manufacturing and Biotech Sales and Use Tax Exemption

Manufacturing and Biotech Sales and Use Tax Exemption Overview Connecticut is home to a dynamic ecosystem of growing advanced manufacturing and bioscience compa...

Entertainment District

Entertainment District Overview Once the state has designated an Enterprise Zone within a municipality, that municipality becomes known as a Targeted Investment...

Enterprise Zone (targeted investment communities)

Enterprise Zone (targeted investment communities) Overview The cities and towns with Enterprise Zone designations have met the Statutory requirements at the tim...

Enterprise Corridor Zone

Enterprise Corridor Zone Overview Enterprise Corridor Zones are designated to encourage development Route 8 (north and south including the state's Naugatuck Val...

Defense Plant Zone

Defense Plant Zone Overview This zone provides relief is for municipalities that have been severely impacted by a prime defense contract cutback or closure of a...

Contiguous Municipality Zone

Contiguous Municipality Zone Overview If a municipality is contiguous to an Enterprise Zone in another municipality and meets the Statutory requirements, it may...

Bioscience Enterprise Corridor Zone

Bioscience Enterprise Corridor Zone Overview As part of its extensive Enterprise Zone programs, the State of Connecticut encourages the development of biotech ...

Airport Development Zone

Airport Development Zone Overview This zone designation provides a tax abatement for businesses that meet the qualifying requirements in an airport development...

Lending Partners

Lending Partners Overview Whether your growing business needs an equity investment, capital purchase or working capital, Connecticut offers a multitude of finan...

A Summary of Connecticut's Enterprise Zone Program

A Summary of Connecticut's Enterprise Zone Program Overview First in the nation to offer a statewide program of benefits to help targeted investment communities...

JobsCT Tax Rebate Program

JobsCT Tax Rebate Program Overview A new tool to facilitate private sector job creation: Transparent — clear, simple incentive for companies to evaluate when co...

State Trade Expansion Program (STEP)

State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) Overview The State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) grant is designed to help Connecticut’s small business community thrive i...

Minority Business Funding

Minority Business Funding Overview Just one of the ways Connecticut encourages the growth of minority-owned businesses is by making it easier to access capital....

Manufacturing Innovation Fund Program - MIF

Strategic Supply Chain Initiative

Strategic Supply Chain Initiative Overview Support the growth and attraction of strategically important supply chain companies that contribute to the ecosystem...

Rural Communities Opportunity Grant

Rural Communities Opportunity Grant Opens: Sept. 14, 2026 Closes: October 30, 2026 Annual Reporting Period: May 15-Aug. 1, 2026 Eligible rural communities are e...

Rural County Grant

Rural County Grant Opens: July 1, 2026 Closes: Sept. 1, 2026 Annual Reporting Period: May 15-Aug. 1, 2026 The Rural County Grant (RCG) is designed to empower ru...

Advanced Industrial Manufacturing Zones Act

As a means to develop or redevelop areas identified by the port authority board of commissioners, this program establishes the Port Authority AIM Zone Fund cons...

External Financing

Explore Idaho's external financing opportunities for small businesses. Find loans, grants and tax-free revenue bonds for your Idaho business. External Financing...

Tax Incentives

With a variety of tax incentives, property tax exemptions and workforce training grants, Idaho is the place to grow your business Tax Incentives Events America...

California Workplace Outreach Project (CWOP) Supplemental Request for Applications (RFA) Program Year (PY) 2026-2027

Purpose: CWOP empowers community-based organizations (CBOs) to be trusted messengers for DIR and the Labor and Workforce Development Agency, delivering crucial...

Dam Safety and Climate Resilience Local Assistance

Purpose: Senate Bill 122 added Part 4, Section 6700 to the Water Code to create a new program, the Dam Safety and Climate Resilience Local Assistance Program, w...

SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION PROGRAM

Open in new Tab SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION PROGRAM APPLY HERE A company with 1,000 or more employees that needs to make purchases for construction and renovati...

RETROFIT NJ Program

Open in new Tab RETROFIT NJ Program Due to limited remaining funding, as of April 24, 2026, all new RETROFIT NJ Program applications will be added to a waitlist...

NJ Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Financing

Open in new Tab NJ Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Financing The Authority is temporarily pausing the submission of new applications while it evaluates currently su...