Hawaii HSBIR Matching Grant
Hawaii Technology Development Corporation (HTDC) · SBIR matching
$75KPhase I match: up to 50% of your federal SBIR/STTR Phase I award, max $75,000; Phase 0 proposal support also offered
Hawaiʻi's state matching grant for companies that have won a federal SBIR/STTR award, to push the funded technology towards a product.
Key terms
- You must already hold a federal SBIR/STTR Phase I grant or contract (Phase 0 helps with the federal proposal)
- Company must be registered to do business in Hawaiʻi and compliant in Hawaiʻi Compliance Express
- Scored by a review committee on team, company, need, commercial potential and economic impact to the State
- FY27 Phase 0 and Phase I applications opened 2026-10-23 and close 2026-12-11 (11:59pm HST)
Eligibility
- Where
- United States
- Stages
- seed, series-a, growth
- Needs VC/accelerator backing
- No
- Needs partner referral code
- No
- Must be incorporated
- Yes
- AI focus required
- No
- Students / researchers
- Not eligible
- Nonprofits
- Not eligible
Also required
- Hawaiʻi-registered business
- Federal SBIR/STTR award required
How to apply
Apply through the Phase I (or Phase 0) online form linked from the HTDC HSBIR page before the deadline.
- Benefit
- cash
- Equity-free
- Yes
- Decision time
- —
- Credit validity
- —
- Deadline
- 2026-12-11
- Status
- Open
Verified 2026-10-30 · source
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