Louisiana Phase Zero SBIR/STTR Grant
Louisiana Economic Development (LTTO) · SBIR proposal support
$5KUp to $3,000 for a Phase I proposal or $5,000 for a Phase II proposal
State-funded grant from the Louisiana Technology Transfer Office that offsets the cost of preparing a federal SBIR or STTR application, such as customer discovery, conferences and hiring a grant reviewer.
Key terms
- For Louisiana innovators and small businesses (under 500 employees) preparing a federal SBIR/STTR application
- Up to $3,000 for Phase I and $5,000 for Phase II applications
- Funds cover costs that strengthen the application, e.g. customer discovery, conference attendance, grant reviewer
- Administered by the LTTO at Louisiana Economic Development
Eligibility
- Where
- United States
- Stages
- idea, pre-seed, seed
- 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
- Louisiana business
- Planning a federal SBIR/STTR proposal
How to apply
Fill in the LTTO survey on the Louisiana Economic Development page and tick that you want Phase 0 grant assistance; LED staff will contact you.
- Benefit
- cash
- Equity-free
- Yes
- Decision time
- —
- Credit validity
- —
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Status
- Open
Verified 2026-11-03 · source
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