SCRA Federal Matching Grant
SCRA (South Carolina Research Authority) · State startup grant
$50KMatches up to 50% of a federal SBIR/STTR (or similar) award, capped at $50,000
SCRA's match for South Carolina startups that have won federal technology-commercialisation awards such as SBIR/STTR.
Key terms
- Must be an SCRA member company, SC-registered for-profit with SC operations
- Requires an official federal award notice
- Up to two grants for separate federal awards
- Rolling applications via your SCRA relationship manager
Eligibility
- Where
- United States
- Stages
- seed, series-a
- 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
- South Carolina company
- SCRA membership required
How to apply
Become an SCRA member company, then apply through SCRA (review the grant eligibility and criteria on the SCRA grant funding page).
- Benefit
- cash
- Equity-free
- Yes
- Decision time
- —
- Credit validity
- —
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Status
- Open
Verified 2026-10-30 · source
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