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Fuzehub Manufacturing Grants

Fuzehub Pre-Application Portal

New Requirement: All applications for this internal competition must be submitted via InfoReady. You can sign in using your Net-ID and your @stonybrook.edu email address. Please allow sufficient time to familiarize yourself with the portal prior to submitting your pre-application. Pre-application requirements are listed in the announcement below.

The Office for Research and Innovation invites applications to Round 2 of FuzeHub's Manufacturing Grants program, designed to encourage collaboration between not-for-profit organizations and small to medium-sized manufacturing companies in New York State. Startup companies are eligible industry partners for Round 2 only. Stony Brook University may submit a total of THREE applications to Round 2 (with no more than one application per center or department)*. 

Please see below for details. If you are interested in applying, you must submit a pre-application via the Fuzehub Pre-Application Portal in InfoReady by Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 9 am.  Pre-applications for internal review and selection must be uploaded to the portal as a single PDF document. 

WHAT DOES IT FUND: Eligible projects will include those that are used by the applicant to assist industry partners with the following types of projects:

    • Adoption of new technology to enhance a process and/or product
    • Prototype development
    • Design for manufacturing
    • Proof-of-concept manufacturing
    • Manufacturing scale-up
    • Manufacturing-related equipment purchases
    • Other projects to advance manufacturing or manufacturing capabilities

APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS:

  • A startup company is any company that meets ALL of these criteria:

    • Annual revenue is less than $100K, and total revenue to date is less than $500K;
    • Total investments received to date do not exceed $2M (excluding grants);
    • Has been in business for less than 5 years (less than 7 for life science, biomedical, or medical device industries);
    • If the startup company is a subsidiary, the parent company must fulfill all 3 previous requirements as well.
  • Physical establishment in New York State; 
  • Dun & Bradstreet profile with a registered North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code. 

Please note that by submitting a pre-application to this internal competition, you are confirming that the industry partner would pass FuzeHub's eligibility check as part of the Stage 1 application. Any groups that apply to the internal competition and are found to be ineligible under FuzeHub's guidelines will not be considered in the future.

AWARD: $15,000 to $65,000 for up to 12 months

SPONSOR DEADLINE: May 14, 2025

*For the 2025 Manufacturing Grants Round 2, Fuzehub is allowing not-for-profits to submit applications regardless of their award status in Round 1. Typically, a department or center at a university can only receive one Manufacturing Grants award per year. However, because Fuzehub had to pause Round 1 earlier this year, it created a timeline issue. Round 1 applicants will not know whether they have been awarded funding with enough notice to decide whether to apply for Round 2. Therefore, the same center or department may potentially receive 2 awards for this year only.

A complete pre-application should comprise of the following:

  • Project Abstract (no more than one page)
  • Project Budget using the budget template provided on FuzeHub's website.  The worksheet and any explanatory notes may not exceed two pages.
  • The company’s letter of commitment
  • Any additional support documents, including the Conflict of Interest Acknowledgment letter (See FAQ for details)