VIPC Lab-to-Launch Initiative Grants support early-stage Virginia startups with university technology licensing and commercialization activities that help companies advance toward market readiness.
Lab-to-Launch supports Virginia university spinouts with patent and licensing expense reimbursement and early commercialization funding to connect research innovations with talent, capital, and industry.
Higher Education Proof-of-Concept supports Virginia research institutions with technology validation, market exploration, and prototype development to turn research innovations into commercial products and services.
Virginia Investment Performance Grant (VIP) supports Virginia manufacturers and manufacturing-related research and development services with capital investments that expand capacity, modernize facilities, or improve productivity.
FY27 Innovation: Ideation to Commercialization (IIC) supports teams exploring cybersecurity technologies’ commercial viability and forming startups to strengthen Southwest Virginia’s innovation ecosystem.
Lab Venture Challenge supports University of Colorado researchers with proof-of-concept research, business development and entrepreneurial training to move bioscience and physical science innovations toward market.