THE ORGANIZATION'S $10,000 MICRO GRANT PROVIDES SMALL AMOUNTS OF FUNDING TO ENTREPRENEURS WHO ARE TESTING A BIG, NEW BUSINESS IDEA. THROUGH SMALL, PROJECT-BASED GRANTS, THE ORGANIZATION GRANTS MICRO AWARDS FUNDING UP TO $10,000 TO YOUNG COMPANIES LOOKING TO VALIDATE AND ADVANCE THEIR IDEA. MANAGEMENT HAS FOUND THAT FUNDING, PAIRED WITH MENTORSHIP AND GUIDANCE, EARLY IN A COMPANY'S LIFECYCLE, CAN MAKE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON FUTURE SUCCESS. WHEN EVALUATING EACH APPLICATION, NC IDEA WILL MAKE AN ASSESSMENT OF THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF EACH APPLICANT COMPANY IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: IDEA, TECHNOLOGY, TEAM, MARKET, COMPETITION, STRATEGY, FUNDING, AND IMPACT. ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON THE EVALUATION CRITERIA CAN BE FOUND HERE: HTTPS://NCIDEA.ORG/NC-IDEA-MICRO/

FOR MICRO GRANTS, NC IDEA'S EVALUATION PROCESS IS RIGOROUS AND COMPETITIVE. COMPANIES MUST MEET CRITERIA RELATED TO GEOGRAPHY, INDUSTRY, STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT, TEAM, MARKET OPPORTUNITY, AND PRIOR AND FUTURE INVESTMENT IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED. ADDITIONAL DETAILS REGARDING ELIGIBILITY CAN BE FOUND AT: HTTPS://NCIDEA.ORG/NC-IDEA-MICRO/ SUBMISSION DEADLINES: NC IDEA'S MICRO GRANT PROGRAM HAS TWO GRANT CYCLES EACH YEAR. OUR SPRING GRANT CYCLE TYPICALLY OPENS IN MID-FEBRUARY, WHILE OUR FALL GRANT CYCLE OPENS SOMETIME BETWEEN MID-AUGUST AND EARLY SEPTEMBER.