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Ohio Third Frontier Technology Validation and Start-up Fund (TVSF) Phase 1

Status

Usually opens in January and February

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Closed

Projected from the pattern of past calls — confirm on the funder's page before planning around it.

Amount
$1,000,000

$200,000 to $1 million with an institutional cost-share match, or a $100,000 option that requires hiring an intern instead of matching funds. Supports viability testing and prototypes.

Funder

Ohio Department of Development, Ohio Third Frontier Commission

public · regional

Deadline: Opens irregularly — Round 46 (Phase 1 & 2): RFP released July 24, 2026; proposals were due Aug 6, 2026; awards approx. October 2026. Funding rounds recur; no later round announced yet.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Eligible applicants are higher education institutions, non-profit research organisations and federal laboratories in Ohio - not companies. Start-ups benefit as the eventual licensee.

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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://development.ohio.gov/business/third-frontier-and-technology/technology-validation-start-up-fund

"Round 46 - Phase 1 & 2 Timeline: Request for Proposals: Released July 24, 2026 ... Proposals: Due by 4 p.m. Aug. 6, 2026; Awards: Approximately October 2026"

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: development.ohio.gov

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