Federal Award Match Program

The Federal Award Match Program is administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. The program provides competitive grants to entities that have already received a federal grant and are pursuing projects with strong innovation and economic growth potential in Pennsylvania. It is designed to increase Pennsylvania's competitiveness for federal funding by providing dedicated state funding that can match federal awards. The program is also intended to augment projects that foster regional innovation and economic growth within the Commonwealth. The program focuses on five key Pennsylvania industry sectors identified in Pennsylvania's Ten-Year Strategic Plan for Economic Development: Agriculture, Energy, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, and Robotics and Technology. Applicants must conduct business within at least one of these industries. Projects are expected to advance innovation in one of these sectors and demonstrate high economic growth potential. The source does not identify specific eligible expense categories, prohibited expenses, award tiers, minimum awards, maximum awards, total available program funding, or a period of performance. Eligible applicants must be headquartered or primarily operating in Pennsylvania and must do business within Agriculture, Energy, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, or Robotics and Technology. In addition to the Pennsylvania location and industry requirements, an applicant must have previously been awarded a grant from a federal government department, agency, or office. The source refers broadly to eligible entities and does not specify particular organizational forms such as nonprofit organizations, for-profit businesses, institutions of higher education, governmental entities, or individuals. Consequently, no narrower organizational eligibility should be inferred from the available information. The program's funding is intended to provide dedicated funding to match federal awards and augment qualifying projects. However, the source does not state that applicants must contribute a separate cost share or matching amount from their own resources, and it does not specify a match percentage, ratio, or dollar amount. No award floor, award ceiling, number of anticipated awards, or total program funding amount is provided. The program is categorized by the department as a grant program with a Business funding type. The Federal Award Match Program is not currently accepting applications. The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development states that the program will open once sufficient funds for Innovate in PA 2.0 have been raised and directs interested applicants to check the Innovate in PA 2.0 webpage for status updates. No application opening date, closing deadline, pre-application deadline, letter of intent requirement, concept paper requirement, application portal procedure, required application documents, application questions, or formal evaluation criteria are provided in the supplied source. Because the opening depends on sufficient funds being raised, an exact future application date cannot be calculated from the available information. No specific program contact person, program email address, or program-specific telephone number is identified in the supplied program information. The department's general website materials display the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development telephone number 866.466.3972 and provide a general Contact Us link, but no named Federal Award Match Program representative is given. No direct PDF solicitation, guidelines, request for proposals, or application PDF URL appears in the supplied source. Applicants should monitor the referenced Innovate in PA 2.0 webpage for status updates regarding when the Federal Award Match Program will begin accepting applications.

Confirm that the entity is headquartered or primarily operating in Pennsylvania and operates in Agriculture, Energy, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, or Robotics and Technology; confirm that a federal government grant has already been awarded; align the project with innovation and high economic growth potential; monitor the Innovate in PA 2.0 webpage because the program will open only after sufficient funds have been raised.