Manufacturing Equipment Grant Program Application Portal

By completing the digital form below and hitting the submit button, you will be submitting an application for the Manufacturing Equipment Grant Program.

Fields marked with an asterisk (*) are required.

Applicant Information

First Name: *

Last Name: *

Title: *

Email Address: *

Phone Number: *

Company Information

Business Structure: *

Legal Business Name: *

Must match RI Department of State Database

Registered Fictitious Business Name/DBA (if any):

NAICS code: *

Year Established in RI: *

What products do you manufacture? *

How many employees (including independent contractors) do you have in your Rhode Island location that work an average of 37.5 hrs/week or more? *

Gross Receipts for calendar year ended 2023: *

Street Address: *

City: *

State: *

Zip: *

Website: *

Project Information

Name and type of equipment to be purchased: *

An application must be for physical equipment/machinery used in a production process in Rhode Island for the actual manufacture or conversion of raw materials or goods; research and development; or quality assurance by an eligible applicant. The applicant can include software and technical assistance costs if those costs are included in a quote from the vendor to implement the equipment/machinery purchase. Equipment/machinery that is primarily used for administration or distribution purposes is NOT an eligible purchase.

Total purchase price for the equipment/machinery: *

Please Note: The maximum amount of grant funding that can be requested is 50% of a cash purchase or 50% of the downpayment of a financed purchase, up to $25,000.

How much grant funding are you requesting? ($2,500 - $25,000) *

Will you be financing this purchase? *

Yes

If you will be financing, how much will your downpayment be?

Required Attachments

2023 Federal Tax Return: *

Purchase order, quote, invoice, or other document produced by a vendor with a price and terms for the equipment/machinery purchase: *

If you will be financing the purchase, a preliminary financing agreement or term sheet:

1 to 2 paragraph narrative describing the following:

How the equipment will modernize or improve manufacturing processes in your business
Expected impact on the business (revenue growth, expanded capacity, new market opportunity, etc.)
A plan for implementation post purchase

Narrative upload: *

Application Certification

The undersigned is an authorized representative of the Applicant with the authority to bind the company for the proposed Manufacturing Equipment Grant Program. By typing my name in the Authorized Representative Name field below I certify that:

All statements made in this Application in its entirety including all attachments and appendices are true and correct to the best of my knowledge.
The Applicant is neither a person subject to the Rhode Island Code of Ethics nor a person within the scope of R.I.G.L. § 36-14-5(h).
The Applicant has not been convicted of bribery or attempting to bribe a public official or employee of the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation or of the State; has not been disqualified from an awarded contract with Rhode Island Commerce Corporation or the State; and has never defaulted on work awarded by the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation or the State.

Authorized Representative Name: *

Authorized Representative Title: *

Date: *

Acknowledgement: *

I acknowledge that if I am approved for a grant award, in order to receive grant payment, I must purchase the equipment/machinery specified in the application and provide the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation with proof of purchase and/or a financing agreement within three (3) months of the date I receive the notice of approval. If I do not purchase the equipment/machinery or provide the required proof of purchase within three months of the date that I receive the notice of approval, my grant award will be forfeited. Upon review of applications, it may be necessary for an applicant to provide additional information to validate and confirm application information entered. Therefore, the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation reserves the right to request additional documentation to demonstrate that a business meets eligibility criteria and other program requirements.

Please Note: Checking the attestation checkbox and clicking the Submit button should redirect you to a confirmation page. If you do not get redirected to a confirmation page, required information is missing. Please scroll up to look for any fields with red error messages and provide the requested information.