Grants
Blight Elimination and Brownfields Redevelopment (BEBR) Grants
The BEBR program is designed to assist communities with assessing or remediating the environmental contamination of an abandoned, idle or underused industrial or commercial facility or site in a blighted area, or that qualifies as blighted.
Business Employees' Skills Training (BEST) Program
BEST was established to help small businesses in industries that are facing severe labor shortages upgrade the skills of their workforce. The BEST program provides applicants with a tuition reimbursement grant to help cover a portion of the costs associated with training employees.
Customized Labor Training (CLT) Program
The CLT program is designed to assist companies that are investing in new technologies or manufacturing processes by providing a grant of up to 50% of the cost of training employees on the new technologies. The program's primary goal is to help Wisconsin manufacturers maintain a workforce that is on the cutting edge of technological innovation.
Dairy 2020 Early Planning Grant Program
The goal of the Dairy 2020 Early Planning Grant program is to encourage and stimulate the start-up, modernization, and expansion of Wisconsin dairy farms.
Early Planning Grant (EPG) program
The EPG program allows applicants working within certain industry clusters to hire an independent third party to help them prepare a comprehensive business plan.
Entrepreneurial Training Program (ETP)
For entrepreneurs that would rather prepare their business plan in a more formal setting and for those businesses that fall outside the identified industrial clusters of the EPG program (above). Under this program, applicants are provided with a grant to cover up to 75% of the tuition costs associated with enrolling in an approved course at their local Small Business Development Center.
Petroleum Environmental Clean-up Fund
This fund reimburses property owners for eligible clean-up costs related to discharges for petroleum tank systems. Contact Oscar Herrera, 608/266-7605.
Recycling Demonstration Grant Program
This program helps businesses and local governing units fund waste reduction, reuse, and recycling pilot projects. Contact Sheila Henneger, 608/266-9426, DNR.
Technology Assistance Grants (TAG)
TAG aids small, high-technology businesses in their efforts to obtain seed, early-stage or research and development funding.
Technology Bridge Grants
The Wisconsin Department of Commerce's Technology Bridge Grant program aids small Wisconsin businesses experiencing severe financial hardship while awaiting a decision on Phase II or other follow-on funding applications.
Technology Matching Grants
The Wisconsin Department of Commerce's Technology Matching Grant program is open to small Wisconsin businesses that are completing an application for federal funds to assist with the development or commercialization of a technologically-innovative product, process or service.
Transportation Economic Assistance (TEA) Program
TEA provides 50% state grants to governing bodies, private businesses, and consortiums for road, rail, harbor and airport projects that help attract employers to Wisconsin, or encourage business and industry to remain and expand in the state.
