--- title: MEI2 Energy Seed Grants date: 2025-09-03T11:37:00-04:00 author: Bradley Bower canonical_url: "https://provost.umd.edu/news/mei2-energy-seed-grants" section: News --- # MEI2 Energy Seed Grants *September 3, 2025* — by Bradley Bower > The Maryland Energy Innovation Institute (MEI2) is focused on translating university energy research into new clean energy companies in the State of Maryland and offers a seed grant program to bridge the gap between academic transformative laboratory research results and prototype demonstrations to move early-stage projects onto a pathway to commercial development.  *Please see the announcement below and* [***RFP document***](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Et8Xc0zG8UxBaSZwCf9blCDJQm_kmIaC/view) *for the Energy Innovation Seed Grant Request for Proposals.* --- Dear Faculty, The Maryland Energy Innovation Institute (MEI2) is focused on translating university energy research into new clean energy companies in the State of Maryland and offers a seed grant program to bridge the gap between academic transformative laboratory research results and prototype demonstrations to move early-stage projects onto a pathway to commercial development. This call will support multiple seed grant awards with a maximum award ceiling of $100,000 for Phase 1, as well as potential Phase 2 awards with a maximum ceiling of $200,000 for those projects that received a prior seed grant. *Eligibility: All full-time tenured, tenure-track, or professional track faculty members at any higher education institution with graduate program(s) and relevance to energy technology within the state of Maryland or Maryland-based companies affiliated with and commercializing inventions created by those faculty.* For further information, please contact: Catherine O'Brien Stephens Senior Faculty Specialist and Research Coordinator Maryland Energy Innovation Institute 301-405-9378