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<section article="gec" article_name="Economic Development" number="10-151" title_number="10" title_name="Statewide Development Resources and Revenue Authorities" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Maryland Economic Development Corporation">
  <level label="a">
    <text>To carry out the purpose of the Program, the Corporation may award grants in accordance with this part to approved recipients carrying out infrastructure projects intended to support innovation in any of the following eligible technology sectors:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>advanced manufacturing;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>aerospace;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>agriculture;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>artificial intelligence;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>biotechnology;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>blue technology;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>cybersecurity;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>defense;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>energy and sustainability;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>life sciences;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>quantum; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="12">
      <text>sensor and robotics.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Examples of eligible projects include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>sensitive compartmented information facilities;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>wet laboratories;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>cyber ranges;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>prototype manufacturing centers; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>other specialized workforce training, skill certification, or research–related spaces.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Grant awards may be used to defray the cost a grantee incurs to acquire, construct, rehabilitate, install, improve, or equip an eligible innovation infrastructure project.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A single entity may be awarded not more than $2,000,000 in grant funds in a fiscal year.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>For a grant award up to $1,000,000, a grantee shall provide matching funds that are at least 200% of the grant amount.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>For a grant award exceeding $1,000,000, and up to $2,000,000, a grantee shall provide matching funds that are at least 400% of the grant amount.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Funds received by a grantee through other State grant programs are not counted toward the grantee’s matching funds requirement.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A grantee must demonstrate an ability to cover the full estimated costs of the project for which the grant is awarded.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Not more than 50% of the appropriation to the Fund in a fiscal year may be awarded to colleges and universities in that fiscal year.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Grants to colleges and universities from the Fund must be awarded to projects that:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>are performed in collaboration with private industry; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>offer the prospect of significant economic impact and the opportunity to develop entrepreneurship or clusters of technological innovation in the State.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>When providing funding from the Fund, the Corporation shall prioritize applicants located in a Regional Institution Strategic Enterprise zone that is designated under Part II of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
