ACCEL-KS at Groover Labs 2025 Application Form

Project Information

Project Title

Funding Amount Requested

List the technologies your project requires:

Briefly Describe

Lead Inventor if Applicable

Company Information

Company Legal Name

You can also enter your first and last name here if you haven't formed a company.

Physical Address

Address 1

Address 2

City

State/Province

Zip/Postal Code

Country

County

Mailing Address

If different from physical address.

Address 1

Address 2

City

State/Province

Zip/Postal Code

Country

County

Company Description

Provide a short paragraph describing the company or your motivation to pursue this grant. Limit your responses to no more than 5 sentences.

If you are awarded this grant, you will be able to provide a W-9.

Yes

Is the Company Greater than 51% Minority or Woman Owned?

Yes

Team

Full Name

Phone

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LinkedIn Profile

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Project Summary

Write a clear, high-level summary of your project. Highlight the market opportunity, the problem, and why the current solution falls short. State your solution in a simple sentence like, “We propose X with characteristics of Y.” Use clarity over technical detail, and do not include proprietary information.

Project Description

Describe your project by clarifying the problem you are trying to solve and how your solution addresses it. Outline your goals, strategy, and evaluation process. Identify the technology and its significance, technical objectives, and novelty. Explain the potential impact on commercial viability and how your work could transform the project into a marketable product. Include technical and commercial steps necessary for success.

Project Work Plan

Describe the milestones and deliverables you expect to complete by the end of the ACCEL-KS granting period (6/30/26), and at the end of your project, if different, such as prototypes/MVPs, data that would show feasibility, etc. Keep in mind the allocation of funds in tranches, and designate meaningful milestones that indicate you are ready for the next tranche of funds.

Significant Milestones and Key Dates

Elaborate on 2-3 milestones that can be used to evaluate progress. Keep in mind the allocation of funds in tranches, and designate meaningful milestones that indicate you are ready for the next tranche of funds.

Project Budget

Provide a detailed budget for your project indicating where funding will be spent. ACCEL-KS funds must be used primarily for market validation, applied research, testing, prototype development, and other technology-focused activities consistent with the proof-of-concept purpose of the grant.

Budget Narrative

Provide a high-level budget narrative with more context about the use of funds. Maximum two pages.

Appendix

Please include a list and brief description of previous and/or additional financial support, and whether or not such support is contingent on receiving the ACCEL-KS award. Letters of support, and brief biographical sketches (e.g. relevant professional experience) of the primary applicant and other key personnel involved in the proposal can also be included here. Maximum five pages. Additional material will not be considered.

Project Pitch

This will be the pitch deck used for the screening call and provided to the review committee. Recommend 10-15 slides.

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You will need to upload several files as part of the application process. Please include the primary applicant’s first and last name in all uploaded file names, for example: JaneDoeProjectSummary.pdf.

The Round 1 application is September 30.
Round 1 awards will be announced on or before October 30.

PDFs are preferred.

ACCEL-KS at Groover Labs 2025 Application Form

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