Eligibility Requirements

To qualify, entrepreneurs must have:

• A new, early-stage/pre-revenue energy related business idea
• The idea can involve an improvement to an existing technology, new hardware/software to improve energy efficiency, new battery or fuel cell applications, engine/turbine technologies, any alternative energy product or process, or agriculture related projects that would result in alternative energy.
• The focus of this competition is on the “technical” application and feasibility, BUT the liklihood of commercialization is a CRITICAL component.
• IMPORTANT – YOU MAY NOT have received previous BFTP funding for this business

Types of businesses

 Eligible tech-based business start-ups must be developing an energy or alternative energy related product or process.  Green applications that would substantially save on traditional energy sources are also eligible. 

Location requirements

You must operate your business in any one of the 32 participating PA counties:

• Adams
• Bedford
• Blair
• Cambria
• Cameron
• Centre
• Clarion
• Clearfield
• Clinton
• Crawford
• Cumberland
• Dauphin
• Elk
• Erie
• Forest
• Franklin
• Fulton
• Huntingdon
• Indiana
• Jefferson
• Juniata
• Lancaster
• Lebanon
• McKean
• Mercer
• Mifflin
• Perry
• Potter
• Somerset
• Venango
• Warren
• York