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Both Direct and Bridge Funding grants have the following requirements:

• May not be a nonprofit business
• Applicants must be in good standing with the New Jersey Department of Labor (DOL) and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
• Provide a current New Jersey Tax Clearance Certificate listing the New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology (CSIT)
• Have a minimum of one full-time employee (working a minimum of 35 hours per week)
• 50% or more of the cumulative hours worked by all employees, founders, and contractors must be conducted in New Jersey
• The primary place of performance on the Federal SBIR/STTR grant or contract award must be a New Jersey address
• Be a recipient of a Federal SBIR/STTR Phase I, Fast Track, or Direct to Phase II grant or contract award within the last two years prior to the issuance of this Notice of Funding Availability
• The applicant cannot have been awarded more than five Federal SBIR/STTR grants or contracts (Phase I, Fast-track, Direct to Phase II combined) throughout the lifetime of the company