Grow

Employers:

• Be registered to do business in New Jersey
• Provide a matching $1,000 payment per participating employee for each year (up to four years) the employee works at their business and remains in the program
• Certify that the participating employees work in an approved occupation each year

Employees:

• Be residents of NJ and maintain domicile in the State during their participation in the program
• Have earned a degree from an approved STEM degree program from an institution of higher education in NJ
• Have graduated on or after December 14, 2018
• Have worked full-time in an approved high-growth STEM occupation at a NJ employer for a minimum of four years before applying for the program
• If approved, must work full-time for an additional one to four years in an approved high-growth STEM occupation at a NJ employer in the program

Eligible occupations are listed in the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority (HESAA) eligible high-growth STEM occupations list