Technical Assistance: Leveraged Projects Assistance

Leveraged Projects

NMSBA leveraged projects allow multiple small businesses that share technical challenges to request assistance collectively for a larger project. Leveraged projects should focus on helping NM small businesses solve a specific technical challenge and must be completed within one year. Funding is competitive and ranges from $20,000 - $100,000 per laboratory. Projects that are well defined, achievable, and relevant to the stated problem faced by the businesses stand a greater chance of being funded.

Projects selected for leveraged funding will support the New Mexico Small Business Assistance Program’s core mission and key objectives to:

• Help New Mexico small businesses address critical challenges.
• Utilize the unique capabilities of the national laboratories by providing expertise and services that are not available at reasonable cost through private industry.
• Offer strategic value, technical feasibility and economic potential that can further develop the small businesses in New Mexico.
• Positively impact the national laboratories by aligning with existing or emerging laboratory program areas, offering potential to attract other funding or license laboratory technologies, and promoting meaningful collaboration between the national laboratories.

Proposals must also comply with the guidelines and eligibility requirements of the New Mexico Small Business Assistance Program. For more information, contact Lisa Henne (505.667.1710) at LANL or Genaro Montoya (505.284.0625) at SNL.