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Gulf Coast RCIC Typical Funding Round Timeline
 

  • week 1 - Applicant Workshop at the Houston Technology Center.

  • week 2 - Application Planning Meetings.  One-on-one meetings will be scheduled with registered applicants to review the ETF criteria and provide advice on preparing their applications for submission, either in person or via phone.  STRONGLY RECOMMENDED for all applicants.

  • week 3 - Application Workshop at the Houston Technology Center.  This workshop will be a detailed, question-by-question review of the application, with advice on answering each question.  Attendees must have previously attended the Applicant Workshop and an Application Planning Meeting.

  • week 5 - Gulf Coast RCIC Application Deadline

  • week 6 - Gulf Coast RCIC Review Committee Semifinalist Selection Meeting.  Submitted application documents are reviewed.  Semifinalists selected and invited to make presentations in week 7 or 8.

  • week 7* - Gulf Coast RCIC Review Committee Finalist Selection Meeting.  Semifinalists make presentations to the Review Committee.  Finalists are selected and invited to make presentations to the RCIC Board in week 11.  Life Science Finalists are also submitted to the Texas Life Science Center for parallel review, in addition to their invitation to present to the RCIC Board.

  • week 8 - TLSC Application Deadline (RCIC forwards life science finalist applications to the TLSC for parallel review).

  • week 8* - Possible Review Committee Finalist Selection Meeting for non-life science applications.  If there are too many finalists selected to present in one day, the non-life science finalists may be invited to present in week 8.  Non-life science applicants should reserve time for the week 7 or week 8 meetings for an RCIC presentation.  Finalist presentation times will be assigned when an applicant is selected as a Finalist.

  • week 11* - Gulf Coast RCIC Board Meeting.  Finalists make presentations to the Board.  Applicants will be notified if they are selected for consideration by the State.

  • week 14* - Life Science applicants may be invited to make a presentation to the Texas Life Science Center Board (in Austin).

  • week 14 - State application deadline (RCIC forwards selected applications to the State).

  • week 16* - Presentations to State ETF Advisory Committee (in Austin).

*=To be considered for an ETF award, applicants must make presentations on these dates (if invited)

NOTE - other RCICs will have a different schedule for processing their ETF applications.  Applicants outside of the Gulf Coast region should contact their local RCIC for the specific schedule for their RCIC.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
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