Wilson, Sonsini Launches Guide to Stimulus Funding

Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati has launched a web portal primarily for investors and startups that tracks grants, loan guarantees and other financing mechanisms available at the state and local level.

As an added bonus, it also includes all of the grant awards. Thus, VCs and others can track who is applying for what and what sort of ideas they are proposing. The Small Business Innovation Research Program, for instance, has a $36 million fund for Phase I grants that top out at around $100,000. Phase II and II grants will follow. Applications are due by Nov. 20. Foro Energy, meanwhile, just got a $9.1 million grant to study geothermal drilling in ultra hard rock formations.

Is the information available elsewhere? Sure, but this cuts down search times. Did you want to apply for California state grants for natural gas innovations? Too late: It closed Oct. 27.

The site, which is based on Wilson's research and was set up with help from the Cleantech Group, breaks up the proposals into categories: green building, geothermal, etc. Check it out at Wilson's website.