Funding for Cleantech Startups
Scaling up innovation with workforce development and training
Discover how you can grow your cleantech startup with funding for hiring and training. As a startup in New York’s clean energy industry, you may be eligible to receive funding through NYSERDA’s programs to help support your focus on clean energy innovations.
How You’ll Benefit
- Reduce the financial risk associated with growing your team
- Scale up your operations by building employee capacity and hiring new talent
- Invite fresh thinking and new ideas to your startup culture
- Save your capital for other business needs
- Establish your new business in New York’s growing clean energy industry
Hiring and Training Programs for Cleantech Startups
1. Funding to Hire and Train New Employees
Receive funding to hire and train new employees to increase your organizational capacity, reduce the financial risk of bringing in new talent, and broaden the candidate pool to include individuals with valuable transferable skills but less direct experience. Programs are available to fund new hire salaries, provide training support during onboarding, pay wages for clean energy internships, and support paid fellowships for individuals from historically underserved communities. These programs can bring fresh thinking and new innovations to your team, help support your diversity equity and inclusion (DEI) objectives, and grow your startup.
Learn more about hiring and training new employees
Watch Clean Heat contractor, Terry Moag, describe how NYSERDA’s On-the-Job Training program has helped grow their heat pump business.
2. Funding to Train Current Employees
Receive funding to develop or offer technical training and education opportunities to ensure your staff have the skills, experience, and qualifications needed to grow your cleantech startup. Investing in your staff can inspire new innovations and revenue streams, improve staff morale and retention rates, and unlock previously unattainable levels of quality and productivity. Plan for your startup’s long-term future by training your employees today.
Learn more about training current employees
3. Access to Executive-Level Talent
NYSERDA’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence program brings high-value leadership skills to your early-stage cleantech startup through executive-level mentorship, coaching, and talent matching services. Receive guidance through specific projects and issues, such as staffing for growth, budget management, resource planning, strategic partnering, board management, grant writing, and more.
You Might Also Be Interested In
NYSERDA offers additional programs and resources to help your cleantech startup grow:
- Partner Connector: Join an online platform that facilitates connections among training providers, employers, and community organizations. The Partner Connector helps cleantech startups form partnerships with other interested parties seeking to collaborate on NYSERDA’s workforce development and training funding opportunities.
For a full list of workforce or business programs, visit our energy programs and incentives page.
Discover how you can grow your cleantech startup with funding for hiring and training. As a startup in New York’s clean energy industry, you may be eligible to receive funding through NYSERDA’s programs to help support your focus on clean energy innovations.
How You’ll Benefit
- Reduce the financial risk associated with growing your team
- Scale up your operations by building employee capacity and hiring new talent
- Invite fresh thinking and new ideas to your startup culture
- Save your capital for other business needs
- Establish your new business in New York’s growing clean energy industry
Hiring and Training Programs for Cleantech Startups
1. Funding to Hire and Train New Employees
Receive funding to hire and train new employees to increase your organizational capacity, reduce the financial risk of bringing in new talent, and broaden the candidate pool to include individuals with valuable transferable skills but less direct experience. Programs are available to fund new hire salaries, provide training support during onboarding, pay wages for clean energy internships, and support paid fellowships for individuals from historically underserved communities. These programs can bring fresh thinking and new innovations to your team, help support your diversity equity and inclusion (DEI) objectives, and grow your startup.
Learn more about hiring and training new employees
Watch Clean Heat contractor, Terry Moag, describe how NYSERDA’s On-the-Job Training program has helped grow their heat pump business.
2. Funding to Train Current Employees
Receive funding to develop or offer technical training and education opportunities to ensure your staff have the skills, experience, and qualifications needed to grow your cleantech startup. Investing in your staff can inspire new innovations and revenue streams, improve staff morale and retention rates, and unlock previously unattainable levels of quality and productivity. Plan for your startup’s long-term future by training your employees today.
Learn more about training current employees
3. Access to Executive-Level Talent
NYSERDA’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence program brings high-value leadership skills to your early-stage cleantech startup through executive-level mentorship, coaching, and talent matching services. Receive guidance through specific projects and issues, such as staffing for growth, budget management, resource planning, strategic partnering, board management, grant writing, and more.
You Might Also Be Interested In
NYSERDA offers additional programs and resources to help your cleantech startup grow:
- Partner Connector: Join an online platform that facilitates connections among training providers, employers, and community organizations. The Partner Connector helps cleantech startups form partnerships with other interested parties seeking to collaborate on NYSERDA’s workforce development and training funding opportunities.
For a full list of workforce or business programs, visit our energy programs and incentives page.
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