Maryland has new funding available to develop technology that assists rural and agricultural businesses with COVID-19 relief.
The Agriculture and Rural Rebuild (ARR) Challenge will be awarding grants of up to $200,000 for tech-powered projects that help rural and agricultural businesses recover from the pandemic and economic downturn. Administered by TEDCO, the state-backed agency that provides early-stage tech funding and support, the challenge is funded through legislation dubbed the RELIEF Act that was recently passed by the Maryland General Assembly and signed by Gov. Larry Hogan.
“The ARR Challenge encourages purposeful collaboration between rural businesses, research institutions and industry partners,” said Dr. Arti Santhanam, executive director of TEDCO’s Maryland Innovation Initiative, in a statement. “Examples of a successful project may include, but is not limited to, the development of an innovative product or a novel application of an existing technology applicable to agriculture or other rural industry sectors.”
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