The JobsOhio Research & Development (R&D) Center Grant Program

The JobsOhio Research & Development (R&D) Center Grant Program was created to facilitate new strategic corporate R&D centers in Ohio. Such R&D Centers will support the development and commercialization of emerging technologies and/or products that align with one or more of JobsOhio’s targeted industries. The R&D Center Grant Program helps support JobsOhio’s targeted industries including Advanced Manufacturing, Aerospace & Aviation, Automotive, Healthcare, Financial Services, Food Processing, Information Technology, Logistics & Distribution, and Shale Energy & Petrochemicals. For the purposes of the program, an “R&D Center” is defined as a newly created physical space dedicated to an area of innovation and/or broad platform technology that involves an upfront commitment by a corporation to developing and commercializing multiple products and innovations over a 10+ year life expectancy. An R&D Center could also include existing space that is repurposed for a new R&D Center.