Supplier conversion grants deadline extended to April 28

Small- and medium-sized businesses encouraged to apply 

LANSING, Mich. — The Community and Worker Economic Transition Office extended the deadline to Tuesday, April 28 at 3 p.m. EDT to apply for the Michigan Supplier Conversion Grant Program. Eligible manufacturers may use these funds to offset costs associated with fixed assets, machinery and equipment, technology and training to support the transition of new production for electric vehicles or components. Applications can be submitted electronically through the LEO EGrAMs website.

The Michigan Supplier Conversion Grant Program allocated $22.6 million through federal funding made available by the U.S. Department of Energy for small- and medium-sized automotive manufacturers to retool their facilities to enter qualified vehicle supply chains (like hybrids). Eligible projects are those that transition operations to produce parts, components or materials for electric vehicles and are essential to ensure a company remains operational. Projects initiated prior to grant approval will not be eligible for funding. Grants will be disbursed on a reimbursement basis. Applicants must be able to identify that they can supply matching funds.

View the Q and A responses online.

Download the Michigan Supplier Conversion Grant Pre-Application slides.