Goodwin Ross helps epitaxy, photonics, wafer, photomask, materials and equipment companies identify, win and manage state and federal grants — from the Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund to CHIPS, DOE and DoD programs — without pulling your engineers off the line.
✓ No obligation✓ Private-sector focus✓ Post-award compliance included
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The Texas CHIPS Act and federal programs have put real capital behind compound semiconductors, photonics, wafers and fab materials. Most awards go to companies that applied early and applied well.
Grants for semiconductor research, design and manufacturing expansion in Texas, administered by the Texas CHIPS Office. Recent awards include $4.1M to IntelliEPI (epitaxy, Allen), $14M to Coherent (InP wafers, Sherman), $15.2M to Tekscend Photomask (Round Rock) and $4.16M to Arm (Austin).
Incentives, R&D and supply-chain programs for domestic semiconductor manufacturing, materials and equipment — including opportunities for smaller suppliers through consortia and sub-awards.
Advanced manufacturing, microelectronics, power electronics (SiC/GaN) and critical-materials funding. We secured an $18.6M DOE Advanced Manufacturing award that funded a new production line and 240 jobs.
Non-dilutive R&D funding from DoD, DOE, NSF and NASA — and local programs like Richardson's RAMP, which matches federal SBIR/STTR awards for companies in the Innovation Quarter.
Also in scope: Texas Enterprise Fund and Chapter 403 incentives, EDA Tech Hub (Texoma Semiconductor Tech Hub) opportunities, and state workforce grants for cleanroom and fab staffing.
End-to-end grant support built for companies with a product roadmap, a capex plan and no spare bandwidth for 80-page applications.
We map your expansion, R&D and hiring plans against TSIF, federal and regional programs and hand you a ranked list of what you can realistically win.
Engineers and economists on our team translate your process and product story into a proposal written to the scoring rubric, with cost share that holds up.
Grant agreement review, 2 CFR 200 compliance, reporting and closeout — so the award funds the project instead of becoming an audit problem.
Manufacturing, broadband and infrastructure programs — the same federal and state machinery that funds the semiconductor supply chain.
Secured cost-share for a new production line and 240 jobs.
Brought fiber to 3,100 unserved locations across two counties.
Funded a corridor redesign that had gone unfunded for six years.
Our team includes research managers, engineers, economists, grant administrators and government relations professionals, so technical, financial and compliance questions are answered in-house — not handed back to your staff.
Scoped to your opportunity and your team's capacity.
A defined scope for one program: go/no-go, narrative, budget, attachments and submission on a fixed timeline.
Best for: a TSIF or federal NOFO you've already identified
A 12-month funding map across state, federal and SBIR programs, with go/no-go reviews as opportunities open.
Best for: companies planning a facility, line or product expansion
We run the function: research, applications, compliance and reporting across every active award.
Best for: growth-stage manufacturers without a grants team
A 30-minute call to identify the programs that fit your expansion and what it will take to win them. No pitch, no obligation.
Share your expansion plans and a grant strategist will reply within one business day with the programs that fit.
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Free tools: Grant Readiness Checklist · Federal Grant Calendar
Yes. TSIF, CHIPS, DOE and DoD programs are explicitly designed for private-sector manufacturers and suppliers; most require cost share and a clear job-creation or capacity case, which is exactly what we build.
TSIF accepts applications on a rolling basis. A well-prepared application typically takes several weeks of coordinated work with your leadership and finance team, plus engagement with the Texas CHIPS Office and local economic development partners.
Yes. We regularly fill capacity gaps or provide specialized expertise — technical narrative, economic-impact modeling, federal compliance — while your team keeps ownership of the relationship.
We support agreement review, reporting, documentation, drawdowns and closeout under 2 CFR 200 and state requirements, keeping the award audit-ready from day one.