Precarn Incorporated announced a new round of funding for the Industrial T-Gap program on July 14th. The Technology-Gap Assistance Program (T-Gap) is geared towards helping companies working in intelligent systems commercialize their technologies.

Small companies (2-10 employees) can access up to $75,000 (or 65% of project costs) from Precarn for short term (6 month) projects. Fundable projects include:

• Building engineering prototypes,
• Refining and implementing designs,
• Conducting scale-up activities,
• Product-specific market research,
• Conducting field studies, or
• Carrying out technical and market assessments.

Proposals are due September 2, 2009.