Sixteen Indiana small businesses and Future Wonder have partnered to submit grant applications for the INTAP program this year. This is the most applications Future Wonder has partnered on in a single year. Annually, numerous small businesses get the assistance they need to grow or start a technology project through INTAP. Future Wonder has helped several small businesses receive this grant in past years. We should hear back in April on the number of successful applicants.
If you’re reading this after the deadline, the most useful part is still evergreen: what makes an INTAP project plan strong. In our experience, applications tend to be clearer (and easier to execute) when they answer a few practical questions:
- What business problem are we solving and for whom?
- What will the user be able to do after the project is complete?
- What is the smallest “first version” that delivers value?
- What data, integrations, or operational constraints matter?
- How will we validate the result (testing, feedback, and iteration)?
INTAP often funds work that removes a technical bottleneck: building a customer-facing portal, improving an internal workflow, modernizing a website experience, or delivering an MVP that can be expanded after the initial release.
Preparing early helps a lot. Even before an application window opens, teams can make progress by:
- Writing down a one-paragraph product brief (problem, audience, solution)
- Listing the top 3-5 workflows the product must support
- Estimating what “done” means for version 1
- Collecting any existing assets (branding, content, screenshots, spreadsheets)
If you’re interested in applying for an INTAP grant, it’s never too early to start. Reach out to us here and we can help you shape the project into a realistic scope and plan.