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Is Your Business Eligible for a Government Grant?

It just might be. Here's how to win one at a local, state or federal level.
Fiscal policy: Raj Jhaveri (left) and Jerrit Tan, founders of Canopy Apps.

Nonprofits aren't the only businesses eligible for government grants. Since 2010, for-profit company Canopy Apps has received $2 million in National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants to develop translation technology for medical professionals working with patients who don't speak English.

Jerrit Tan, CEO of New York City-based Canopy, believes more entrepreneurs should take advantage of the

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