My random advice from the internet: Apply and then examine your options in the wake of the outcome. Unless of course, there is something prohibiting doing so in your contract with the big company. In that case talk to your attorney.<p>In any event, there&#x27;s no reason not to keep taking the big company&#x27;s money. But there&#x27;s probably good reason to use it to develop other, potentially better, customers.<p>Good luck.