Grant funders

United States

Stanford University is a private research university in Stanford, California, founded in 1885. It operates as a research-performing organization and u…

United States

Tennessee Department of Revenue is the state's tax authority, not a cash-grant agency. It administers franchise and excise tax, sales and use tax, bus…

Finland

Tesi (Suomen Teollisuussijoitus) is Finland's state-owned investment company, with ownership steering from the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employ…

United States

Texas Workforce Commission is Texas's independent workforce agency, separate from the Governor's economic development office. Its role is to move stat…

Sweden

Tillväxtverket, the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth, is Sweden's national business-growth and regional-development agency under the Mi…

United States

The U.S. Department of Transportation is the federal department responsible for surface transportation, rail, aviation, maritime, and multimodal infra…

United States

The Army Research Office (ARO) is the U.S. Army's extramural basic research arm — often called 'The Army's Front Door to Universities.' Founded in 195…

The Victorian State Government is Victoria's state-level public funder for grants that run through a cluster of specialist departments and agencies. I…

United States

The West Virginia Tax Division is the state's revenue authority, headquartered in Charleston with regional offices in Beckley, Clarksburg, Martinsburg…

United States

West Virginia Jobs Investment Trust, often called WVJIT, is a West Virginia public venture capital fund created in 1992 to develop, promote, and expan…

United States

The Wyoming Business Council is Wyoming's state economic development agency, headquartered in Cheyenne with ten regional offices. It was founded in 19…

Egypt

The Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, commonly known as ASRT, is Egypt's national science and technology academy under the Ministry of Hi…

United States

The Administration for Community Living is a U.S. HHS agency that backs aging, disability, and independent-living work. It awards more than $1 billion…

Latvia

ALTUM is Latvia's state-owned development finance institution, headquartered in Riga. It serves individuals, enterprises, rural businesses, and agricu…

United States

The Arizona Commerce Authority is Arizona's lead state economic-development organization, established in 2011. It operates through a public-private bo…

Germany

Bayern Innovativ is the Free State of Bavaria's innovation development agency, commissioned since 1995. Its core mission is supporting Bavarian SMEs t…

Croatia

Croatian Agency for Small Business, Innovation and Investment, better known as HAMAG-BICRO, is Croatia's national support body for SMEs, innovation, a…

Czechia

The Czech Academy of Sciences is the Czech Republic's principal public research institution outside universities. Established in 1992, it runs 54 rese…

Czechia

CzechInvest is the Czech Republic's state agency for investment and business development under the Ministry of Industry and Trade. It attracts foreign…

United States

Databricks Inc. is a U.S. private technology company founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco. It built the Data Intelligence Platform, a cl…

United States

Delaware Division of Small Business (DSB) is Delaware's primary small-business economic development agency and sits within the Department of State. It…

The Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment is an Irish government department responsible for climate action, renewable energy, energy secur…

Australia

The Australian Department of Defence funds defence innovation through the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA), which replaced the Defen…

Taiwan

Taiwan's Department of Industrial Technology, within the Ministry of Economic Affairs, is the government's industrial R&D funding arm. It commissions …