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Grant funders

Federal agencies, foundations, multinationals, and corporate programs that fund deep-tech R&D. Filter by country, funder type, or annual grant volume.

Showing 25-48 of 829 funders

National Institutes of Health logo
United States

National Institutes of Health

Federal agency

National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the medical-research arm of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the world's largest public fun

9 programs$35.3B / yr
National Research Council Canada logo
Canada

National Research Council Canada

Federal agency

The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) is the Government of Canada's primary federal research and technology organisation. Its Industrial Resea

9 programsCAD 414M / yr
Vinnova — Sweden's Innovation Agency logo
Sweden

Vinnova — Sweden's Innovation Agency

Federal agency

Vinnova, Sweden's Innovation Agency, is Sweden's federal innovation agency under the Ministry of Climate and Enterprise. Its annual budget is about SE

9 programsSEK 3B / yr
Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health logo
United States

Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health

Federal agency

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) was established in March 2022 with a $1 billion founding appropriation, and has run at appro

8 programs$1.5B / yr
Army Medical Research and Development Command logo
United States

Army Medical Research and Development Command

Federal agency

The Army Medical Research and Development Command (MRDC), headquartered at Fort Detrick, Maryland, sits inside the Defense Health Agency's research an

8 programs$1.27B / yr
Conquer Cancer — ASCO Foundation logo
Global / Multinational

Conquer Cancer — ASCO Foundation

Foundation

Conquer Cancer — The ASCO Foundation is the philanthropic foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the main source of non-federal c

8 programs$11.5M / yr
GAČR (Czech Science Foundation) logo
Czechia

GAČR (Czech Science Foundation)

Federal agency

GAČR, the Czech Science Foundation, is the Czech Republic's independent public funder of basic research. Founded in 1993 and grounded in Act No. 130/2

8 programsCZK 3.7B / yr
Javna agencija SPIRIT Slovenija logo
Slovenia

Javna agencija SPIRIT Slovenija

Public institution

Javna agencija SPIRIT Slovenija, or SPIRIT Slovenia, is Slovenia's public agency for entrepreneurship, internationalisation, foreign investment, and t

8 programs€29.7M / yr
Multiple Sclerosis Society UK logo
United Kingdom

Multiple Sclerosis Society UK

Foundation

Multiple Sclerosis Society UK (MS Society UK) is a UK foundation and the country's largest charitable funder of MS research. It has invested over GBP

8 programs£1.8M / yr
Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council) logo
Sweden

Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council)

Research council

Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council), often shortened to VR, is Sweden's principal public research funder. It operates as a government agency un

8 programsSEK 8B / yr
Advanced Research Projects Agency — Energy logo
United States

Advanced Research Projects Agency — Energy

Federal agency

The Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) was chartered in 2007 by the America COMPETES Act and began operations in 2009. Modeled on DARPA

7 programs$350M / yr
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water logo
Australia

Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Federal agency

The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water is the Australian federal department for climate policy, energy markets, environme

7 programsAUD 5.3M / yr
Department of Science and Technology (DST, India) logo
India

Department of Science and Technology (DST, India)

Federal agency

Department of Science and Technology (DST India) is India's nodal science department under the Ministry of Science and Technology. Set up in May 1971,

7 programs₹60.67B / yr
National Natural Science Foundation of China logo
China

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Research council

NSFC is China's principal peer-review funder of basic research, established in 1986 under the State Council. It funds individual investigators, resear

7 programsCN¥38.57B / yr
Research Council of Finland logo
Finland

Research Council of Finland

Federal agency

The Research Council of Finland, formerly the Academy of Finland, is Finland's national extramural research funder under the Ministry of Education and

7 programs€543M / yr
Villum Foundation logo
Denmark

Villum Foundation

Foundation

Villum Foundation, or Villum Fonden, is a Danish private philanthropic foundation established in 1971 by Villum Kann Rasmussen, the engineer and inven

7 programsDKK 1.82B / yr
Yale Ventures logo
United States

Yale Ventures

University center

Yale Ventures is Yale University's central innovation and technology-transfer arm, launched in April 2022 and governed by a board of advisors formed i

7 programs$6M / yr
British Heart Foundation logo
United Kingdom

British Heart Foundation

Foundation

British Heart Foundation (BHF) is a UK foundation and registered charity that funds heart and circulatory research at universities and NHS institution

6 programs£100M / yr
California Energy Commission logo
United States

California Energy Commission

State agency

The California Energy Commission (CEC) is California's state energy agency and the largest state-level clean energy grant-maker in the United States.

6 programs$130M / yr
European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency logo
European Union

European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency

Multinational

CINEA is the EU executive agency responsible for implementing climate, infrastructure, and environment funding programmes on behalf of the European Co

6 programs€4B / yr
European Innovation Council logo
European Union

European Innovation Council

Multinational

The European Innovation Council (EIC) is the European Union's flagship deep-tech funder, housed under the European Commission and delivered by EISMEA.

6 programs€2.024B / yr
Independent Research Fund Denmark (DFF) logo
Denmark

Independent Research Fund Denmark (DFF)

Federal agency

Independent Research Fund Denmark, or DFF, is Denmark's independent research council under the Ministry of Higher Education and Science. It allocates

6 programsDKK 2.2B / yr
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases logo
United States

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Federal agency

The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) is a U.S. federal institute within NIH and HHS. Established in 1963, it f

6 programs$1.99B / yr
TIPA — Technology Innovation Promotion Agency for SMEs logo
South Korea

TIPA — Technology Innovation Promotion Agency for SMEs

Public institution

TIPA, the Technology Innovation Promotion Agency for SMEs, is South Korea's main SME R&D executing agency under the Ministry of SMEs and Startups. Est

6 programs₩2200B / yr