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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 49-72 of 829 funders

USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture logo
United States

USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Federal agency

The USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, or USDA NIFA, is USDA's extramural research-grant agency. It sits within the Research, Education,

6 programs$1.89B / yr
Carlsberg Foundation logo
Denmark

Carlsberg Foundation

Foundation

The Carlsberg Foundation is a Danish enterprise foundation founded in 1876 by J.C. Jacobsen. It combines long-term ownership of Carlsberg A/S with phi

5 programsDKK 1.026B / yr
Department of the Air Force logo
United States

Department of the Air Force

Federal agency

The Department of the Air Force (DAF) is the US military department covering both the United States Air Force (USAF) and the United States Space Force

5 programs$450M / yr
Department of the Navy logo
United States

Department of the Navy

Federal agency

The Department of the Navy (DoN) funds R&D and innovation through four primary delivery channels: the Office of Naval Research (ONR) for basic and app

5 programs$400M / yr
Environmental Protection Agency logo
United States

Environmental Protection Agency

Federal agency

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent federal agency and the country's main environmental regulator. It awards more than $4

5 programs$4B / yr
FDA — Food and Drug Administration logo
United States

FDA — Food and Drug Administration

Federal agency

The FDA, short for Food and Drug Administration, is a U.S. federal agency within HHS that regulates foods, human and animal drugs, biologics, medical

5 programs$273M / yr
IDA Ireland logo
Ireland

IDA Ireland

Federal agency

IDA Ireland is the State agency responsible for attracting and retaining foreign direct investment into Ireland. It sits under the Department of Enter

5 programs€100M / yr
Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology (KEIT) logo
South Korea

Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology (KEIT)

Federal agency

KEIT (Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology, also branded Korea Planning & Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology) is South Korea

5 programs₩4178.1B / yr
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade — Manatū Aorere logo
New Zealand

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade — Manatū Aorere

Federal agency

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT, Manatū Aorere) is New Zealand's foreign-policy and trade ministry, and it also owns the New Zealand I

5 programsNZD 40M / yr
National Institute for Health and Care Research logo
United Kingdom

National Institute for Health and Care Research

Research council

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) is the UK's largest funder of health and care research, funded by the Department of Health

5 programs£578M / yr
National Institute on Aging logo
United States

National Institute on Aging

Federal agency

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) is the NIH component that leads federal aging research. It is the second-largest NIH institute by budget, with a

5 programs$4.529B / yr
NIH National Cancer Institute logo
United States

NIH National Cancer Institute

Federal agency

National Cancer Institute (NCI) is NIH's cancer-focused institute and the largest public funder of cancer research. It sits within NIH and HHS, but it

5 programs$7.35B / yr
Scottish Funding Council logo
United Kingdom

Scottish Funding Council

Government

The Scottish Funding Council (SFC) is Scotland's national body for tertiary education, research, and innovation, established as a non-departmental pub

5 programs£2B / yr
US Department of Energy logo
United States

US Department of Energy

Federal agency

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is the federal cabinet-level agency responsible for US energy policy, the national laboratory complex, nuclear secur

5 programs$40B / yr
AFWERX logo
United States

AFWERX

Federal agency

AFWERX is the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force (DAF), operating as a directorate within the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). It

4 programs$1.4B / yr
Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft mbH logo
Austria

Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft mbH

Other

Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft mbH (aws) is Austria's promotional bank and a state-owned development bank, 100% owned by the Republic of Aust

4 programs€879M / yr
BAFA — Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control logo
Germany

BAFA — Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control

Federal agency

BAFA (Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle) is Germany's federal office for economic affairs and export control, subordinate to the Federal M

4 programs€3.2B / yr
Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) logo
India

Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC)

Federal agency

BIRAC (Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council) is India's flagship biotech industry R&D and start-up funding agency. It is a Public Sector

4 programs₹5B / yr
CNPq — National Council for Scientific & Technological Development (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico) logo
Brazil

CNPq — National Council for Scientific & Technological Development (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico)

Federal agency

CNPq is Brazil's federal science funding agency under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. It is the country's main channel for researc

4 programsR$2.8B / yr
DOE Office of Science — Fusion Energy Sciences logo
United States

DOE Office of Science — Fusion Energy Sciences

Federal agency

Fusion Energy Sciences is the DOE Office of Science program office for plasma physics and fusion energy. It is the primary US federal funder in this a

4 programs$790M / yr
EIT Food logo
European Union

EIT Food

Other

EIT Food is one of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology's Knowledge and Innovation Communities, a European Union-backed public-private

4 programs€70M / yr
EUDP (Danish Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Programme) logo
Denmark

EUDP (Danish Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Programme)

Federal agency

EUDP, the Danish Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Programme, is Denmark's state energy-innovation programme under the Danish Energy Age

4 programsDKK 628M / yr
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development logo
United States

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Federal agency

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) is a NIH institute with about $1.76 billion in FY2026 enac

4 programs$1.76B / yr
FDA Office of Orphan Products Development logo
United States

FDA Office of Orphan Products Development

Federal agency

The FDA Office of Orphan Products Development is a federal office inside the US Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Health and Human Se

4 programs$23M / yr