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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 73-96 of 829 funders

FHF — Fiskeri- og havbruksnæringens forskningsfinansiering logo
Norway

FHF — Fiskeri- og havbruksnæringens forskningsfinansiering

Other

FHF, short for Fiskeri- og havbruksnæringens forskningsfinansiering, is Norway's industry-financed seafood research funder, headquartered in Tromsø an

4 programsNOK 560M / yr
Latvijas Zinātnes padome (Latvian Council of Science) logo
Latvia

Latvijas Zinātnes padome (Latvian Council of Science)

Federal agency

Latvijas Zinātnes padome, or the Latvian Council of Science, is Latvia's national research-funding council under the Ministry of Education and Science

4 programs€16.8M / yr
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (Korea) logo
South Korea

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (Korea)

Federal agency

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) is Korea's principal economic ministry, covering industrial development, trade promotion, internati

4 programs₩5500B / yr
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada logo
Canada

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Research council

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, known as NSERC, is Canada's federal funding agency for research and research training in

4 programsCAD 1.507B / yr
NIH SEED — Small Business Education and Entrepreneurial Development logo
United States

NIH SEED — Small Business Education and Entrepreneurial Development

Federal agency

NIH SEED, short for Small Business Education and Entrepreneurial Development, is the NIH-wide coordination office for small-business innovation fundin

4 programs$1.4B / yr
Royal Society Te Apārangi logo
New Zealand

Royal Society Te Apārangi

Research council

Royal Society Te Apārangi is New Zealand’s national academy and research-funding body, founded in 1867 and constituted as an independent statutory org

4 programsNZD 80M / yr
SpaceWERX logo
United States

SpaceWERX

Federal agency

SpaceWERX is the innovation arm of the U.S. Space Force and a division of AFWERX. It operates as a federal funding and transition channel for small bu

4 programs$510M / yr
SPRIND (Bundesagentur für Sprunginnovationen) logo
Germany

SPRIND (Bundesagentur für Sprunginnovationen)

Federal agency

SPRIND, the Bundesagentur für Sprunginnovationen, is Germany's federal breakthrough-innovation agency. It operates from Leipzig as SprinD GmbH, a whol

4 programs€200M / yr
Christian Doppler Research Association logo
Austria

Christian Doppler Research Association

Other

Christian Doppler Research Association (CDG) is Austria's CDG, a legally distinct association that the state recognises as a central research funding

3 programs€25.8M / yr
EMBRAPII — Brazilian Company for Industrial Research & Innovation (Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa e Inovação Industrial) logo
Brazil

EMBRAPII — Brazilian Company for Industrial Research & Innovation (Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa e Inovação Industrial)

Other

EMBRAPII co-funds industrial R&D projects in Brazil by connecting companies with a network of 90+ certified research units (Unidades EMBRAPII) spread

3 programsR$399.8M / yr
European Defence Fund (DG DEFIS) logo
European Union

European Defence Fund (DG DEFIS)

Multinational

The European Defence Fund is the European Union's main grant vehicle for collaborative defence research and capability development. Managed by the Eur

3 programs€1B / yr
European Space Agency logo
Global / Multinational

European Space Agency

Multinational

The European Space Agency (ESA) is an independent intergovernmental organisation founded in 1975 to advance European space capability. It is not an EU

3 programs€7B / yr
Formas — Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development logo
Sweden

Formas — Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development

Federal agency

Formas, the Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development, is a government research council in Sweden's national research-funding system. It fu

3 programsSEK 1.8B / yr
Gassnova (Norwegian state company for CCS) logo
Norway

Gassnova (Norwegian state company for CCS)

Other

Gassnova SF is Norway's state enterprise for carbon capture and storage, reporting to the Ministry of Energy and established in 2007. Its role is to p

3 programsNOK 80M / yr
Gates Foundation logo
United States

Gates Foundation

Foundation

The Gates Foundation is a U.S. private foundation and, by its own budget figures, the world's largest private philanthropic organization. Founded in 2

3 programs$8.74B / yr
İSTKA — Istanbul Development Agency (İstanbul Kalkınma Ajansı) logo
Türkiye

İSTKA — Istanbul Development Agency (İstanbul Kalkınma Ajansı)

State agency

İSTKA, the Istanbul Development Agency, is one of Türkiye's regional development agencies and covers Istanbul alone, the TR10 region. It was establish

3 programs₺550M / yr
MassVentures logo
United States

MassVentures

State agency

MassVentures is Massachusetts' quasi-public venture capital corporation, founded in 1978 to accelerate the commercialization of deep tech and life sci

3 programs$4.5M / yr
National Institute of Nursing Research logo
United States

National Institute of Nursing Research

Federal agency

The National Institute of Nursing Research is an NIH institute within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services dedicated to nursing science. I

3 programs$197.7M / yr
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism logo
United States

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Federal agency

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, or NIAAA, is the NIH institute leading federal research on alcohol use disorder and alcohol-re

3 programs$595.3M / yr
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities logo
United States

National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

Federal agency

The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, or NIMHD, is the NIH institute leading scientific research in humans to improve mino

3 programs$525.1M / yr
NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research logo
United States

NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research

Federal agency

NOAA's Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research is NOAA's primary research line office. It funds fundamental and applied work on oceans, atmosphere,

3 programs$630M / yr
NOAA Sea Grant — National Sea Grant College Program logo
United States

NOAA Sea Grant — National Sea Grant College Program

Federal agency

NOAA Sea Grant is the National Sea Grant College Program, a federal-university partnership under NOAA. It works with 34 university-based programs acro

3 programs$94M / yr
Patrick J. McGovern Foundation logo
United States

Patrick J. McGovern Foundation

Foundation

The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation is a US foundation that funds public-benefit work at the intersection of AI, data, climate, health equity, media, c

3 programs$75.8M / yr
Cystinosis Research Foundation logo
United States

Cystinosis Research Foundation

Foundation

The Cystinosis Research Foundation (CRF) is a U.S. 501(c)(3) foundation founded in 2003 by Nancy and Jeff Stack in honor of their daughter Natalie. Ba

2 programs$2M / yr