Grant funders

United Kingdom

Innovate UK is the UK's national innovation agency, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). It backs promising deep-tech businesses in priority sec…

France

Bpifrance (Banque Publique d'Investissement) is France's public investment bank, funding startups, SMEs, and mid-caps across grants, loans, guarantees…

United States

The DOE Office of Science, usually shortened to DOE SC, is the United States' largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences and operate…

United States

The Iowa Economic Development Authority is Iowa's primary state economic development agency. It runs the state's business-facing support system from o…

United States

Wellcome Leap is the US-based operational arm of the Wellcome Trust, structured as a 501(c)(3) subsidiary with an independent board and its own leader…

Morocco

Maroc PME is Morocco's national agency for SME promotion, created in 2002 and operating under the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. It supports TPMEs…

Chile

ANID, the Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo, is Chile's national research and development agency under the Ministry of Science, Technolog…

Italy

Ministero delle Imprese e del Made in Italy (MIMIT) is Italy's national ministry for enterprise and industrial policy. It replaced MISE in October 202…

Belgium

VLAIO (Agentschap Innoveren & Ondernemen) is Flanders' regional innovation and entrepreneurship agency. It operates under the Flemish Government and s…

Germany

Germany's Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space, legally Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt, is the federal minis…

France

French National Research Agency (ANR) is France's national funding agency for project-based research. Created in 2005 and overseen by the Ministry of …

United States

The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) is New Jersey's independent state economic-development authority. It funds job creation, communi…

Poland

Polska Agencja Rozwoju Przedsiębiorczości, known as PARP, is Poland's government agency for enterprise development, supervised by the Ministry of Econ…

Qatar

Qatar Research, Development and Innovation Council is Qatar's national research, development, and innovation body. It was established by Emiri Decree …

United States

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) is a U.S. patient-advocacy foundation founded in 1955 and based in Bethesda, Maryland. It backs cystic fibrosis r…

Philippines

The Department of Science and Technology, better known as DOST, is the Philippines' cabinet-level science agency. It directs national scientific and t…

United Kingdom

The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is the UK's largest funder of economic, social, behavioural, and human data science research. It sits …

United Kingdom

The Innovate UK Catapult Network is a group of nine independent technology and innovation centres supported by Innovate UK and industry. It sits insid…

Norway

Innovasjon Norge, or Innovation Norway, is Norway's national business development agency. It is structured as a special-law company owned 51 percent b…

New Zealand

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is New Zealand's national funder for science and innovation. Through its Labour, Science an…

United States

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority is New York's main state clean-energy agency. It funds research, development, deployment,…

Türkiye

TÜBİTAK is Turkey's principal national body for funding, managing, and conducting research, development, and innovation. Established in 1963, it opera…

Germany

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWE) is Germany’s federal ministry for economic and energy policy. It was renamed from BMWK in May 2025…

Ireland

Enterprise Ireland is Ireland's national state development agency for Irish-owned, internationally trading businesses. It sits under the Department of…