Grants of $250K to $1M
Explore grants with an award between $250,000 and $1 million. This directory lists funding for product development, applied research, feasibility and early commercialization, the range where most national innovation programs and second-phase awards sit, with the deadline and eligibility on every listing.
Showing 385-408 of 731 grants
Pre-Seed and Seed Matching Fund
🇺🇸NY Ventures · United States
Invests in early-stage New York technology startups with private matching capital from New York Ventures.
PRIME — Grant for Microenterprise Development Organizations
🇺🇸SBA · United States
Supports microenterprise development organizations with resources for training, assistance, and capital pathways for disadvantaged entrepreneurs.
Promoting Registration of Inverters and Modules with Ecolabel (PRIME) Prize
🇺🇸DOE · United States
Pays US solar manufacturers up to $2.7 million total for EPEAT ecolabel registration.
Proof-of-Concept Studies and Pilot Projects for Space-Enabled Applications
🇪🇺ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds businesses building commercial services on top of space assets.
Qatar-Spain Innovation Program — 3rd
🇶🇦QRDI · Qatar
Offers Qatar and Spain participants through QASIP pathways for company led cross border innovation exchanges.
QBIC Lean Startup Program
🇶🇦QBIC · Qatar
Offers Qatar-based pre-seed founders in a structured program with venture readiness support and ecosystem access.
Racial Diversity UK Fund
🇬🇧Nuffield · United Kingdom
Funds UK research into racial diversity, from £15,000 up to £500,000.
RAISE the STAKES
Chain Of Events · France
Awards cloud credits and a Google Cloud fast track to early-stage AI startups that pitch in Paris.
RCN Innovation Project: Land-Based Bioeconomy
🇳🇴RCN · Norway
Funds Norwegian land-based bioeconomy companies developing new technology, products, or services through RCN Innovation Project grants.
REDI Early Career Transition Award
🇨🇦CIHR (Canadian Institutes of H · Canada
Funds career transitions for underrepresented clinician scientists in Canada to strengthen real-world implementation.
Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvements Program
🇺🇸USDA · United States
Funds renewable energy systems and energy efficiency upgrades for rural small businesses and agricultural producers.
Research Projects to Enhance Applicability of Mammalian Models for Translational Research
NIH · United States
Funds work proving that animal cancer models actually represent human biology well enough to base clinical decisions on. No clinical trial allowed.
Rocket Fuel Pitch Competition
LEAP · Saudi Arabia
Awards startups pitching at LEAP up to $250,000 in equity-free prize money.
SBIR/STTR Matching Fund
🇺🇸LaunchTN · United States
Funds Tennessee small businesses with matching resources to strengthen federally supported innovation projects.
SBO Security and Defence
🇧🇪FWO · Belgium
Funds strategic basic research in security and defense aligned with space, maritime, aviation, and cybersecurity priorities.
SBO Strategic Basic Research Projects
🇧🇪FWO · Belgium
Funds strategic basic research across Flemish institutions in AI, biotech, climate, and engineering.
Sea Grant Aquaculture — Business Support
🇺🇸NOAA Sea Grant · United States
Funds aquaculture business development in the United States through competitive federal support.
SkatteFUNN R&D Tax Deduction
🇳🇴Skatteetaten · Norway
Funds Norwegian companies with deductions that return support when innovation costs exceed tax obligations.
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program
🇹🇼SMESA · Taiwan
Pays Taiwanese SMEs government grants of up to roughly US$375,000 across three phases to research, develop and commercialise new technologies, services or products.
SME Defence Call
🇳🇱Holland High Tech · Netherlands
Supports Dutch small and medium enterprises developing dual-use space, quantum, and advanced material technologies for security innovation.
SME Hightech Call
🇳🇱Holland High Tech · Netherlands
Supports Dutch small and medium high-tech businesses partnering with researchers to build scalable hardware, quantum, and robotic technologies.
Solar Prize Round 5 — Hardware Track
🇺🇸DOE · United States
Paid U.S. solar hardware teams up to $500,000 in cash to advance prototypes toward market.
SOSV HAX (Hard Tech Accelerator)
🇺🇸SOSV · United States
Invests in hard-tech and manufacturing startups and provides a six-month Newark laboratory residency for hands-on development.
SOSV NY (formerly IndieBio NY)
🇺🇸SOSV · United States
Invests in early-stage biology and life sciences startups and provides a six-month New York City residency.