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 409-432 of 694 grants
MRC / AstraZeneca Small Molecule HTS
🇬🇧MRC · United Kingdom
Supports high-throughput small molecule discovery for faster medicine development and health impact.
MS Society PhD Fellowships
🇬🇧MS Society UK · United Kingdom
Supports three-year doctoral training pathways in multiple sclerosis research led by United Kingdom university supervisors.
mVRAF
🇦🇺Vic Gov · Australia
Supports Victoria RNA research teams translating mRNA science into practical therapies and health-focused prototypes.
NATO DIANA Challenge Programme
NATO DIANA · Global / Multinational
Funds for-profit deep-tech companies from any NATO member nation that are developing dual-use solutions to critical defence and security challenges, through competitive annual and dynamic challenge calls.
NCI IMAT R61 & R33
🇺🇸NCI · United States
Supports translational cancer technology from concept proof to advanced development through NCI.
Neotec (project start)
🇪🇸CDTI · Spain
Supports Spanish young technology companies with non-repayable grants for early product validation and enterprise growth.
Neotec Grant
🇪🇸CDTI · Spain
Funds Spanish technology ventures from concept into validated innovation through early and follow-on development.
NEP Advanced Track
🇯🇵NEDO · Japan
Funds early stage Japanese start ups with support for technology validation, business model testing, and customer driven commercialization planning.
NEP Exploratory Track
🇯🇵NEDO · Japan
Supports Japanese early innovators exploring deep-tech ideas before formal company formation through applied feasibility work.
NERC-NSF Lead Agency — Collaborative
🇬🇧NERC · United Kingdom
Supports joint United Kingdom and United States environmental teams through the NERC NSF Lead arrangement for collaborative proposals and shared review.
NIBIB Trailblazer R21
🇺🇸NIBIB · United States
Funds exploratory biomedical engineering research led by emerging investigators through United States health innovation support.
NIDILRR SBIR Phase II
🇺🇸Administration for Community L · United States
Supports disability-focused technology commercialization in small United States firms from earlier research.
NIH Director's Early Independence Award
🇺🇸NIH Common Fund · United States
Funds a scientist to skip the postdoc entirely and run their own lab straight after the doctorate — ten awards of $350,000 each.
NIH Director's Pioneer Award
🇺🇸NIH Common Fund · United States
Funds one exceptionally creative scientist to change direction entirely — eight awards of $700,000 each from an $8 million pool.
NIH IGNITE Program — R61/R33 Phased Neurotherapeutic Grants
🇺🇸NIH · United States
Supports early neurotherapeutic translation through milestone-based translational funding.
NKKP EXCELLENCE_26 — Excellence Research Projects
🇭🇺NKFIH · Hungary
Supports fundamental research excellence in Hungary through flagship programs for established scholars.
NSF SBIR Phase I (America's Seed Fund at NSF)
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds early-stage US deep-tech startups to build and validate proof-of-concept technology through NSF's SBIR Phase I award.
NSF-UEFISCDI Lead Agency Opportunity
🇷🇴NSF-UEFISCDI · United States
Funds joint US-Romanian teams in mathematical and physical sciences, with NSF paying the US side and UEFISCDI funding the Romanian research organisation's share.
NSFC Young Scientists Fund Class A
🇨🇳NSFC · China
Supports high-tier Chinese investigators pursuing nationally recognized excellence in science.
NTIS Fund
🇲🇾MTDC · Malaysia
Supports Malaysian technology innovators through NTIS with mentoring and grants toward commercialization pathways.
NY Life Sciences R&D Credit
🇺🇸ESD · United States
Funds New York life sciences companies with tax credits that support innovation with high patient impact potential.
Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund — Discovery Competitions
🇬🇧Ofgem · United Kingdom
Funds energy-network Discovery projects on transmission, gas and outage challenges.
Ohio Third Frontier Startup Grants
🇺🇸Ohio Third Frontier · United States
Gives Ohio tech startups non-dilutive funding of up to roughly $250,000 for commercialization projects.
ONR Young Investigator Program (YIP) — Between
🇺🇸ONR · United States
Supports early-career faculty with naval research grants fostering next-generation discoveries.