Grants of $250K to $1M

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Supports Dutch small and medium high-tech businesses partnering with researchers to build scalable hardware, quantum, and robotic technologies.

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Paid U.S. solar hardware teams up to $500,000 in cash to advance prototypes toward market.

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Invests in hard-tech and manufacturing startups and provides a six-month Newark laboratory residency for hands-on development.

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Invests in early-stage biology and life sciences startups and provides a six-month New York City residency.

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Invests in deep-tech startups and provides a six-month San Francisco residency with hands-on lab development support.

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Supports early-stage German innovators through a pilot challenge route with mentoring and development funding.

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Supports Michigan State University faculty teams building long-run research centers through internal matching mechanisms.

Awards MassChallenge startups up to $500,000 a year in nondilutive funding for ISS-based R&D.

Pays $250,000 over two years to young people who leave or skip college to build something new instead, plus mentorship and access to the Thiel Foundation's network of founders and investors.

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Offers Korean technology ventures matching support for execution and commercialization readiness.

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Gives for-profit health SMEs a EUR 400,000-500,000 grant that converts to an equity option, with a 30% co-funding requirement.

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Offers matched support for Queensland manufacturers increasing productivity, export pathways, and reshoring potential.

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Funds digital and energy transformation projects in Istanbul through municipal-level support for twin transformation initiatives.

Offers catalytic seed funding up to USD 250,000 to scale proven innovations for displaced people.

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Supports innovators designing bladder and prostate cancer therapies and surgical tools through a J&J urologic oncology challenge.

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Supports United States small businesses advancing agricultural inventions toward market-ready products after successful early projects.

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Funds Norwegian research organisations, their tech transfer offices, and spin-out startups maturing new technology toward commercial use through the Research Council of Norway's Verification: Research Commercialisation scheme.

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Funds Vietnam-Japan semiconductor collaboration on design, materials, and manufacturing innovation through co-funded research.

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Supports female Danish researchers with international postdoctoral grants that strengthen long-term research careers.

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Invests in Virginia pre-seed startups through equity co-investment partnerships and founder-ready growth support.

Paid teams a $3.3 million pool to build wave-powered desalination units for disaster relief.

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Supports early-career United Kingdom scientists with career development and research funding to grow independence.

Awards up to $250,000 to NYC-based minority- and women-led drug development startups.

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Supports mobile power, payload, and mobility innovation through substantial competitive prize initiatives.