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 481-504 of 694 grants
Alabama R&D Tax Credit (Innovate Alabama)
🇺🇸Innovate Alabama · United States
Supports Alabama small businesses with state tax credits for innovation investment and commercialization growth.
Antler Europe ONE flagship €30M (outliers)
🇪🇺Antler · Singapore
Offers founders in Europe intensive startup mentorship, seed funding, and founder matching through Antler's global venture network.
BARD US-Israel Binational Agricultural R&D
🇮🇱USDA + Israeli Ministry of Agr · Global / Multinational
Funds United States and Israeli agricultural research partnerships through binational collaboration for applied agriculture and food-system innovation.
Idaho R&D Tax Credit
🇺🇸Idaho STC · United States
Supports Idaho entrepreneurs with innovation tax relief for qualifying in-state innovation activities.
Israel IIA Startup Fund Seed
🇮🇱IIA · Israel
Funds Israeli seed ventures with support for first commercial development and hiring.
Mississippi Skills Training / R&D Tax Credit
🇺🇸MDA · United States
Provides Mississippi businesses tax credits for research employees and qualified innovation spending.
Nevada CDBG — Rural Community Development Grants
🇺🇸NV GOED · United States
Funds rural Nevada local governments through community development and public infrastructure support.
NY QETC Capital Tax Credit
🇺🇸NY Department of Taxation and · United States
Funds qualifying New York ventures with tax-based capital support for economic development and growth-stage expansion.
Scottish Scale EDGE
🇬🇧Scottish EDGE · United Kingdom
Supports scaling Scottish technology businesses with hybrid grant-loan funding and growth recognition.
Sapere Aude: DFF-Research Leader
🇩🇰DFF · Denmark
Invests in early-career researchers transitioning to independent research leadership across all scientific fields.
Air Force SBIR Phase I
🇺🇸Air Force · United States
Funds United States Air Force and Space Force aligned small-business concepts in early defense feasibility work.
NASA TechLeap Prize: Robotically Manipulated Payload Challenge
🇺🇸NASA Flight Opportunities · United States
Funds developers of payloads that can be manipulated by a robotic arm in low Earth orbit with cash prizes and a hosted orbital flight test.
Navy SBIR Phase I
🇺🇸Navy · United States
Funds United States naval small-business ideas for ship, aviation, undersea, and autonomy-related feasibility studies.
Accelerating Physical AI: Embodied Intelligence for the Next Frontier of AI-Powered Robotics
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays physical-AI robotics teams a fixed EUR 300,000 lump-sum grant to validate a prototype and then build it into a real-world-tested system.
Advancing Discovery to Market
🇺🇸Texas A&M Innovation · United States
Funds Texas A&M teams translating early discoveries through commercialization support and enterprise readiness.
AEA Ignite — Next (seed)
🇦🇺Dept of Education AU · Australia
Supports Australian university researchers in early commercialisation by advancing proof-of-concept work toward market application.
AEA Ignite Round 3
🇦🇺Dept of Education AU · Australia
Provides research teams and institutions for AEA Ignite in artificial intelligence, agriculture innovation, and materials science.
AIC-Bakar Award (Climate)
🇺🇸Bakar Fellows Program · United States
Funds UC Berkeley climate research with commercial promise for practical deployment and adaptation tools.
American-Made Challenges: Perovskite Startup Prize
🇺🇸DOE · United States
Paid new US for-profit companies cash and lab vouchers to move perovskite solar-cell research out of the lab and into commercial manufacturing.
American-Made Solar Prize Round 1
🇺🇸DOE · United States
Awarded up to $500,000 cash and lab vouchers to solar-manufacturing innovators.
AmplifyMass
🇺🇸MassCEC · United States
Helps Massachusetts companies through AmplifyMass by sharing state cost-sharing for federal and private funding match opportunities.
ANSO Co-funded Research Project
🇨🇳CAS · China
Funds bilateral research collaborations with Belt and Road participation and cross-border execution.
Applied Research for a Competitive Food Sector and Sustainable Transitions
🇸🇪Formas · Sweden
Funds Swedish food-sector partners developing applied research for sustainable processing and competitiveness.
ARC Discovery Projects
🇦🇺ARC · Australia
Funds Australian university teams developing long-term, university-led research through a two-stage concept pathway.