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.
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ERA Fellowships
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays a postdoctoral researcher's fellowship at a host organisation in an EU Widening country to help those countries attract and keep research talent.
Eric and Wendy Schmidt Technology Fund
🇺🇸Princeton Innovation / Schmidt DataX · United States
Funds eligible Princeton researchers inventing or applying new research technology through one- or two-year grants.
ESA Phi-Lab Sweden
🇸🇪RISE · Sweden
Funds space AI initiatives for Swedish companies, universities, and institutes through national collaboration with ESA.
EU-Japan cooperation on the exploitation of Quantum Space Gravimetry data
🇯🇵European Commission · European Union
Funds one EU-Japan research project up to EUR 500,000 to prepare scientists on both sides to exploit data from a future Quantum Space Gravimetry mission.
European Prize for Humanitarian Innovation (InnovAid)
🇪🇺EISMEA · European Union
Awarded EUR 250,000 to the humanitarian organisation, social enterprise or company with the most effective technology for delivering aid to vulnerable people.
European Researchers' Night and Researchers at Schools 2026-2027
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds European Researchers' Night events and Researchers at Schools visits that bring researchers face to face with the public and pupils across Europe.
Eurostars autumn 2026 call 11
🇸🇪Vinnova · Sweden
Funds Swedish SMEs and their international partners to bring near-market R&D to launch.
FARA RFP: Blood-Based Biomarkers for FA
FARA · United States
Funds biomarker discovery and validation programs supporting translational research in Friedreich ataxia.
Farmer Welfare Grant
🇬🇧Defra · United Kingdom
Funding for English charities improving farmer health, welfare and resilience.
Farming Innovation Programme: feasibility round five
🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom
Test whether a farming idea is worth building before you build it.
FDA MUMS Animal Drug Grants
🇺🇸FDA · United States
Funds preclinical and translational studies on FDA-designated animal drug development.
Flexible Trawl System for Gentle White Fish Trawling (PIB)
FHF · Norway
Supports white-fish trawl innovation in Norway by creating gentler harvest systems that reduce fish damage and preserve quality.
Frontier AI Benchmarking Datasets
🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom AI researchers by building shared benchmark datasets for stronger and fairer innovation.
Fuel & Electricity Efficiency Track (Directive 4.82)
🇮🇱MOEI · Israel
Funds conversion of factory fuel systems and electricity efficiency upgrades in Israeli industry through capital support.
Geothermal Geophone Prize
🇺🇸DOE · United States
Awards up to $2.7 million in cash prizes for high-temperature geothermal seismic sensors.
Geothermal Heat Pumps PATHs Prize
🇺🇸DOE GTO · United States
Pays U.S.-based teams cash to build regional partnerships that train and hire geothermal heat pump workers.
Global Innovation Challenge
Citi · United States
Awards 24-month, $500,000 grants to nonprofit organisations worldwide that are piloting new solutions to homelessness in communities where Citi has a presence.
GlobalX Challenge 26.1: AI-Native Air Interface for Tactical Communication Networks
🇺🇸ONR · United States
Funds a fast, India-focused challenge to build an AI-native wireless interface for tactical Navy and Marine networks.
GlobalX Challenge 26.2: Naval Southern Hemisphere Space Weather and Plasmas (NSHSWP)
🇺🇸ONR · United States
Funds a fast test of one applied plasma or space-weather theory for Navy operations in the Southern Hemisphere.
Grand Challenge on Quantum Sensors for Inertial Navigation — Phase 1
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays three European teams up to EUR 500,000 each to produce investment-ready technical and financial roadmaps for quantum navigation sensors, as a readiness study ahead of separate EIB investment.
Grant for Centre of Excellence
🇸🇪VR · Sweden
Supports multidisciplinary Swedish research centers that build long-horizon excellence across scientific fields.
Grants for Innovative SMEs in Madrid 2026
🇪🇸Madrid Regional Govt · Spain
Funds Madrid-based SMEs up to Euro250,000 for R&D&I projects.
Hill Prizes
🇺🇸LH Philanthropies · United States
Awards Texas researchers and innovators $500,000 in non-dilutive funding for their work.
Hop-on facility
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays a Widening-country organisation to join an already-funded Horizon Europe or EIC Pathfinder project as a new partner.