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 601-624 of 694 grants
Lupus Innovation Award
🇺🇸LRA · United States
Offers high-risk high-reward approaches to fundamental lupus research challenges through the Lupus Innovation Award.
Mackerel Bycatch Reduction in Herring Trawling (PIB)
FHF · Norway
Supports wild-capture fisheries in reducing mackerel bycatch through practical decision-support systems co-developed with commercial fleets.
Macquarie Community Resilience Prize
🇧🇷Macquarie · Australia
Awards up to $250,000 to teams building climate-resilient jobs and infrastructure.
Made in California Program
🇺🇸CalOSBA · United States
Funds marketing visibility initiatives for goods branded as made in California.
MAKE IT Prize Strategies Track
🇺🇸DOE OTT · United States
Pays regional teams up to $250,000 to build a roadmap and secure manufacturer commitments for critical energy technology manufacturing in their community.
Manaaki Fund Round 8
🇳🇿MFAT · New Zealand
Funds New Zealand NGOs delivering development projects for remote communities across the Pacific and Southeast Asia.
McKnight Brain Research Foundation Innovator Awards in Cognitive Aging and Memory Loss
🇺🇸MBRF · United States
Funds two three-year, $750,000 research awards to newly independent US faculty studying cognitive aging and age-related memory loss.
MDAG-AI
🇲🇾MDEC · Malaysia
Funds Malaysian artificial intelligence companies with MDAG-AI support for core AI platform development and commercialization readiness.
Mechanistic Clinical Award
🇺🇸LRA · United States
Administers pilot clinical studies pairing lifestyle interventions with mechanistic analysis through the Mechanistic Clinical Award.
MedTech Innovator
🇺🇸MTI · United States
Offers early-stage medtech startups up to $500,000 through its yearly accelerator.
MESRI-BMBF German-French Joint Call For Proposals on Artificial Intelligence
🇫🇷ANR · Global / Multinational
Funds joint French-German AI research projects worth up to EUR 800,000 each.
Microbattery Design Prize
🇺🇸AMMTO · United States
Pays teams up to $300,000 to design small-capacity batteries that beat today's microbatteries on performance, safety and recyclability.
MJFF GBA1 Parkinson's Disease Research Catalyst Program
MJFF · United States
Connects United States Parkinson's researchers through the MJFF GBA1 Catalyst Program for precision treatment design and testing.
MS Society Early Career Fellowships
🇬🇧MS Society UK · United Kingdom
Supports early-career United Kingdom multiple sclerosis researchers through fellowships and practical mentorship.
Multiplex Platforms to Assess Indicators of Micronutrient Status, Inflammation and Infectious Disease
Gates Foundation · United States
Funds teams building an improved multiplex lab test that measures micronutrient, inflammation and infectious-disease biomarkers together at low cost for population surveillance in low- and middle-income countries.
Native American Small Business Support Program
🇺🇸ND Commerce · United States
Funds Native American-owned small businesses in North Dakota with resources for growth and market readiness.
Near-Market Solutions for a Sustainable Transport System
🇸🇪Energimyndigheten (Swedish Ene · Sweden
Funds Swedish companies, universities, public bodies, and civil-society groups building and testing near-market transport solutions through the Swedish Energy Agency's Sustainable Transport System programme.
New Models to Deliver Healthcare 2026
EIT Health · European Union
Funds consortia that scale proven digital health tools into real clinical use.
NIH Data Sharing Index (S-index) Challenge
🇺🇸NEI · United States
Pays up to $500,000 from a $1 million pool for a new data-sharing measurement tool.
NIH Quantum Computing Challenge
🇺🇸NCATS · United States
Awards up to $1.3 million across stages for new quantum algorithms solving biomedical problems.
NIH Quantum Sensing Technology Challenge
🇺🇸NCATS · United States
Awards up to $1.6 million across stages for quantum-enabled biomedical sensing devices.
NINR Areas of Emphasis R21
🇺🇸NINR · United States
Supports exploratory nursing innovation in the United States through NIH pathways.
NIST PSCR First Responder UAS Challenge
🇺🇸NIST PSCR Division · United States
Funds teams and companies building unmanned aircraft system technology for first responders through NIST PSCR open innovation prize competitions.
NKKP ADVANCED_26 — Advanced Research Projects
ðŸ‡ðŸ‡ºNKFIH · Hungary
Supports established Hungarian researchers through self-directed fundamental research funding in multiple domains.