Grants of $50K to $250K
Explore grants with an award between $50,000 and $250,000. This directory lists seed-stage funding for feasibility studies, prototypes, first pilots and early research, from innovation agencies, research councils, foundations and corporate programs, with the deadline and eligibility on every listing.
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Start-up Core Coaching
🇨🇭Innosuisse · Switzerland
Provides Switzerland innovators with hands-on guidance for startup coaching and commercialization preparation and commercialization planning.
Start-Up Nation — Fourth Edition
🇷🇴MEDAT · Romania
Pays new Romanian firms up to 250,000 lei after founders finish free entrepreneurship courses.
Start-Up Nation — Pillar I (2026 edition)
🇷🇴Romanian Government · Romania
Funds Romanian entrepreneurs aged 18-30 starting new small businesses with up to 250,000 lei.
Start-Up Nation — Second Session
🇷🇴MEDAT · Romania
Will fund up to RON 250,000 per new Romanian business once MEDAT opens the second Start-Up Nation session, though the exact application dates have not been published yet.
Start-Up Nation 2026 (Ediția IV)
🇷🇴Romanian Government · Romania
Funds new Romanian businesses with up to 250,000 Lei in EU-backed grants.
Start-Up Nation Romania 2026 - Pillar I (Youth Entrepreneurship)
🇷🇴MEDAT · Romania
Pays for up to 90% of a young Romanian founder's new small-business costs, worth up to 250,000 lei, after they complete a mandatory entrepreneurship training course.
Startup Booster Poland — Smart UP
🇵🇱PARP · Poland
Funds early-stage Polish startups through accredited accelerator operators and startup support.
Startup Growth Technology Development
🇰🇷TIPA · South Korea
Funds early-stage Korean startups across regional, women-led, and commercialization tracks for technology development.
Startup Nation Program (2026 Edition, Pillar I)
🇷🇴Govt. of Romania · Romania
Funds Romanian entrepreneurs aged 18-30 with up to 250,000 lei to launch an SME.
Startup Nation Romania (Pillar I)
🇷🇴Govt. of Romania · Romania
Funds young Romanian entrepreneurs aged 18-30 with up to 250,000 lei to start a business.
Startup of the Year
🇺🇸UCSD · United States
Awards $50,000 to the top UC San Diego-affiliated startup each year.
Startup Scale-Up Package
🇰🇷KISED · South Korea
Supports scaling Korean startups with grants and resources for rapid commercialization and business expansion.
Strategic Mobility
🇸🇪SSF · Sweden
Supports cross-sector researcher mobility in Sweden through exchanges among academia, industry, and public institutions.
Support for Entrepreneurial and Managerial Development of MSMEs through Incubators
🇮🇳MoMSME · India
Funds Indian incubators to nurture entrepreneur and student ideas into MSME start-ups.
TDIP: Program for Pilot, Testing and PoC of Telecom Products and Solutions
🇮🇳DoT · India
Funds Indian telecom startups and MSMEs up to 80% (max Rs.50 lakh) to pilot and validate solutions.
TechCrunch Disrupt — Startup Battlefield
🇺🇸TechCrunch · United States
Runs TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield in San Francisco with founder visibility and founder competition awards.
Technical Skills Training Grant
🇺🇸ND Commerce · United States
Funds workforce programs in North Dakota that upgrade technical and digital skills across industries.
TechRise Pitch Competition
🇺🇸P33 · United States
Awards $25,000 to $50,000 in non-dilutive funding to Chicago's underrepresented tech founders.
TechX Clean Energy Accelerator
NZTC · United Kingdom
Grants and mentors early-stage clean energy start-ups worldwide toward net zero.
TEDCO Seed Funding – Maryland
🇺🇸TEDCO · United States
Gives Maryland tech startups non-dilutive seed capital of roughly $50,000 to $100,000 to accelerate early development.
Texas+ Proof of Concept Award (Tier 2)
🇺🇸UT Austin DTI / Dell Med · United States
Supports University of Texas researchers with larger follow-on gap grants to advance promising early technologies toward adoption.
The Robotics Factory
🇺🇸Innovation Works · United States
Supports Pittsburgh robotics startups through staged acceleration, prototype-to-production training, and investor-oriented growth tracks.
Tobacco Regulatory Science R03
🇺🇸FDA · United States
Funds early-career research on tobacco product regulation and public health risk science.
Torres Quevedo Program
🇪🇸MICINN · Spain
Funds Spanish companies hiring a PhD researcher to lead an in-house R&D project.