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.
Showing 529-552 of 770 grants
DST NIDHI Seed Support Scheme (SSS) at IIMK LIVE
🇮🇳LIVE · India
Awards up to INR 1 crore in milestone-based seed funding to IIMK LIVE incubatees.
Edmond J. Safra Fellowship in Movement Disorders — Class of
MJFF · United States
Offers long-form fellowship support for movement disorder physicians and researchers in global academic centers.
EdTech Accelerator
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays one consortium EUR 12.5 million to run a yearly accelerator that re-grants up to EUR 150,000 each to at least 20 European EdTech start-ups and SMEs.
EIT Food Accelerator Network (FAN) – Call for Startups 2026
🇪🇺EIT Food · European Union
Awards up to €50,000 to top agrifood and foodtech startups after a hub-based accelerator.
EIT Health - Entrepreneurship & Innovation Micro-Credentials Call
🇪🇺EIT Health · European Union
Funds one consortium to build a certified micro-credentials programme teaching entrepreneurship and innovation to health and life-science students.
EIT Women Leadership Award
🇪🇺EIT · European Union
Awards EUR50,000 to a top woman leader from the EIT Community, plus EUR30,000 and EUR20,000 to two runners-up.
ELEVATE Shakti 2026
🇮🇳KITS · India
Awards women-led Karnataka startups up to INR 50 lakhs in early-stage seed grant-in-aid.
Energy Storage Innovations Prize — Round 2
🇺🇸Office of Electricity · United States
Pays US energy-storage innovators up to $50,000 cash for niche-market storage solutions.
Energy Storage Innovations Prize Round 2
🇺🇸DOE OE · United States
Pays up to $50,000 to energy-storage innovators solving unconventional grid use cases.
Entrepreneurship & Innovation Micro-Credentials Call
EIT Health · European Union
Funds a consortium to build a new EIT Label-certified micro-credentials programme teaching entrepreneurship and innovation to healthcare students.
Environmental Crimes
🇩🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds feasibility studies for satellite services that fight environmental crime.
Environmental Sciences Global Partnerships Seedcorn Fund
🇬🇧NERC · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom and global environmental teams with seed grants for cross-border collaboration.
EPA SBIR Phase I
🇺🇸EPA · United States
Supports small United States businesses developing environmental technology solutions in water, air, pollution prevention, and chemical safety.
ERC Proof of Concept Grant
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds existing ERC grant holders in testing the commercial or societal potential of already-funded research through a fixed EUR 150,000 top-up grant.
ERC Proof of Concept Grants
🇪🇺ERC · European Union
Pays existing ERC grant holders a EUR 150,000 lump sum to explore the commercial or social innovation potential of their ERC-funded research.
ERC Proof of Concept Grants 2025
🇪🇺ERC · European Union
Pays existing ERC grant holders a EUR 150,000 lump sum to test the commercial or social potential of their funded research.
ESITIP — Egyptian-Spanish IT Innovation Program
🇪🇬ITIDA · Egypt
Supports Egyptian and Spanish firms in joint innovation for digital solutions and market access.
EUDIS Cascade Funding — BATTLEVERSE Project
🇪🇺EDF · European Union
Funds small businesses developing defense training and simulation technologies through small innovation grants.
European Defence Fund Cofinancing — #1
🇱🇹Inovacijų Agentūra · Lithuania
Supports Lithuanian defence technology projects by covering national co-financing requirements for European Defence Fund initiatives.
European Innovation Procurement Awards
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Awards public and private buyers up to EUR 75,000 for procurement practices and strategies that drive innovation uptake across the EU.
European Prize for Women Innovators — Rising Innovators category
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Pays a share of a EUR 100,000 prize to women under 35 who have founded breakthrough European innovation companies.
European Prize for Women Innovators — Women Innovators category
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Pays a share of a EUR 220,000 prize to women founders of breakthrough European innovations, with no age limit.
European Social Innovation Competition
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Awards up to EUR 75,000 to early-stage social-innovation projects that tackle a different societal challenge each year.
Eurostars-3 Session 9 — Bulgarian NIF Co-funding
🇧🇬Bulgarian Ministry of Innovati · United Kingdom
Funds Bulgarian companies to join international consortia for commercialization-ready technology.