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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Shanghai AGI Large Models Special Program — First Batch
🇨🇳STCSM · China
Funds foundational AI groups in Shanghai through AGI Large Models support for early large-scale model research.
Shanghai Sci-Tech Little Giant Project
🇨🇳STCSM · China
Supports Shanghai high-tech firms through the Little Giant programme via post-development innovation subsidy.
Shenzhen International Science and Technology Cooperation Project
🇨🇳STIC-SZ · China
Supports Shanghai teams with international peers through STIC cooperation funding for joint research exchanges.
Small and Micro Business Investments Grant (Province of Bolzano)
🇮🇹South Tyrol · Italy
Pays South Tyrol micro and small businesses a 20% non-repayable grant, up to €100,000, toward new machinery, equipment and software purchases.
Small Business Innovation Grant Phase 1
🇶🇦QNRF · Qatar
Funds Qatar-based SMEs testing technology feasibility through Phase 1 innovation grants.
Small Business Liquor License Grant
🇺🇸NJEDA · United States
Funds New Jersey small businesses buying liquor licenses through partial reimbursement for licensing costs.
Smart Supply Chain
🇦🇹ESA · Global / Multinational
Pays up to EUR64K for space-enabled services that make supply chains smarter and safer.
SOFT Innovation Prize
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays up to €50,000 to fusion researchers or companies for market-ready innovations.
Solar Data Bounty Prize
🇺🇸DOE · United States
Paid U.S. solar system owners up to $130,000 in cash for sharing detailed PV performance data.
Southwest Border Resource Protection Program
🇺🇸NPS · United States
Funds research, monitoring, conservation and preservation work at national parks along the US-Mexico border.
Space for a Wasteless Food Supply Chain
🇧🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Pays 75% (up to €60K) for satellite-based food-waste-reduction services.
Space for Cycle Pollution Monitoring and Reduction
🇦🇹ESA · Global / Multinational
Pays 100% of costs, up to EUR200K, for space-based pollution-cycle services.
Space for Hydro Energy Sector
🇦🇹ESA · Global / Multinational
Pays up to €120K for satellite-based hydropower forecasting studies with Enel.
Space for Sustainable Pharma
🇧🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Pays 75% (up to €75K) for satellite-based sustainable-pharma services.
Space for Urban Air Mobility
🇦🇹ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds up to €200K, 100% covered, for urban-air-mobility feasibility studies.
SPRIND Funke Quantum-Driven Intelligence — Stage 1
🇩🇪SPRIND · Germany
Funds teams building use cases where quantum sensing makes an existing system measurably better.
Starter grants for clinical lecturers
🇬🇧AMS · United Kingdom
Funds UK clinical lecturers with up to £40,000 to launch independent research.
Startup TRL 3-4
🇦🇷Agencia I+D+i · Argentina
Funds Argentine deep-tech startups up to 7 years old developing proof-of-concept and early laboratory prototypes at TRL 3-4.
STDR Pre-Pilot (Q1/Q3 cycles)
🇸🇬A*STAR · Singapore
Funds early-stage therapeutic proof-of-concept research in Singapore across multiple modalities.
Strengthening the Canadian Supply Chain Program
🇨🇦PIC · Canada
Funds Canadian food manufacturers and processors through Protein Industries Canada co-investment to reformulate or scale up products using domestic plant-protein ingredients.
Student Entrepreneurship Grant (STUD-ENT)
🇳🇴Innovation Norway · Norway
Funds student teams at Norwegian universities and colleges developing and commercialising a business idea through a grant.
Subsidy for Projects to Stimulate Direct Investment in Japan
🇯🇵JETRO · Japan
Funds foreign enterprises with reimbursement support for demonstration and de-risking activities that attract direct investment.
SusHi Tech Challenge 2026
SusHi Tech Tokyo · Japan
Awards the winning startup 10 million yen after a pitch contest at SusHi Tech Tokyo.
Tartan Entrepreneurs Fund
🇺🇸Swartz Center · United States
Funds Pittsburgh-based CMU alumni and faculty founders building high-growth startups with $100,000 in non-dilutive grant funding over two years.