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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Grant for Recruiting International Visiting Researchers
🇸🇪VR · Sweden
Funds Swedish higher education institutions to host international researchers and strengthen global collaboration.
SME Collectives Sustainable Travel Behaviour (COVER)
🇳🇱RVO · Netherlands
Pays Dutch SME representative bodies to make their members' employee commuting greener.
Draper TIF
🇺🇸UW Entrepreneurship Hub + WiSys · United States
Funds WARF-disclosed UW Madison inventions through patent and licensing preparation for market-ready transfer.
Secondary Analysis and Integration of Existing Data to Elucidate Cancer Risk and Related Outcomes (R21)
NIH · United States
Funds the same reanalysis of already-collected cancer data on a smaller, exploratory footing, for teams that do not need a full research project award.
FAPESP / M-ERA.NET — Materials & Engineering
🇧🇷FAPESP · Brazil
Funds transnational materials and engineering collaborations between Brazilian and international partners.
2026 NIA Mentorship Prize Competition
🇺🇸NIA · United States
Pays $100,000 to each of up to six faculty mentors recognized for outstanding aging-research mentorship.
CFF/NIH R01 Unfunded Award
🇺🇸CFF · United States
Invests research teams and institutions for CFF NIH Unfunded Award in biotechnology and medical technology.
venture
🇨🇭venture · Switzerland
Awards up to CHF 150,000 in cash prizes to early-stage Swiss startups and nonprofits, no equity taken.
Zero-Emission Coach Subsidy (STour)
🇳🇱RVO · Netherlands
Pays Dutch coach operators part of the extra cost of a new battery-electric touring coach.
5th Innowwide Call for Market Feasibility Projects — Autumn 2026
🇪🇺EUREKA · Global / Multinational
Pays SMEs a fixed EUR60,000 grant to run a six-month market feasibility project testing whether their innovation can be commercialised in a target country in Africa, the Americas, Asia or Oceania.
BRIDGE Proof of Concept
🇨🇭SNSF · Switzerland
Funds young Swiss researchers moving research into practical demonstrations to strengthen real-world implementation.
Damon Runyon Quantitative Biology Fellowship
🇺🇸Damon Runyon · United States
Provides students and early career scholars with mentoring support for Damon Runyon Quantitative Biology Fellowship in biotechnology, artificial intelligence, and medical technology.
EIC Rising Innovators
🇪🇺EIT · European Union
Awards women founders or co-founders under 35 up to €50,000, with €30,000 and €20,000 for the second and third highest-ranked entries, for pioneering deep-tech or STEM breakthroughs across the EU and Horizon Europe associated countries.
European Prize for Women Innovators
🇪🇺EIT · European Union
Awards women founders and co-founders across three prize categories, from EUR 20,000 up to EUR 100,000, for leading breakthrough European innovations.
First Ventures
🇨🇭GRS · Switzerland
Funds Swiss university spin-off ideas from students with up to CHF 150,000.
InnoBooster
🇨🇭GRS · Switzerland
Funds Swiss deep-tech university spin-offs already in Venture Kick with up to CHF 150,000.
Keystone Innovation Zone (KIZ) Tax Credit
🇺🇸PA DCED · United States
Supports young Pennsylvania technology firms in Keystone Innovation Zones through targeted tax incentives.
Take-off Phase 1 — Feasibility Study (WO)
🇳🇱NWO · Netherlands
Funds Dutch academic entrepreneurs turning innovative ideas into commercially viable feasibility-focused technology studies.
Support for the growth or consolidation of self-employed workers and Madrid-based micro-enterprises
🇪🇸Madrid Regional Govt · Spain
Funds half of growth investments, up to EUR 150,000, for Madrid micro-firms.
Transferable Audio-Visual Equipment on Rail Replacement Coaches
🇬🇧DfT · United Kingdom
Reimbursement for transferable AV equipment on rail replacement coaches.
JCJC Breakthrough
🇫🇷ANR · France
Funds JCJC laureates and their teams preparing strong proposals to advance high-impact scientific careers.
Oligonucleotide Toxicity (OligoTox) Open Data Challenge
🇺🇸NCATS · United States
Pays cash prizes for public datasets that help predict oligonucleotide drug toxicity in human cells.
NOURISH: Autoimmunity Digital Health Challenge
🇺🇸OADR-ORWH · United States
Awards up to $650,000 across three phases for digital tools tracking autoimmune nutrition.
SEED Research Program
🇺🇸UW Entrepreneurship Hub + WiSys · United States
Funds UW Madison spin-out research teams to advance commercialization through faculty-led projects.